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Subject: HispanicVista Weekly Digest - News Section

 

Education - Health - Immigration Issues - National - Politics - Mexico - Americas &
Announcements
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

Massachusetts Governor vows to veto English immersion changes
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503be.htm

Mississippi Hispanics try to close gap with English
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ce.htm

U.S. Government funds new San Diego State University dual degree program with Mexico
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503de.htm

Top professions for nation's bilinguals findings revealed in Catalina magazine
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ee.htm

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

New tool to help consumers reduce medication errors - Your Medicine: Play it safe.
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bh.htm

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

IMMIGRATION ISSUES

Arizona Congressman Kolbe to introduce bill allowing guest workers
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503immi.htm

NCLR praises Department of Homeland Security decision...
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bi.htm

Colorado House OKs restrictions on Mexican identity cards
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ci.htm

Health insurance offered to Mexican immigrants and their families in Mexico
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503di.htm

Mexican workers sue local landscaper in Portsmouth, Virginia
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ei.htm

What Immigrants Say About Life in the United States
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503fi.htm

NATIONAL

Artists, writers defend Castro - condemn "harassment" of Cuba and denounce Iraq war
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503nat.htm

NM's Governor Richardson Pulls Out Of Cuba Trip -- Cites Human Rights
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bn.htm

White House denies snub at Mexico, but no Cinco de Mayo celebration
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503cn.htm

Hispanics Try and Reclaim Cinco de Mayo
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503dn.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics: The US employment situation for April 2003 - Hispanic unemployment 7.5 percent
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503en.htm

N.Y. woman faces 7-count indictment in immigrant jobs ring
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503fn.htm

Border plan raises worries - U.S. to keep track of legal crossings
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503gn.htm

US Commission on Civil Rights told to reinstate a Hispanic - must also pay $165,000 in damages
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503hn.htm

Senate hearing on Americas post is smooth - Roger Noriega's bid is on course
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503in.htm

U.S. Bank to test fund transfers to Mexico  through ATM claims lower costs
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503jn.htm

Bank picks Sacramento to launch U.S.-Mexico money transfer service
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503kn.htm

POLITICS

Yes to Prado, but still not to Estrada - Senate confirms Edward Prado to District Judge
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503pol.htm
Vietnam Vets Help Defend Sen. Kerry
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bp.htm

Republican National Hispanic Assembly recognizes growing political influence of Hispanic Americans
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503cp.htm

Poll: Lieberman Leads Field of Nine - Bush not seen as invincible
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503dp.htm

New Mexico legislature introduces joint memorial affirming civil rights that Patriot Act sets aside.
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

Rochester Hispanics amassing political clout
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503gp.htm

Illinois Hispanics still wary of school activism
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503hp.htm

House Judiciary Committee sets hearing on Hastings Citizenship for Soldiers Bill
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ip.htm

Watts to seek out more minorities for GOP
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503jp.htm

Dems Form Group to Recruit Minorities - Richardson to head effort among Hispanics and American Indians
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503kp.htm

MEXICO

Mexico City Approves Tough Crime Law
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503mex.htm

Mexico's new name in corruption fighting: IFE
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503bm.htm

Organ Trafficking Probed in Mexico Deaths
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503cm.htm

Signs to the contrary, Mexico's Foreign Secretary insists US-Mexico relations A-OK
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503dm.htm

Mexico's Fox meets with ex-U.S. President Clinton
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503em.htm

The Sierra Tarahumara: Indigenous Peoples, Species and Forests Struggle to Survive
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503fm.htm

Drugs war turns into bloodbath as Colombians muscle in on Mexican cartels
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503gm.htm

AMERICAS

US protests Cuba's Human Rights post in UN - walks out of meeting.
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503amer.htm

Cuba's Castro Says U.S. Is Provoking War
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ba.htm

Two Venezuelan Dissidents Get Asylum
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ca.htm

Court Strips Colombian President Uribe of Emergency Powers
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503da.htm

Argentina's Presidency Heads to Runoff
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503ea.htm

Paraguay Ruling Party Holds Onto Power
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/050503fa.htm

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