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Unemployment Can Take Its Toll on Your Health
April 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff | You and Your Health
Resulting stress, anxiety, bad habits may lead to cardiovascular trouble. As anyone who's lost a job can attest, stress and worry often quickly follow. continue reading »
Spain Would Rather Have International Image of Poverty Than Corruption
February 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fifty-two percent of Spaniards see political corruption as the worst blot on Spain's image abroad, a survey released Friday shows. continue reading »
Hispanic Youth Unemployment Reaches 13 Percent
February 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Generation Opportunity, a national, non-partisan organization advocating for Millennials ages 18-29, is announcing its Millennial Jobs Report for January 2013. The data is non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) and is specific to 18-29 year olds: continue reading »
Unemployment Rate in Brazil Drops to 5.5 Percent
January 31, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil's average unemployment rate last year came in at 5.5 percent, the lowest level since stricter measurement criteria were adopted in 2002, the government said Thursday. continue reading »
Spanish PM Says Economy Will Grow in 2014
December 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said here Saturday during an unannounced trip to Afghanistan that Spain's economy will improve next year and start growing again in 2014. continue reading »
November Employment Numbers are Better, But Not For Latinos
December 9, 2012 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
The official Bureau of Labor Statistics summary, released this morning, paints a picture that many people are feeling good about: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent. continue reading »
Unemployment Insurance Kept 2.3 Million Americans Out Of Poverty Last Year
November 23, 2012 | by ThinkProgress | Latino Daily News
America’s unemployment insurance program is not as robust as those in many industrialized nations, but the program that is speeding toward massive reductions if Congress doesn’t extend it before the end of the year still kept more than 2 million Americans out of poverty in 2011. continue reading »
Spain Tries to Stop Mortgage Foreclosures in Light of Recent Suicides
November 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's government said Friday, hours after a woman about to be evicted from her home in the northern town of Barakaldo committed suicide, that it is working urgently to bring a halt to mortgage foreclosures. continue reading »
Crown Prince Calls On Businesses to Create Jobs in Spain
November 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Crown Prince Felipe told businessmen and representatives of the Spanish government on Wednesday that fostering the creation of jobs is "urgent and vital" in Spain, where the unemployment level is "unacceptable." continue reading »
Guatemalans Launch Initiative to Create 1.2 Million Jobs
October 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Unemployment is becoming the global challenge of the 21st century. For countries like Guatemala, both unemployment and underemployment are hitting all time highs. This is exacerbating the vicious cycle of poverty, which impacts young people the most, condemning an entire nation to failure. continue reading »
Homeless Families in Spain Squatting After Eviction
October 14, 2012 | by Voice of America | Latino Daily News
Protest groups in Spain have helped families that were kicked out of their homes by banks find shelter in repossessed, empty apartment buildings. Police moved in quickly in most cases, but in Seville about 30 families are going on six months of illegal occupation. continue reading »
Brazil Taking Small Steps Towards Greater Equality
September 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil's traditionally high level of inequality fell slightly between 2009 and last year thanks to an 8.3 percent increase in workers' average income and a nearly 20 percent drop in the unemployment rate, according to a government study released Friday. continue reading »
Mexican, Brazilian Companies Seek Spanish Engineers
September 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Spanish professionals most sought after outside their country are engineers, and it's chiefly Mexican, Brazilian and even German companies that are after them. continue reading »
Consumer Confidence in Spain Continues to Drop, Reaches All-time Low
August 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's ICC consumer confidence index dipped in July to its lowest level since the monthly survey was launched, the official Center for Sociological Research said Friday. continue reading »
Unemployment Rates in Spain Reach 24.6 Percent, Highest Yet
July 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's economic crisis continued to take its toll on employment in the second quarter, with the jobless rate edging up to 24.6 percent overall and more than 53 percent among youth. continue reading »
Hispanic Voters Put Other Issues Before Immigration
June 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
U.S. Hispanics prioritize immigration, healthcare, and unemployment to equal degrees, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll asking about the importance of six national policy issues. Twenty percent of Hispanics each mention one of the top three issues as mattering most to them, while 17% name economic growth, continue reading »
Hard Times at Strawberry Packer High
September 4, 2010 | by Andrew Sagartz | HSN Immigration Blog
"Immigrants are taking jobs that should be going to Americans!" Ignoring the obvious oxymoron from the sentence above, in which the words “Immigrant” and “American” are used in a contradictory manner when in fact they are one in the same. The sentence above has been uttered many times by politicians and everyday people alike in regard to the current immigration debate continue reading »
