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Hispanic or Latino?

The essence of being Hispanic is the sharing of a common heritage. That cultural heritage is traced back to the rich history of the Iberian Peninsula. The Romans left the indelible seal of Christianity and the Arabs made scientific, architectural, literary and philosophical contributions. All of this peoples (Iberians, Celts, Phoenicians, Visigoths, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, [...]

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Visa para un sueño/Visa for a Dream

The name of this article is the title of a song by a well known Republica Dominicana singer and composer Juan Luis Guerra depicting the dream and suffers at the same time of every Hispanic to come to the USA and have the American dream. Those Hispanics who come to the USA to have a decent life and better future will do it usually through a tourist visa, work visa, student visa and lately for security reasons asylum visa; there are more type of visa that you can apply for but for now I will focus on those types stated before.

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• One of the subjects that is starting to get as much press as sports lately (Tiger Woods & Olympics aside) is the Census, and the rapidly growing U.S. Hispanic population, which accounts for 15% of the total US population. Knowing this, I’ve been very curious about Hispanic’s online penetration and behavior and I was very happy to come across a recent AOL study that has some wonderful insights about it. Read more #
• Latino immigrants generally come to the U.S. driven by a strong desire to provide a better life for their family. Their drive is not that different from the motivating factors that impelled the ancestors of almost everyone in this country. Read more #
• Current trends suggest expanding Latino influence will blur the lines and Hispanic and general markets will collide, with the resulting merger revealing a new, evolved American general market. Read more #
• ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) -- "I'll take two chili, uh..." a hungry customer stammers at the front of a two-hour-long line. "Chile rellenos," the money-handler trills back in perfect Spanish. This is not a trendy Tex-Mex restaurant; and it's more than 1,000 miles from the Mexican border. Read more #
• During the best of the times, Miguel Salcedo’s son, an illegal immigrant in San Diego, would be sending home hundreds of dollars a month to support his struggling family in Mexico. But at times like these, with the American economy out of whack and his son out of work, Mr. Salcedo finds himself doing what he never imagined he would have to do: wiring pesos north. Read more #
• NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Despite the tough economy, new U.S. Hispanic ventures keep opening, and established agencies are raiding general-market shops to build up expertise in areas the Hispanic market still lacks, such as digital. Read more #
• When Myriam Marquez was named the editorial page editor of the Miami Herald this summer, she became the first Hispanic -- and the first woman -- to lead the Herald's editorial department since the paper's inception in 1903. more #
• U.S. Hispanics tend to live longer than non-Hispanics despite many circumstances that negatively affect Latino longevity. This is a fact that continues to puzzle the medical community. On the surface it does not make a lot of sense. Read more #