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Just Because la Macha loves you
2 Jul 2009and I know we all need a pick-me-up this close to the weekend.
Neetu Chandra is not Latina. But I think we can all agree that is ok. Yes?
Majority of Latino Seniors Still Working
10:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Labor| Lifestyle| society · Comments Off
16 Jun 2009
The vision many of us have of abuelito playing cards with his buddies or abuelita at home looking after grandkids has officially been disproven. A new study shows that the majority of U.S. Latinos over 50 are doing anything but lazing around the casa: they are still part of the workforce.
Seventy percent of U.S. Hispanics over the age of 50 are in the work force according to the report “Hispanic Workers 50 Plus” presented at the conference “Diversity and Aging in the 21st Century: The Power of Inclusion,” organized by AARP. Seventy six percent of them are immigrants and 62 percent are U.S.-born. Very few of these workers have health benefits. They also tend to have few absences from work. On average, these workers earn $30,357 per year, less than their white and African American counterparts, who earn an average of $50,595 and $36.429 respectively.
Very interesting statistics. If you’re into this sort of thing (I am), check out the full report here. It provides datapoints on a variety of topics, such as the education and health of older Latino workers.
Via / New America Media
U.S. Senators Want to Let You Travel to Cuba
10:16 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Cuba| Lifestyle| Politics| travel · 1 Comment
2 Apr 2009
While President Obama might not be ready to end the Cuban embargo, a bi-partisan group of U.S. Senators are on a crusade to lift the ban on U.S. travelers to the island.
“I think there’s sufficient votes in both the House (of Representatives) and the Senate to finally get it passed,” Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan said at a news conference.Dorgan, whose home state of North Dakota could benefit from increased agricultural sales to Cuba, introduced the bill along with fellow Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd and Republican Senators Richard Lugar and Mike Enzi. Seventeen other senators also are sponsoring the measure. A companion bill introduced in the House earlier this year has 121 co-sponsors.
On Senate Republican in particular, Cuban American Senator Mel Martinez, says this is all wrong, as it will provide the Castro regime with a “resource windfall”.
Personally, I am not buying that. Years of isolation has made the Castro regime stronger, and tourism isn’t going to make a difference either way. Cuba is already overloaded with tourists from all over the world, and a few more coming by way of Miami International Airport isn’t going to drastically change anything.
Anyway, Americans have been traveling to Cuba illegally for ages. I’m more concerned about the U.S. making some kind of colonial move on the island, though that was more of a threat during our plumb loco previous administration.
At least one Republican Representative is for ending the travel ban; Representative Jeff Flake of Arizona makes his case for an end to the embargo in a video after the jump. Read more…
While VivirLatino was Down, Mala Was Out
7:21 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Fashion| HPVT| Lifestyle| Marketing| New York City| Tech · 4 Comments
21 Feb 2009While behind the scenes an entire team was frantically dealing with hackers and figuring out how to get VivirLatino back online, your truely was also engaging in a little fashion frivolity and networking gracias to Buzz Corps, HP and Vivienne Tam.
First on the agenda: A visit to Vivienne Tam’s boutique at 40 Mercer Street, NYC, on February 18, 2009, for a look at her Fall/Winter 2009 collection which revolved around the theme of an Exploration of Nothingness.
One of the reasons I was there is not cuz I’m such a fashionista. I was sent the HP Mini Vivienne Tam edition to review and this was all part of the marketing and promotional fun, porque carajo, especially when our site was down and we were pulling our hair out trying to get it up for you, the VL team needed some fun.
Ay pero lest you think that as I was having fun that I wasn’t paying attention to the multiple ironies around me, I’m working on a follow up that will go into the politics of this adventure porque you know mala, I make everything personal and professional political.
Salud!
Food Network to Launch Second Latino-themed Show
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Two years ago The Food Network decided to try its luck with actually putting Latino people on the air to cook Latino cuisines, with Simply Delicioso being the first show on the network to be hosted by a Latina. It must have gone well, since none other than Food Network’s sacred cow, Rachael EVOO Ray has decided to put her money where Latino food is and produce a Latino-themed cooking show for the network:
Ray is producing a new show for the network starring actress and cookbook author Daisy Martinez. The weekly “Viva Daisy!” premiered Saturday for a six-week run. The show is the network’s second focused on Latino foods, joining Ingrid Hoffman’s “Simply Delicioso.”Martinez previously hosted public television’s Hispanic foods-focused “Daisy Cooks.” The new show will be the first from Ray’s production company, Watch Entertainment, that doesn’t feature Ray.
The collaboration began after Ray and Martinez bonded while participating in a panel discussion together. Ray says she knew immediately she wanted to give Martinez a bigger platform from which to talk about Latino foods.
You can get a taste of Daisy on the video above.
What do you think? Will a Latina face make you watch more Food Network?
Via / News Sentinel
Latin@s forced to choose cremation
11:27 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Lifestyle · Comments Off
10 Nov 2008
Of the multiple ways out there that Latin@s sit on the brunt end of the economy, this one has probably got to be the worst. Many Latin@s want to send their loved ones back home after they die, and of course, funeral homes are more than willing to help; for a price:
Sending a body from Florida to Puerto Rico, for example, costs about $1,000 — a price that includes picking up the body, embalming, preparing legal documents and transporting the body to the airport, said Aracely Carmona, manager of Funeraria San Juan, a Hispanic-owned funeral home in Kissimmee.
The price of the casket is separate, as is the cost of the flight, she added.
Sending a body to Mexico from Orlando costs an average of $500, said an agent for Aeromexico.
At Robert Bryant Funeral & Cremation Chapel in Orlando, more Mexicans send their dead to their native homeland than any other ethnic group, said manager Mariela del Valle. Nationwide, an average 8,000 bodies are repatriated to Mexico from the United States each year, according to a 2006 estimate by the Mexican Congress.
What this means is that many Latin@a are starting to choose cremation rather than traditional embalming/burials because they simply can’t afford otherwise. I’m no fan of traditional embalming/burials (I want to be eaten by worms, not admired!) but I do think that it’s beyond wrong that any person doesn’t have the choice to take care of her dead loved ones in a way that respects and honors her dead loved one’s wishes. I’m not sure what makes me angrier, this or the outrageous long distance telephone charges that target Latin@ populations.
Economic Slowdown is Affecting Latinos Hard
11:11 am By Maegan La Mala · Labor| Lifestyle| Money| society · Comments Off
12 Aug 2008
The current economic slump in which the U.S. finds itself in is making life hard on everybody. Rising gas prices and the mortgage fallout are making Americans spend less money, and in turn, business is slow. And it seems that Latinos are the hardest hit group by all of this.
From New York to Miami to Los Angeles, the downturn in the U.S. economy is hitting Hispanics especially hard, with unemployment rising faster in that community than in the overall U.S. population. And the slowdown has had a ripple effect, with a significant drop in payments being sent home to families in Latin America.“For the last year, Hispanics have been losing jobs at a faster rate than any other group,” said Agustine Martínez, president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington.
The Baltimore Sun reports that unemployment among Latinos is nearly 2 points higher than among the general population, and that salaries for Latino workers are “stuck”. Remesas being sent back to Latin America are said to be down by 70% since 2006.
It’s hard times and everyone’s apretándose el cinturón. Have you had to cut back on expenses just to make ends meet? Where are you spending the most money and what, if anything, do you have to sacrifice? Let us know in the comments.
Via / Baltimore Sun
Is Our Pride as Latinos In Our Beers?
8:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture| Lifestyle| Marketing| Politics · Comments Off
26 Jun 2008
Corona beer just launched a new ad campaign targeting the Latino pride that most of us have, not just Mexicans (the market they have traditionally targeted)The Spanish-language TV campaign that keystones the new multimedia effort for the country’s number one imported beer is themed “Nuestro Orgullo. Nuestra Cerveza” (”Our Beer. Our Pride.”), and showcases Latinos celebrating their culture and successful lifestyles. Is celebrating with a cold one the best image of Latino success we can get? I have nothing against beer (in fact just writing this makes me want one….ok have one and it’s not a Corona), I just think there are better ways to promote Latino success (and go against stereotypes).
Kids Sent to Institution Because of Cell Phone Addiction
12:56 pm By Maegan La Mala · Lifestyle| Spain| Tech| children| society · Comments Off
17 Jun 2008
Two Spanish children, aged 12 and 13, have been sent to a mental hospital because of their addiction to cell phones. BBC Mundo reports that the two boys were sent to the institution because they were “unable to do normal activities without their cell phones.” According to the parents, the children’s grades were affected by the excessive cell phone use and their conduct was also severely impacted.
The children will be receiving treatment in the Children’s Mental Health Clinic in Lleida (Catalunya) for three months in an attempt to get them off the cell phone habit.
The BBC reports that the boys had been showing signs of addiction to their cells for 18 months prior, but the parents had not intervened.
Maybe I’m old school, but do we really need a treatment program for this? How about just taking the cell phones away?
By the way, it’s not just kids who are addicted to cell phones in Spain. In a country of 44 million people, there are 50 million cell phones — more phones than people.
Via / BBC Mundo
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