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Mexican Drug Lord ‘The Condor” Shot Dead (VIDEO)
February 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican security forces have shot dead a top figure within the Juarez cartel in the northern state of Chihuahua in an important strike for President Felipe Calderon's drug war. continue reading »
Sweeping Arizona Immigration Bills Target Children and Youth
February 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Arizona state Senate moved forward with two controversial measures this week that threaten to marginalize undocumented youth to an unprecedented degree. continue reading »
Laugh Out Loud This and Every Sunday With HS-NEWS SUNDAY COMICS
February 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Your source for Hispanically Speaking Cartoons continue reading »
Man Flees U.S. After Allegedly Murdering Woman & Infant Son – Arrested in His Native Ecuador
February 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ecuardorean national, Luis Agustin Guaman is wanted by U.S. authorities for questioning in the brutal death of a mother and her infant son. continue reading »
Soccer Bleachers Collapse in Peru with Over 500 Spectators, 177 Injured
February 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peru police officials are reporting that the metal bleacher section of the Monumental soccer stadium, in the Ate-Vitarte district of the Lima province, collapsed injuring 177 individuals, 12 seriously. Thus far there are no fatalities. continue reading »
State of Illinois Budget Proposed that Would Slash Services to Immigrants by 74% from Last Year
February 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
This week a new State of Illinois budget was proposed that would slash services to immigrants by 74% from 2010, and cut refugee services by 69% next year. continue reading »
USDA Unveils Spanish-language Nutritional Info and Food Access Guides
February 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon today joined local business leaders, retailers and community members at Sedano's Supermarket to unveil the Spanish-language Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Retail continue reading »
Egypt 2.0 - Cuba Watches with a Hopeful Eye
February 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Darkness and light in Tahrir Square, a red phosphorescence glow interrupted by the camera flashes and the glowing screens of mobile phones. continue reading »
Pew Hispanic Center-New Statistical Profiles of Latino & Foreign Born Populations in the U.S.
February 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, has released updated statistical profiles of the Latino and foreign-born populations in the U.S. Based on the Center's tabulations from the Census Bureau's 2009 continue reading »
RELAX this weekend with a Latin American Natural Wonder
February 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
RELAX this weekend with a Latin American natural wonder. Guess What and Where this is? continue reading »
Smithsonian Explores History and Experiences of Black Latinos in the United States
February 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Smithsonian Latino Center and the National Museum of American History will host a panel conversation and book signing for the newly released book The Afro-Latin@ Reader Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. in the museum’s Carmichael Auditorium. The panel consists of the book’s editors, Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores, with contributing author María Rosario Jackson and Washington D.C.-based activist Roland Roebuck. The book will be available for purchase at the conclusion of the conversation. This program is free and open to the public. continue reading »
English-only Bill in Minnesota Legislature is a Racist and Anti-Immigrant Attack
February 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
This year Representative Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) has brought forward a bill for the third time in the state legislature, HF0064, to make English the official and only language of Minnesota. Senator Bill Ingebrigsten (R-Alexandria) is putting forward the same proposal in the Senate, SF0175. continue reading »
BLOG NARCO: Six Butchered Bodies Delivered to Veracruz Police Station May be Officers
February 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | El Blog del Narco
Authorities confirmed today that six people who had been brutally murdered and butchered were thrown outside the Ministry of Public Security (Police Station) in the town of Panuco, Veracruz. continue reading »
JUST IN: Fire in Neonatal Ward in Colombian Hospital (VIDEO)
February 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A fire broke out in the neonatal ward in a hospital in Santa Marta, Colombia. There were no victims, but the rescue efforts were heoric and heart stopping. Police are still investigating the cause of the blaze. continue reading »
WOW - Award Winning Idea for a Migrant Worker House of Tomorrow
February 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
It's expensive, and it could be a while before we see them populating our migrant-rich landscapes. But it is a really nifty idea, and we certainly hope the housing of the future looks like this! continue reading »
