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HispanicVista.com Weekly Digest
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EDUCATION
Americans open wallets for schools - now see schools as heart of community
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ed.htm
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Massachusetts Governor vows to veto English immersion changes
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503be.htm
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Mississippi Hispanics try to close gap with English
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ce.htm
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U.S. Government funds new San Diego State University dual degree program
with Mexico
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503de.htm
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Top professions for nation's bilinguals findings revealed in Catalina
magazine
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ee.htm
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HEALTH
Study reveals decline in unintentional child injury death rate, but
preventable injuries are still the number one killer
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503health.htm
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New tool to help consumers reduce medication errors - Your Medicine: Play it
safe.
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bh.htm
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Los Angeles - US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
San Diego, CA - SDCHCC & MANA - 3rd Annual Latina Conference
Miami, FL - Innovations in Hispanic Marketing - conference
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ann.htm
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IMMIGRATION ISSUES
Arizona Congressman Kolbe to introduce bill allowing guest workers
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503immi.htm
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NCLR praises Department of Homeland Security decision...
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bi.htm
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Colorado House OKs restrictions on Mexican identity cards
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ci.htm
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Health insurance offered to Mexican immigrants and their families in Mexico
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Mexican workers sue local landscaper in Portsmouth, Virginia
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ei.htm
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What Immigrants Say About Life in the United States
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NATIONAL
Artists, writers defend Castro - condemn "harassment" of Cuba and denounce
Iraq war
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503nat.htm
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NM's Governor Richardson Pulls Out Of Cuba Trip -- Cites Human Rights
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bn.htm
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White House denies snub at Mexico, but no Cinco de Mayo celebration
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503cn.htm
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Hispanics Try and Reclaim Cinco de Mayo
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503dn.htm
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Bureau of Labor Statistics: The US employment situation for April 2003 -
Hispanic unemployment 7.5 percent
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503en.htm
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N.Y. woman faces 7-count indictment in immigrant jobs ring
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503fn.htm
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Border plan raises worries - U.S. to keep track of legal crossings
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503gn.htm
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US Commission on Civil Rights told to reinstate a Hispanic - must also pay
$165,000 in damages
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503hn.htm
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Senate hearing on Americas post is smooth - Roger Noriega's bid is on course
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503in.htm
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U.S. Bank to test fund transfers to Mexico through ATM claims lower costs
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503jn.htm
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Bank picks Sacramento to launch U.S.-Mexico money transfer service
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503kn.htm
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POLITICS
Yes to Prado, but still not to Estrada - Senate confirms Edward Prado to
District Judge
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503pol.htm
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Vietnam Vets Help Defend Sen. Kerry
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bp.htm
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Republican National Hispanic Assembly recognizes growing political influence
of Hispanic Americans
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503cp.htm
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Poll: Lieberman Leads Field of Nine - Bush not seen as invincible
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503dp.htm
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New Mexico legislature introduces joint memorial affirming civil rights that
Patriot Act sets aside.
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ep.htm
<http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ep.htm>
Latino activists resume push for migration accord - deal appears unlikely
for the near future.
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503fp.htm
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Rochester Hispanics amassing political clout
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503gp.htm
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Illinois Hispanics still wary of school activism
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503hp.htm
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House Judiciary Committee sets hearing on Hastings Citizenship for Soldiers
Bill
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ip.htm
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Watts to seek out more minorities for GOP
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503jp.htm
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Dems Form Group to Recruit Minorities - Richardson to head effort among
Hispanics and American Indians
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503kp.htm
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MEXICO
Mexico City Approves Tough Crime Law
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503mex.htm
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Mexico's new name in corruption fighting: IFE
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bm.htm
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Organ Trafficking Probed in Mexico Deaths
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503cm.htm
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Signs to the contrary, Mexico's Foreign Secretary insists US-Mexico
relations A-OK
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503dm.htm
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Mexico's Fox meets with ex-U.S. President Clinton
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503em.htm
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The Sierra Tarahumara: Indigenous Peoples, Species and Forests Struggle to
Survive
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503fm.htm
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Drugs war turns into bloodbath as Colombians muscle in on Mexican cartels
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503gm.htm
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AMERICAS
US protests Cuba's Human Rights post in UN - walks out of meeting.
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503amer.htm
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Cuba's Castro Says U.S. Is Provoking War
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ba.htm
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Two Venezuelan Dissidents Get Asylum
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ca.htm
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Court Strips Colombian President Uribe of Emergency Powers
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503da.htm
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Argentina's Presidency Heads to Runoff
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ea.htm
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Paraguay Ruling Party Holds Onto Power
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503fa.htm
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