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By The Associated Press
Study on Hispanic issues to be released during DNC
By IVAN MORENO
Associated Press Writer
Aug 24 20:07
DENVER (AP) - Groups hoping to bring attention to immigration, health
care, education and other issues of importance to Hispanics are
releasing a document calling on the next president to create a committee
on those topics.
While the document doesn't offer groundbreaking information on the
U.S.' fastest growing minority -- education is a key issue because
Hispanics have a high dropout rates, a high percentage lack health care,
and immigration status is a big concern -- its creators say it's still
one of the most comprehensive recent studies on the issues.
The report, commissioned by Azteca America, a Spanish-language TV
network, and Fundacion Azteca America, will be presented to the
campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain in September.
Luis J. Echarte, chairman of the boards of Azteca America and
Fundacion Azteca, said the network and foundation commissioned the study
because "the issue of immigration is very important, but it's not the
only issue that concerns the Latino community.''
Echarte said research shows the high school dropout rate among
Hispanics is more than twice that of black students and more than three
times greater than for white students. One reason, he said, is that some
students who are in the country illegally are afraid they will be caught
and deported, while others have to work to support their families.
One solution would be to create a more bilingual and culturally
relevant education system for Hispanics, meaning more Hispanic teachers
who can be role models for students, Echarte said.
On health care, the document found that about six of 10 Hispanic
families in the U.S. don't have health insurance, sometimes because they
are in the country illegally.
The study's other major issue is political participation. Researchers
found that although Hispanics make up about 15 percent of the U.S.
population, about 9 percent of eligible Hispanic voters are registered
to vote and only 6.5 percent do vote.
"So all these demonstrations that you see don't have a political
impact,'' Echarte said.
Echarte said Azteca is trying to increase many Hispanics' political
awareness. He noted that some Hispanics don't bother to become US
citizens after obtaining permanent residency status, thinking their
status work is done and doubting that their vote would count anyway.
Others are unaware they can have dual citizenship and don't have to
rescind citizenship from their native country if they became naturalized
in the U.S.
"Latinos have so much to offer and so much potential, but they keep
facing these consistent barriers,'' said Maria del Carmen Salazar, an
assistant professor at the University of Denver Morgridge College of
Education and one of the study's authors.
Salazar and faculty at DU's Center for Community Engagement and
Scholarship used information from the U.S. Census and national research
documents by the Pew Hispanic Center and other institutions to compile
the report. Research topics were selected by the Congressional Hispanic
Leadership Institute, the National Council of La Raza, the National
Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and other groups.
Titled "The State of Latinos 2008: Defining an Agenda for the
Future,'' the document calls for the creation a presidential advisory
commission to propose solutions to the most pressing issues affecting
Hispanics in the U.S.
On the Net:
Fundacion Azteca America: http://www.fundacionaztecaamerica.org/
University of Denver: http://www.du.edu/
Embattled Puerto Rico senator to seek re-election
By LAURA N. PEREZ SANCHEZ
Associated Press Writer
Aug 24 16:07
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A prominent Puerto Rican senator who was
targeted in a federal raid said Sunday he will continue a bid for
re-election, rejecting calls from his party's leader to drop out of the
race.
Sen. Jorge De Castro Font has garnered little public support from
colleagues in the opposition New Progressive Party as he aims for a
sixth term despite an FBI raid on his office and home on Saturday as
part of a probe into corruption.
De Castro held a Sunday news conference to deny any wrongdoing and
said party President Luis Fortuno was "premature'' in calling for his
resignation immediately after the raids.
"I am not going to resign,'' De Castro said, and insisted he will
keep running for the November election.
Fortuno and other party leaders said the weekend raids have tarnished
the veteran official's reputation, but they have not said if they are in
contact with potential candidates to replace De Castro.
Forty agents from the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service conducted
a search at the Capitol on Saturday, walking out of the seaside building
carrying boxes and bags of material and at least six computers.
FBI officials declined to name the target of the raid or its purpose,
but NPP officials said it was aimed at De Castro, who has been a
high-profile spokesman for the party, which wants Puerto Rico to become
a U.S. state.
De Castro on Sunday said federal agents also searched his home and
seized computers and personal effects, including guns and two
wristwatches. Agents also searched a San Juan gas station long
patronized by De Castro's campaign staff, he said.
Latinoamericanos sin suerte en Maratón de Beijing
Por DIEGO MENDEZ
The Associated Press
Aug 24 01:51
BEIJING (AP) - La suerte no estuvo el domingo de su lado para los 13
corredores latinos que participaron en el maratón de los juegos
olímpicos quedando en posiciones rezagadas.
El mexicano Carlos Cordero fue el mejor ubicado entre los 13 al
quedar en el puesto 32 entre 100 competidores en la prueba ganada por el
keniano Samuel Kamau Wanjiru con un tiempo de 2:06.32.
Cordero, que cumplió su primera participación olÌmpica, llegó a la
meta con un tiempo de 2:18.40.
El guatemalteco Josó GarcÌa, que también participaba por primera vez,
llegó en el lugar 35 con 2:20,15.
El brasileño José de Sousa llegó con 2: 20,15 después para afianzar
el lugar 38, seguido del colombiano Juan Carlos Cardona (43), el
mexicano Procopio Franco 47 y el chileno Roberto EcheverrÌa 49.
El peruano Constantino León fue 61, el guatemalteco Alfredo Arévalo
63, el ecuatoriano Franklin Tenorio 65 y el mexicano Francisco Bautista
66.
Los brasileños Marilson dos Santos, Franck de Almeida y el venezolano
Luis Fonseca no terminaron la competencia.
"Hicimos lo que pudimos, pero lamentablemente no se dio para ningún
latino'', comentó a la AP el guatemalteco GarcÌa, quien sufrió una
cortadura en la planta del pie derecho. "A pesar de esa molestia, seguÌ,
y motivado por mi familia y mi país''.
Para el ecuatoriano Franklin Tenorio "la temperatura nos reventó y
creo que eso realmente nos golpeó. Intentamos estar en el grupo
principal, pero lastimosamente no se pudo''.
Tenorio señaló que los atletas africanos "impusieron su ritmo desde
el principio y nadie logró alcanzarlos''.
La carrera arrancó temprano en la plaza Tianamen, recorrió algunas de
principales avenidas para concluir en el estadio Nido de Pájaros.
El keniano Wanjiru ganó oro, la plata fue para el marroquí Jaouad
Gharib y el bronce para el etíope Tsegay Kebede.
El italiano Stefano Baldino, medalla de oro en Atenas, no tuvo suerte
esta vez y llegó en la posición 12.
Daddy Yankee domina listas de ventas con "Talento de
barrio''
Aug 22 12:08
Por The Associated Press
SAN JUAN (AP) - El reggaetonero Daddy Yankee ocupa los primeros
lugares en ventas en tres categorÌas de Billboard con la banda sonora de
su película "Talento de barrio''.
El artista logró un récord en la taquilla de los cines de Puerto Rico
con su película homónima.
El álbum, que salió a la venta el pasado martes, debuteo esta semana
en la posición 1 de Latin Albums de Billboard y tambieen encabezó la
lista en I Tunes Latino, informó su portavoz de prensa en la isla,
Brenda Rodríguez.
La banda sonora también logró posicionarse en el segundo puesto de
Latin Rap Charts de Billboard, y neumero 13 en Billboard 200. Fue el
segundo debut más alto de las listas americanas después de los Jonas
Brothers.
El álbum "Talento de barrio'' contiene 15 temas como la canción
temática del filme "Somos de calle'', "Pa-Kumpa'' y "Suelta''.
La produccieon incluye, ademeas, participaciones especiales de
Arcángel en el tema "Pasión'', de Randy en "Salgo pa' la calle'' y en "Llamado
de emergencia'', ambos producidos por Luny Tunes.
También tiene una participación especial el merenguero Elvis Crespo
como arreglista del tema "De la paz y de la guerra''.
El primer sencillo que se desprende del álbum es "Pose'', que ocupó
el encabezó la lista de Latin Rhythm Airplay de Billboard por diez
semanas consecutivas.
La película "Talento de barrio'', producida y protagonizada por Daddy
Yankee, batió el récord de taquillas vendidas en su primer fin de semana,
confirmaron las compañías Caribbean Cinemas y Cine Vista.
De acuerdo con Georgie Rivera, productor, codirector y libretista del
filme, confirmó que 96,000 personas acudieron a las salas de cines en
Puerto Rico durante el pasado fin de semana.
'La Misma Luna' sweeps Imagen Awards
By The Associated Press
Aug 22 04:17
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "La Misma Luna'' swept the honors at the 23nd
annual Imagen Awards.
The film about a Mexican mother and her son won awards for best film,
actor, actress, supporting actor and director during a star-studded
ceremony Thursday at the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.
Established in 1985, the Imagen Awards honor contributions by and
about Hispanics in the entertainment industry in 18 categories.
Television awards went to "Ugly Betty'' for best prime-time program;
"Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan'' for best reality show; "Mind of
Mencia'' star Carlos Mencia for best actor; "Snowglobe'' star Christina
Milian for best actress; "Heroes'' co-star Dania Ramirez for best
supporting actress and "Ugly Betty'' co-star Tony Plana for best
supporting actor.
Plana, the 54-year-old Cuban-American actor who appeared in "Three
Amigos!'' and "An Officer and a Gentleman'' before his turn as Betty
Suarez's father in "Ugly Betty,'' was also presented with the Lifetime
Achievement Award. The Norman Lear Writer's Award was given to "La Misma
Luna'' executive producer and screenwriter Ligiah Villalobos.
On the Net:
http://www.imagen.org/
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