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Past Articles for News_and_Politics Sep-16-2008Mr. Valladolid, Maria Lopez and many other executive leaders of partnering organizations reported on their program challenges and successes during the September 11, 2008 Summit on Education Reform and Hispanic Education Attainment. Adam Chavarria, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans led the event... Jul-25-2008 The nonpartisan, Washington-D.C.-based organization Democracia USA recently interviewed 500 Hispanic voters between the ages of 18 and 29 to gain insight into their thoughts and feelings about the upcoming presidential election. Jul-16-2008 Quick topics in local, regional, and national news! Jul-11-2008 Hugo Valverde, of the Virginia Beach firm Valverde & Rowell PC, received the 2008 R. Edwin Burnette Jr. Young Lawyer of the Year Award at the Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting. Valverde said assisting his clients, most of whom are Hispanic, is the most rewarding aspect of his work. “Helping my clients out, especially when they are in a place where they don’t understand the language or the situation they are in, is the most satisfying part of my job,” he said. Jul-02-2008 Quick topics in local, regional, and national news! Jun-25-2008  The Yantalo Peru Foundation held a dinner at Imperio Inca restaurant in Ghent as its first fundraiser to benefit the Peruvian village of Yantalo. Approximately 20 people attended the June 8 event, said Sarina Hrubesch, the Foundation's director of development.Jun-17-2008 Quick topics in local, regional, and national news! Jun-04-2008 As Barack Obama came within striking distance of securing enough delegates to claim the democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton won a solid 68 percent of the votes cast in Puerto Rico's June 1 primary election. Apr-09-2008 It is no secret that the Latino vote has earned the attention of many politicians, including the current presidential candidates, but a number of organizations are also working to encourage Hispanic political participation in a nonpartisan way. Voto Latino and Democracia U.S.A. are national, nonpartisan initiatives encouraging Hispanic voter turnout... Apr-09-2008 Apr-09-2008 Hampton Roads Hispanics offer a wide range of opinions when it comes to politics, though most agree that immigration is an important campaign issue. Luis Rivera, a real estate agent from Puerto Rico, declined to say which presidential candidate he supports. As to which candidate other local Latinos support, Rivera says it depends on who you talk to... Apr-09-2008 Richmond, Va. - Virginia is marking National Preparedness Month in September with the launch of Ready Virginia, a coordinated effort to provide vital preparedness information to the people of the Commonwealth. Apr-09-2008 After 49 years, Cuba's leftist leader resigns. Announcing his resignation through the an online letter published in Cuba's newspaper "Granma" late last night. The ailing president had spent the last 19 months out of the public eye due to health issues and many had speculated his death. His brother Raul has been publically named as his successor. According to CNN, U.S. President Bush hopes that Fidel's resignation opens up Cuba to a "democratic transition." Apr-09-2008 Qian Cai, director of the Demographics and Workforce section at the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center, recently published a paper analyzing the U.S. Census Bureau's data on Virginia's Hispanic population. The number of Hispanics living in Virginia has tripled since 1990. Virginia's 460,000 Hispanics make up 6 percent of the Commonwealth's population today... |
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