Latinovations Wishes You a Happy Holiday Season! La Plaza Will Return on January 4th, 2010

GUEST BLOGGER SERIES: Jason Llorenz, Esq. "Broadband Internet: This Generation’s Civil Rights Sleeper?"

Latinovations would like to thank Jason Llorenz for his contribution to La Plaza Washington is abuzz about broadband – or more importantly, Washington is buzzing about the way some communities will or won’t be able to access the information superhighway at broadband speeds. At stake: Just about everything. Turns out, our community’s economic standing, access [...]

President Obama Sits Down for an Interview with Gloria Estefan

President Obama recently sat down for an exclusive interview with Cuban-born singer Gloria Estefan.  According to White House staff, Estefan spoke to the President for a holiday special on the Spanish-language network Univision.

GUEST BLOGGER SERIES: Michael Rugnetta and Jonathan D. Moreno "Stem Cell Diversity Means Better Medicine"

Latinovations would like to thank Michael Rugnetta and Jonathan D. Moreno for their contribution to La Plaza The National Institutes of Health last week authorized 13 new embryonic stem cell lines for federally funded research. This is great news for the advancement of medicine in the 21st century, but to really move the needle NIH [...]

Federal Grand Jury Indictment Alleges Hate Crime and Police Cover-Up in the Murder of Mexican Immigrant

The Department of Justice has announced the indictment of five individuals in connection to the murder of Luis Ramirez in a small town in Pennsylvania, including three local police officers.

Gutiérrez Introduces Immigration Bill in the House

On Tuesday, Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez, Democrat of Illinois, introduced a bill in the House that would open a path to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants. The bill is seen as a start to the beginning of a long battle between Democrats and Republicans over comprehensive immigration reform. President Obama has pledged to [...]

GUEST BLOGGER SERIES: Latina Lista's Marisa Treviño on Blogging

Latinovations would like to thank Marisa Treviño for her contribution to La Plaza and encourages everyone to check out Latina Lista. There was a time that whenever I told people I wrote a blog, I would either get puzzled looks or sympathetic smiles from journalist friends who considered blog writing to be nothing more than [...]

Newt Gingrich Launches Spanish Language Online Magazine

Newt Gingrich’s namesake corporation, Gingrich Communications, has launched a new Spanish language publication, The Americano.  The online magazine, whose conservative principles are largely in line with the political ideologies of Gingrich, is edited by Sylvia Garcia, who also serves as his Hispanic Outreach Director.

GUEST BLOGGER SERIES: Senator Robert Menendez “Latinos Feel the Heat Like Everyone Else”

Latinovations would like to thank Senator Robert Menendez for his contribution to La Plaza. All issues are Latino issues, and it is time Latinos take their place at the table on climate change. With negotiations starting in Copenhagen this week, Latinos can help build momentum for a global response to climate change.  Too often, Americans [...]

Openly Gay Latino, John Pérez, Chosen as Next CA Assembly Speaker

Amid record job loss rates, a massive recession and a projected shortfall of more than $20 billion by mid-2011, John Pérez was named on Tuesday the next leader of the California Assembly. Pérez said that he is up to the challenge, and his Democratic colleagues agreed – the 40-year old Los Angeles Assemblyman was unanimously [...]

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