December 2005
Outdoor markets, Hispanic style
Posted December 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (1 comments)
By JENALIA MORENO | Houston Chronicle On a busy Sunday afternoon along Airline Drive, flea markets spring to life for shoppers… Read More
Hispanic food and cooking favorites
Posted December 17, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Culture (1 comments)
Business Wire Hispanics in America reveal that the more acculturated they become, the more they take on American eating habits,… Read More
Lexington Kentucky Mayor says local economy relies on Hispanics
Posted December 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Steve Lannen | Kentucky HERALD-LEADER Mayor Teresa Isaac last night called the development of Lexington’s Hispanic labor… Read More
Santiago Alvarez pleads not guilty on weapons charges
Posted December 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (4 comments)
Gary Marx | Chicago Tribune Original shameful title by Chicago Tribune: Cuban militant’s ally denies charges A prominent… Read More
Hispanic homeownership on the rise
Posted December 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
ElDiarioNY.com Owning your own home gives a family security and gives a neighborhood stability. Yet, although the homeownership… Read More
Advertising agencies to increase marketing to Hispanics, mostly online
Posted December 07, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Laurel Wentz | AdAge.com Marketers and their agencies are split over whether the future of Hispanic media is in English or… Read More
Marketing to Hispanics ... outdoors
Posted December 03, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
mediabuyerplanner.com Hispanics are more likely to be influenced by outdoor advertising than non-Hispanics, according to a new… Read More
What does it mean to be Hispanic?
Posted December 03, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Culture (7 comments)
By JESUS HERNANDEZ CUELLAR | Contacto Magazine When in 1984 I began working with U.S. Hispanics, I was not such a creature yet.… Read More
November 2005
Florida Hispanic weekly newspaper launched
Posted November 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Culture (0 comments)
By THERESA STAHL | Naples News Un nuevo periodico en Español? That’s right, Collier County’s first weekly Spanish… Read More
Hispanic Culture - A Hispanic Thanksgiving
Posted November 17, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Culture (1 comments)
Rebecca M. Cuevas De Caissie | BellaOnline’s Hispanic Culture Editor Growing up Hispanic in the United States is unique… Read More
Hispanics work to rebuild Gulf coast
Posted November 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
BY ANA RADELAT | GANNETT NEWS SERVICE Construction worker Jose Gerardo Navarro realized as he watched TV images of the devastation… Read More
Alina Fernandez - Castro’s Daughter: An Exile’s Memoir of Cub
Posted November 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (0 comments)
by Jennifer Peters, News Editor | Torch Online Alina Fernandez, author of the autobiography “Castro’s Daughter: An… Read More
Marketing to Hispanics online and offline
Posted November 09, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
Joseph Anthony | DM News While marketers and retailers increasingly focus on the $690 billion Hispanic market, little attention… Read More
October 2005
Hispanic Halloween - The Day of the Dead - Dia de Los Muertos
Posted October 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Culture (1 comments)
By JEAN WILSON | Columbus Telegram As people in the United States get ready for Halloween, some people in Mexico are preparing… Read More
Cuban exile from Miami chosen for Immigration job
Posted October 17, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban American Politics (1 comments)
A Cuban exile will appear Tuesday before the U.S. Senate to seek confirmation as head of a Homeland Security immigration unit. Read More
AOL Latino and online habits of Hispanics
Posted October 10, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
Press Release Despite Being Relatively New to the Internet, Hispanics Are Outpacing The General Online Market In Several Areas… Read More
Directo a MÈxico money transfer system
Posted October 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (1 comments)
By Krissah Williams | Mexican immigrants living in the United States have less expensive ways to send money to relatives in Mexico,… Read More
September 2005
Linea Capital and Rustic Canyon/Fontis Partners venture capital seeks to invest in Hispanic business
Posted September 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
HispanicBusiness.com Businesses are targeting the U.S. Latino consumer as never before, and investment companies are lining up… Read More
Ilena Ros-Lehtinen wants International Relations Committee chair
Posted September 27, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (3 comments)
BY LESLEY CLARK | Miami Herald Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has set her sights on a leadership role—chairwoman of the… Read More
Hispanics in Atlanta
Posted September 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By MARY LOU PICKEL | Atlanta Journal Tony Chong knows the value of the Hispanic dollar in metro Atlanta. The Korean-American grocer… Read More
National Association of Hispanic Publications partners with LatPro.com
Posted September 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
Press Release The National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc., the largest organization representing Hispanic publications… Read More
August 2005
Cannonball man shot from Mexico into US - really
Posted August 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Politics (1 comments)
BBC David Smith has an unusual way of crossing the Mexican border into the US - as a human cannonball. Mr Smith, a professional… Read More
Once great Little Havana
Posted August 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (1 comments)
By Ginelle G. Torres | Sun Sentinel Alejandro and Lian Chamizo cite the deterioration of their Little Havana neighborhood as the… Read More
Austin Texas is number one place to live and work for Hispanics
Posted August 11, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (3 comments)
Austin Business Journal For the second year in a row, Hispanic magazine has crowned Austin as the country’s best place for… Read More
Recent arrival from Cuba already headed to Yale
Posted August 10, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Americans (15 comments)
A 23-year-old Hialeah man has moved from a local community college to Yale in just three years after leaving Cuba.
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July 2005
Hispanics online in impressive numbers
Posted July 18, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (1 comments)
By Laurel Wentz | AdAge.com More U.S. Hispanics use the Internet to make final decisions about brands than their general market… Read More
Panel: Miami trial of Cubans unfair
Posted July 15, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Americans (1 comments)
Associated Press A U.N. human rights group has concluded that the trial in Miami and subsequent imprisonment of five alleged Cuban… Read More
Hispanics in technology and communications
Posted July 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Nicole Lee | Sun Sentinel Local entrepreneur Carlos Felix believes he was destined to work with computers. You could say technology… Read More
Hispanic Chief Justice ?
Posted July 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Politics (1 comments)
By JESSE J. HOLLAND | Associated Press Writer The possibility of two Supreme Court vacancies following Sandra Day O’Connor’s… Read More
Hispanic Truckers
Posted July 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (4 comments)
MARC LEVY | Associated Press Jose Frias scrubbed a chicken processing plant for six years, never earning more than $8.50 an hour.… Read More
Cuban American Julie Stav offers financial advise “en espanol”
Posted July 10, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By PHYLLIS FURMAN | NY DAILY NEWS BUSINESS WRITER She’s blonde, she’s obsessed with improving your financial health… Read More
Cuban American Demographics
Posted July 10, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (0 comments)
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/ Distinct age differences emerge among Hispanic subgroups. More than 20 percent of… Read More
Pew Hispanic Center report “Hispanics and the 2004 Election”
Posted July 10, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Politics (0 comments)
[url=http://www.AmericanProgress.org]http://www.AmericanProgress.org[/url] The Pew Hispanic Center has just… Read More
June 2005
Insight into Dr Pepper advertising strategy towards Hispanics
Posted June 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Laurel Wentz | AdAge.com For Dr Pepper, it’s not as simple as just picking a language, Spanish or English, for its first… Read More
For Cuba, U.S. remains focus of tough talk
Posted June 19, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban American Politics (0 comments)
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Medicine and pharmaceuticals for Hispanics
Posted June 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
Pharmaceutical News “The FDA’s review today of BiDil could make it the first drug approved specifically for African… Read More
New approaches for marketing to Hispanic culture
Posted June 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
by Paul Epstein | Marketing Profs Marketers who choose not to devote significant time and effort to the Hispanic population are… Read More
Havana Night Club producers bow to complaints from hardline Cuban exiles
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (3 comments)
BY LYDIA MARTIN | Miami Herald A CD featuring Havana Night Club has been taken off the market after a West Kendall woman complained… Read More
What makes you so Hispanic? Thoughts from the Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Politics (0 comments)
Really, this is an open question. I was in NYC this weekend and found myself surrounded by Puerto Ricans. Hundreds of thousands… Read More
Note to old white people - LEARN TO SPEAK SPANISH
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Politics (3 comments)
By Shadi Rahimi | The New York Times The generation gap in America is widening by way of race and ethnicity, figures from the… Read More
How to market into the Hispanic Culture
Posted June 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
Forbes.com Marketers continue to pursue the fastest growing minority group in America but are still puzzled by its many faces.… Read More
May 2005
Status of Cuban exile remittances to relatives in Cuba
Posted May 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (4 comments)
BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | Miami Herald Cubans living in the United States still send an estimated $460 million a year to relatives… Read More
One of three new Nextel mobile customers are Hispanic
Posted May 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
AdAge.com | By Kris Oser In an intensive yearlong effort, Nextel, which had not previously targeted Hispanic consumers, has made… Read More
Investment obstacles for Hispanics
Posted May 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
NOPworld.com NOP World has announced the first results from its new Hispanic OmniTelTM Financial Services Study. Findings show… Read More
Jose Basulto gets his name in the paper by duping reporter - Havana Journal title
Posted May 24, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (10 comments)
By Manuel Roig-Franzia | Washington Post Staff Writer Publisher note: Original title Exile to Reveal Plan For Post-Castro Cuba… Read More
Lawyers discuss property issues in post-Castro era
Posted May 24, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Americans (27 comments)
CUBAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
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April 2005
Big retailers recognizing the power of Hispanic business
Posted April 30, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
Sonja Haller | The Arizona Republic At the Target store in south Phoenix, you’ll find more roses than at other Targets.… Read More
Rediscovering Cuba: A Personal Memoir - Book review - in Spanish
Posted April 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (2 comments)
El Diario/La Prensa; 01/7/2005; Ortega, Luis El Diario/La Prensa 01-07-2005 Lo que hay que re-descubrir en Cuba… Read More
XM Radio to launch sports satellite channel for Hispanics
Posted April 27, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Abbey Klaassen | AdAge.com XM Radio announced today that it will launch the first Spanish-language satellite radio channel,… Read More
Posada-gate ? A conspiracy to harbor a “good” terrorist?
Posted April 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (2 comments)
NOTE: Original AP title: Anti-Castro Cuban Militant Seeks Asylum By CURT ANDERSON | Associated Press Writer A Cuban linked to… Read More
To me, Luis Posada Carriles is a terrorist.
Posted April 12, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban American Politics (1 comments)
To me, Luis Posada Carriles is a terrorist.
To Miami developer Santiago Alvarez, he is a patriot.
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Detainee on hunger strike
Posted April 11, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban American Politics (0 comments)
A Cuban exile suspected, but never charged, by the United States of being a spy fights a deportation order and continues a hunger… Read More
Younger Cuban Americans question hard-line against Cuba
Posted April 09, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Politics (5 comments)
By CURT ANDERSON | Associated Press Writer Growing up in New York, Mayda Prego thought of Cuba as a faraway island with a communist… Read More
March 2005
Cuban immigrants stuck after being denied benefits
Posted March 30, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Americans (1 comments)
By OSCAR CORRAL | Miami Herald MIAMI - A little-noticed change in federal benefit rules has kept scores of older Cuban immigrants… Read More
Cuban-born senator (Mel Martinez) recalls his lonely childhood
Posted March 30, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban Americans (0 comments)
By AMIE PARNES | Scripps Howard News Service Mel Martinez sat at a table in the senators’ dining room recently and played… Read More
Johnson and Johnson go mobile with Vida Nuestra Hispanic marketing campaign
Posted March 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (2 comments)
By Laurel Wentz | AdAge.com In a grassroots campaign to get its health-care brands in front of more Hispanics, Johnson & Johnson… Read More
ESPN Deportes Hispanic sports magazine to launch soon
Posted March 17, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
BY CHRISTINA HOAG | Miami Herald Sports is shaping up to be the next publishing battleground to win U.S. Hispanic readers. Miami-based… Read More
Ex-Spanish leader blasts Cuba, Venezuela ties
Posted March 16, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban American Politics (2 comments)
Former Spanish leader blasts his nation’s coziness with Cuba, Venezuela
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Letter from Mario Diaz-Balart to Govenor Kathleen Blanco
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (8 comments)
Bayoubuzz.com The Honorable Kathleen Blanco Office of the Governor P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 Dear Governor Blanco:… Read More
Clear Channel to shift more radio stations and billboards towards Hispanic market
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Abbey Klaassen | AdAge.com In response to the rapid growth in the buying power of U.S. Hispanics, as well as moves by its key… Read More
Cuban American National Foundation plans trip to Cuba - with commentary
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (2 comments)
BY OSCAR CORRAL | Miami Herald For the first time, the Cuban American National Foundation is encouraging its directors to travel… Read More
Hispanic purchasing power in central Florida
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
Oscnewsgazette.com | Eduardo Montalvo Almost $7 billion is the purchasing power of the Hispanic community in Central Florida.… Read More
Cuban American National Foundation against Louisiana-Cuba trade
Posted March 05, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (4 comments)
By ALAN SAYRE | Associated Press Writer Saying that Gov. Kathleen Blanco will give legitimacy to a “dying monster,”… Read More
Cubanet.org USAID financed Cuba news - Casket ready to come apart before burial
Posted March 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (2 comments)
Cubanet.org | Rigoberto González Morales, Cubanacán Press The grieving relatives of Bienvenida Moreno, deceased at age 83, were… Read More
Is the Cuban American National Foundation a terrorist organization?
Posted March 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (1 comments)
[url=http://www.miami.com]http://www.miami.com[/url] | By Oscar Corral Mexico’s legislature will decide… Read More
Miami-Dade blogger’s Cuban slant draws fans
Posted March 01, 2005 by Cubana in Cuban Americans (57 comments)
By Jennifer Mooney Piedra, The Miami Herald
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February 2005
Hispanic marketing and large corporations - review
Posted February 24, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Laurel Wentz | AdAge.com More than 80% of Fortune 100 companies don’t have Spanish-language Web sites, and even the other… Read More
Best companies for Hispanics
Posted February 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
http://stlouis.bizjournals.com Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. and Monsanto Co. were named among Hispanic magazine’s (… Read More
Black Hispanics - Black and Hispanic
Posted February 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Politics (2 comments)
Bruno Diaz | Midland Reporter Telegram “The NAACP works for the benefit of all minorities, regardless of race” dutifully… Read More
Castro says U.S. to blame if Chavez assassinated
Posted February 12, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban American Politics (1 comments)
Cuban President Fidel Castro has warned the United States against plotting to kill his most important ally, Venezuela’s… Read More
Hispanic advertising on Internet will increase sharply
Posted February 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Laurel Wentz | AdAge.com Diageo’s Johnnie Walker is targeting the first online advertising campaign in its history at… Read More
Castro says Cuba doesn’t need United States
Posted February 03, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Americans (3 comments)
Fidel Castro calls Bush ‘deranged’ and belittles improvements in Cuba’s relations with Europe. By VANESSA ARRINGTON… Read More
Hispanic radio becoming attractive to major brands
Posted February 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Kate Fitzgerald | AdAge.com Hispanic radio is growing up. After 18 months of consolidations and mergers, the market is starting… Read More
Lincoln Rafael Diaz-Balart - Nephew of Fidel Castro
Posted February 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (3 comments)
After watching the Fidel Castro biography/documentary on PBS last night, I thought that we should put a page together that… Read More
January 2005
Fraudulent scams aimed at Hispanics
Posted January 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Sandra Hernandez | Sun Sentinel Elián Degen considered himself a prudent man, indulging in few luxuries since arriving in Florida… Read More
Hispanic media to grow 11% in 2005
Posted January 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By Laurel Wentz | AdAge.com Again Outpace Mainstream Media’s 4% Annual Growth Rate In 2005, Hispanic media is forecast to… Read More
Cuban American exiles seek burial back in Cuba
Posted January 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (0 comments)
BY VANESSA BAUZA | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Near the end of his brief battle with cancer, Humberto Reyes longed to travel from… Read More
Agent says gas gun was used to keep Elian demonstrators at bay
Posted January 27, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban American Politics (2 comments)
By LISA ORKIN EMMANUEL
Associated Press
Posted January 27 2005, 2:26 PM EST
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Tear-gassed relatives testify they turned to refrigerator for air in Elian raid
Posted January 26, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Americans (0 comments)
By CATHERINE WILSON
Associated Press
Posted January 26 2005, 1:55 PM EST
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Judge awards $1.7 million to Cuban exile leader
Posted January 22, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuban Americans (7 comments)
Basulto’s plane was the sole survivor of a Cuban Mig missile attack that killed four others.
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Hispanic inauguration gala snubs Cuban American National Foundation
Posted January 19, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuban American Politics (3 comments)
A dispute emerged over a presidential inauguration party to fete Hispanics in politics when the Cuban American National Foundation… Read More
Living with the Embargo - A Cuban American tale
Posted January 18, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (3 comments)
Waldo Parravicini, Cuban-American, Los Angeles, California. Leaving behind a very extensive, loving and perfectly together family… Read More
Cultura Communications reaches out to Hispanic market
Posted January 18, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
By LORRAINE GEHRING | Kansas City Star Nicholas Segura thinks many companies are missing an opportunity to increase business with… Read More
Cuban Americans upset at Pope’s anti-Embargo comments
Posted January 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (8 comments)
UPI Cuban-Americans in Miami are expressing outrage at Pope John Paul II’s renewed opposition to the U.S. embargo of Cuba.… Read More
Hispanics - White, Brown or “some other race”
Posted January 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Politics (0 comments)
Richard Gonzales | Fort Worth Star Telegram In Latino eyes, race is just not a matter of color—race is also a slide-rule… Read More
Hispanic Television and Marketing to Hispanics
Posted January 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Business (0 comments)
Miami Herald When Jorge Fiterre started his company Condista to distribute Spanish-language television channels in the United… Read More
Cuban American short film selected for Sundance Film Festival
Posted January 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuban Americans (0 comments)
EFE News Services Filmmaker Barbara Alvarez says she never imagined that the story of her octogenarian aunt and uncle in Cuba… Read More
Hispanics reflect on gains and setbacks of 2004
Posted January 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuban American Politics (0 comments)
Yvonne Wingett | The Arizona Republic It was a bittersweet 2004 for Arizona’s Latinos. They lost as much as they gained… Read More
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