<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Hispanic and Latino Issues: News &amp; Videos about Hispanic and Latino Issues - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Hispanic_and_Latino_Issues</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Hispanic and Latino Issues from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:08:06 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Hispanic and Latino Issues: News &amp; Videos about Hispanic and Latino Issues - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/06/29/navarrette.immigration.reform/tztop.ruben.navarrette.newwapo.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Hispanic_and_Latino_Issues</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Hispanic and Latino Issues from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Commentary: Immigration reform takes courage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/navarrette.immigration.reform/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/navarrette.immigration.reform/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The advocates of comprehensive immigration reform have a message for their opponents: "Game on!"</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Who does Sotomayor empathize with?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/28/sanchez.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/28/sanchez.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration has no intention of pushing comprehensive immigration reform any time soon, but with his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the president may have found a suitable consolation prize for the Hispanic community.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 13:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Republicans walk a fine line on Sotomayor</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/gop.hispanics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/gop.hispanics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Republican Party risks further alienating Hispanic voters if it challenges the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, who would become the first Hispanic, and the third woman, on the Supreme Court, political analysts say.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Latinos rejoice in Sotomayor nomination</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/sotomayor.latino/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/sotomayor.latino/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cecilia Lopez, a student who is the first person from her family to go to college, sees something of herself in the first Hispanic woman to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 13:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey delves into high birth rate for young Latinas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/latinas.pregnancy.rate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/latinas.pregnancy.rate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>She had many plans for the future: to go to college, start a career, meet the man of her dreams, raise a family -- when the time was right.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 01:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Census: U.S. becoming more diverse</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/14/real_estate/rising_minorities/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/14/real_estate/rising_minorities/index.htm</guid><description>The nation is becoming even more diverse: More than one third of its population belongs to a minority group, and Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hispanic population boom fuels rising U.S. diversity</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/14/money.census.diversity/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/14/money.census.diversity/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The nation is becoming even more diverse: More than one third of its population belongs to a minority group, and Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 05:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Film fest explores Hollywood's take on Latinos</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/05/latino.images.film.festival/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/05/latino.images.film.festival/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When "La Bamba" hit movie screens in 1987, audiences flocked to see the true story of singer Ritchie Valens, who died as a teen in an airplane crash almost three decades earlier.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Integration lags, even as suburban schools add minorities</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/schools.integration/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/schools.integration/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The nation's suburban schools added 3.4 million students to their rolls over the past 15 years -- and nearly all of them were minorities, according to a study released Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research shows Hispanic women get breast cancer treatment late</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/minorities.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/minorities.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When Maria Rubeo closed her arm, she felt something "very big -- like a lemon."</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Republicans, don't patronize Hispanics</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/29/sanchez.gop.hispanic/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/29/sanchez.gop.hispanic/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As the members of the Republican National Committee prepare to choose a party chairman to serve for the next two years, the calls for new "Hispanic outreach" initiatives are flying -- in my view, unnecessarily.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Richardson withdrawal disappoints Latinos</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/05/richardson.withdrawal.latinos/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/05/richardson.withdrawal.latinos/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bill Richardson's withdrawal from his commerce secretary nomination Sunday didn't just leave a major gap in the new administration, but it also sorely disappointed Latinos who view the New Mexico governor as their most prominent representative.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Hollywood sees world in black and white</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/navarette.documentary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/navarette.documentary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Documentary filmmaker Philip Rodriguez is sick of black-and-white television.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Latino vote emerges as swing vote in Colorado</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/23/king.battleground.colorado/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/23/king.battleground.colorado/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After decades as a Democratic organizer and activist, Ramona Martinez is convinced the moment is finally at hand.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: 'Sharp reversal' for Obama with Latino voters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/24/pew.latino.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/24/pew.latino.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new poll released Thursday shows overwhelming support from Latinos for Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. John McCain.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>With ethnic vote so crucial, usual rules don't apply</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/22/unity.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/22/unity.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are treading some unfamiliar campaign-year terrain this summer as key blocs of ethnic voters shift the electoral landscape and put previously uncontested states, big and small, up for grabs.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain reassures Latinos on immigration reform</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/14/latino.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/14/latino.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. John McCain on Monday sought to reassure Hispanic voters of his commitment to them after Sen. Barack Obama accused him of backing down on immigration reform for political reasons.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: What's wrong with pandering to Latino voters?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/16/hispanic.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/16/hispanic.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"Pandering." According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to pander is to: "provide gratification for others' desires." So is that what John McCain and Barack Obama are doing with Hispanic voters?</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Candidates target crucial voting blocs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/13/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/13/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are starting the week reaching out to two crucial voting blocs -- Hispanic and African-American voters.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama, McCain battle for Latino voters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/08/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/08/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The fight for Hispanic voters took center stage Tuesday as Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama took their campaigns to Washington to address the League of United Latin American Citizens.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Candidates wise to court Hispanic vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/07/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/07/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Whether the code word of the day is "patriotism," "liberation theology" or "working-class voters," some will continue to cast this presidential election in the tired old paradigm of black and white. But, I'd ask Barack Obama and John McCain to look beyond all that and consider: What can brown do for you?</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Week in Politics</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814676,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814676,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hillary Clinton may have beaten Barack Obama by two to one in the race for Hispanic votes, but a new poll gives Obama a Latino lead over John McCain by the same margin
</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama courts the Latino vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/14/obama.latino.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/14/obama.latino.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for president, is looking to shore up support -- especially from Latinos.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Latinos will vote for Obama</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/08/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/08/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For the last six months, one of the media's most convenient -- and offensive -- narratives has been that Latinos wouldn't vote for Barack Obama because they refused to support an African-American for president.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hispanic Job Death Rate Highest</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1812037,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1812037,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hispanic workers die at higher rates than other laborers, with 1 in
  3 of these deaths occurring in the construction industry</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama: Cuba policy to be based on 'libertad'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/23/obama.cuban.americans/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/23/obama.cuban.americans/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama told Florida's Cuban-American community Friday that his Cuba policy would be based on "libertad" and freedom for the island nation's people.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 15:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain courts Hispanic voters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/05/mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/05/mccain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. John McCain said Monday the tenor of the immigration debate has hurt the way Hispanic voters view the Republican Party.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 01:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: The ugly Mexican-American immigration debate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/14/navarrette.mexican/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/14/navarrette.mexican/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In an episode of the television show "Seinfeld," Jerry Seinfeld worries that his dentist has converted to Judaism so he can tell jokes about Jewish people. Someone asks Seinfeld, "And this offends you as a Jewish person?"  No, he says, "it offends me as a comedian."         </description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hispanics a key to Texas Democratic deadlock</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/03/texas.hispanics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/03/texas.hispanics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The virtually tied Texas Democratic primary has East Austin diners talking at Cisco's, where politicos have gathered over breakfast for generations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Poll is reality check on Latino vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/26/latinos.commentary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/26/latinos.commentary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Recent commentary and analysis by pundits on the Latino vote has been long on opinion and short on reality. As the presidential primary election moves to Texas, Latino voters find themselves in the spotlight.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Latino voters want a better idea of 'change'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/22/sanchez.latinos/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/22/sanchez.latinos/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The debate between Democrats Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois was long on rhetoric and -- where Hispanics are concerned -- short on reality.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Has the GOP lost Latino voters?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/15/latinos.gop/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/15/latinos.gop/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There's a dilemma brewing among Latino voters: If they support Sen. John McCain, long seen as a moderate Republican on immigration reform, they also must deal with his party's tough approach toward the hot button issue.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The complicated measure of being Hispanic in America</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/hispanic.identity/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/hispanic.identity/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hispanics are described as the largest minority group in the United States, as a burgeoning force in the electorate and as an untapped frontier of the business market. Yet these descriptions belie the complexity of the 44 million people to whom they refer.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary:  Kennedy nod may be key for Hispanics</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/29/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/29/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama's presidential campaign is hugely significant. But not for the reasons that pundits suggest.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>South Carolina, Nevada could crown new front-runners</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/18/sc.nv.2008/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/18/sc.nv.2008/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Voters will head to the polls and caucus sites Saturday in South Carolina and Nevada, contests that could propel two candidates to front-runner status in this year's wide-open presidential races.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats vie for Nevada's Latino vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/17/latino.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/17/latino.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The first state in which the Latino vote will have an impact holds its caucuses Saturday, but Nevada's Hispanic community has yet to rally behind any particular candidate.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton, Obama battle for upper hand in Nevada</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/16/nevada.caucuses/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/16/nevada.caucuses/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The battle for the Democratic presidential nomination heads west Saturday with caucuses in Nevada, where unions and a large Hispanic population are heavily expected to influence the results.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Super Tuesday about a lot more than guacamole</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/14/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/14/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>You'll hear a lot about the Hispanic vote leading up to "Super Duper Tuesday" on February 5. That's when presidential primaries occur in 23 states, several with large Hispanic populations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oppenheim: Immigration showdown in Texas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/11/oppenheim.irving/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/11/oppenheim.irving/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I certainly don't think I look like a cop. With a blue blazer, and scruffy khakis I take into the field, I have that look of a reporter who's trying to dress up just enough to be professional, but no more.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Black-brown coalitions are tough to sustain</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/03/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/03/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With Hispanics being the nation's largest minority group, the general assumption among many political and social pundits is that they will align themselves with African-Americans to represent a potent political force on the local, state and national level. </description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Student News Learning Activity: Hispanic Heritage Month</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/studentnews/10/01/sn.activity.hispanic.heritage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/studentnews/10/01/sn.activity.hispanic.heritage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Students will investigate the contributions of Hispanic Americans to U.S. culture, and what it means to be an Hispanic in America today.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hispanic entrepreneurship, buying power on the rise</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/01/hispanics.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/01/hispanics.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If you don't think Hispanics are a major force in the American marketplace, think again.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inside the Hispanic vote: Growing in numbers, growing in diversity</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/28/hispanic.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/28/hispanic.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As Democratic and Republican presidential candidates scour the country for votes during the 2008 campaign, they'll inevitably court the Hispanic community, a voting group growing rapidly in number and diversity.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Adios, Bangalore</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/28/magazines/fortune/mehta_pluggedinlatam.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/28/magazines/fortune/mehta_pluggedinlatam.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Most Americans realize that when they call a bank, electronics maker or insurance provider, there's a good chance their queries will be routed to a call center outside the U.S., perhaps in India, the Philippines or other markets filled with English speakers happy to provide customer service or tech support for relatively low wages.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Mixed messages on Hispanics</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/27/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/27/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) gives all Americans the chance to gain insight into the nation's largest minority. </description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: Caught between the Hispanic and American divide</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/email.ireports/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/email.ireports/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Hispanic community is one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the United States. Its growing influence is changing the social, cultural and political landscape of the country.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Latinos share stories, photos of heritage, traditions, tasty foods</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/25/heritage.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/25/heritage.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The growing desert city of Yuma, Arizona, has been home for I-Reporter Pamela Carvajal Drapala and generations before her since the 1800s. Drapala was born there in 1954, and says her Mexican ancestors were some of the first people to move to Yuma.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Republicans Flunk Spanish</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1660913,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1660913,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Only one candidate has agreed to the next Univision Spanish- language debate. Has the GOP given up on the Latino vote?</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems reach out to Latinos in Iowa, but activists say not enough</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/27/hispanics.iowa.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/27/hispanics.iowa.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Democratic presidential candidates say they are reaching out to Hispanics -- a group that could play a key role in Iowa's caucuses.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Obama's Stance on Cuba Hurt?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1655373,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1655373,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>In opposing Bush's hard-line policy, the Democratic candidate has challenged a golden rule of Florida politics. But he may have outmaneuvered his opponents   
</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama again stirs up decades-old debate on Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/21/obama.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/21/obama.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As Ronald Reagan might have put it, here we go again.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama labels Bush's Cuba policy 'strategically blundering'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/21/obama.cuba.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/21/obama.cuba.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday said the Bush administration blundered by tightening restrictions on Cuban-Americans who want to visit the island or send money home and promised to reverse the measures if elected.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Richardson's Fine Line on Immigration</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653552,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653552,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Democratic candidate is reaching out to Latino voters, but that means doing a delicate dance in Iowa</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Grant Wahl: Latino community's response to Beckham crucial</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/grant_wahl/07/13/beckham.us/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/grant_wahl/07/13/beckham.us/index.html</guid><description>CARSON, Calif. -- As he begins his New World Adventure in U.S. soccer, David Beckham can't help but smile when the childhood memories of his first American sojourn come tumbling back into his consciousness. But here's an unexpected twist: Beckham's initial taste of the U.S. had a distinctly Mexican-American flavor. </description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary:  Latinos give PBS a history  lesson</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/14/navarrette/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/14/navarrette/index.html</guid><description>There is an ongoing battle between filmmaker Ken Burns and a coalition of Hispanic veterans, organizations and lawmakers over plans by Burns and the Public Broadcasting System to release a documentary on World War II that ignores the 500,000 Hispanics who served in the U.S. military during the war.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 12:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary:  Immigration is a key test for Democrats</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/02/navarrette/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/02/navarrette/index.html</guid><description>In the 1980s, San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros helped convene a gathering of Hispanic leaders to christen the time in which they were living: the Decade of the Hispanic.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Minorities getting closer to the majority</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/10/hispanics/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/10/hispanics/index.html</guid><description>The influence of traditional minorities in the United States will continue to grow, new Census Bureau statistics suggest, with Hispanics born as American citizens accounting for more than a third of the population increase last year.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 14:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Speaking the wrong language</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/27/news/companies/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/27/news/companies/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Flip on Univision or Telemundo on any given night, and in between the melodramatic telenovelas and campy talk shows, you'll see the biggest consumer brands in the world pitching their products in Spanish.  It would seem every major company, from car makers to fast food franchises, is trying to reach the nation's fast-growing Hispanic population, now more than 40 million strong.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hispanics march in Milwaukee against immigration bills</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/23/latino.march/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/23/latino.march/index.html</guid><description>Thousands of demonstrators marched in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thursday to oppose tough anti-immigration legislation sponsored by their Republican congressman Jim Sensenbrenner.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Don't cry for Argentina, Brazil or Chile</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/30/news/international/latam/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/30/news/international/latam/index.htm</guid><description>NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Who says it's been a challenging year for American stocks?</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Banks woo Hispanic market</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/22/news/fortune500/banks_hispanics/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/22/news/fortune500/banks_hispanics/index.htm</guid><description>Banks are in a love affair with the Hispanic community.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Beloved Products</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/10/01/8359252/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/10/01/8359252/index.htm</guid><description>Mexico's Jarritos is one of the fastest-growing soft drinks in the United States. But until recently it was una marca desapareciendo--a dying brand. Despite having name recognition in its homeland ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arnold will be back, but will Hispanics?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/19/arnold.hispanics.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/19/arnold.hispanics.tm/index.html</guid><description>His most famous line -- "Hasta la vista, baby"-- notwithstanding, Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to be speaking a different language from most of California's 2.5 million registered Hispanic voters.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheech Marin high on art</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/05/cheech.marin/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/05/cheech.marin/index.html</guid><description>Say the name Cheech Marin, and what most people think of is the stoned-out character he played in the "Cheech and Chong" movies and records.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hispanics could hold key to a win </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/latino.vote/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/latino.vote/index.html</guid><description>At Hale's Health Foods on 67th Ave. in the heavily Latino town of Miami Lakes, conversation doesn't revolve around herbal teas, vitamin supplements or low-fat snacks, it's focused on presidential politics.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Translating faith into Spanish</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/hispanic.voters.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/hispanic.voters.tm/index.html</guid><description>It makes all the political sense in the world: take your wedge issues -- abortion, same-sex marriage and stem-cell research -- and aim them at a population whose membership in the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches exceeds 90%.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush targets 'Exurbia'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/28/mon.hot/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/28/mon.hot/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry, Bush, court Hispanic voters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/05/campaign.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/05/campaign.main/index.html</guid><description>On a day when politicians reached out to Hispanic voters, Sen. John Kerry criticized President Bush's record on education Wednesday during a stop in a state with a sizable Latino population.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2004 20:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GOP: Bush helping build a Latino base</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/09/latino.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/09/latino.bush/index.html</guid><description>Republicans say President Bush has put them in position to build a base among Latino voters.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2004 11:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems, GOP assess Latino impact</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/08/latino.vote/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/08/latino.vote/index.html</guid><description>Both Republicans and Democrats are courting the Latino vote in this year's election. And there is the potential that four states with large Latino populations might have an impact on the outcome.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2004 14:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moderates seen as key to immigration reform passage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/immigration.congress/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/immigration.congress/index.html</guid><description>Despite vocal criticism from conservative and liberal lawmakers on Capitol Hill, congressional leadership aides predicted that President Bush might be able to pass his immigration reform proposals this year if he pushes hard for support from moderate lawmakers in both parties.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 10:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush immigration plan could pass Congress, aides predict</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/07/immigration.congress/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/07/immigration.congress/index.html</guid><description>Despite vocal criticism from conservative and liberal lawmakers on Capitol Hill, congressional leadership aides predicted that President Bush might be able to pass his immigration reform proposals this year if he pushes hard for support from moderate lawmakers in both parties.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2004 20:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>America's 50 Best Companies For Minorities</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283788/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283788/index.htm</guid><description>How closely does your company's complexion match that of the nation? Every employer in America will respond differently, which is, perhaps, why the question has to be asked. The answers go a long w...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Get Ready for the Bush Democrats Like Reagan in the '80s, George W. aims to build a new Republican coalition.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/06/26/283003/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/06/26/283003/index.htm</guid><description>When George W. Bush announced that he was running for reelection as Texas governor in 1998, he laid out an audacious goal. He pledged not only to win but to win on his opponents' turf, including El...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dialing In On Latin America Once a sleepy, government-owned phone company, Spain's Telefonica is now investing billions south of</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267817/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267817/index.htm</guid><description>No company could be more Spanish than Telefonica, the country's national phone giant. Walk down a street in Madrid, and sooner or later you'll stumble across Telefonica engineers wiring the guts of...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FIVE U.S. STOCKS WITH LATIN HEAT HISPANICS AS A GROUP ARE GROWING--AND SPENDING--FAR FASTER THAN OTHER AMERICANS. THESE COMPANIE</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/12/01/234615/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/12/01/234615/index.htm</guid><description>Ana Hernandez, 23, a pharmacist's assistant, and her husband Jose, 21, a maintenance worker at Disney World, speak English while at work in Orlando. But when they learned they were expecting twins ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 1997 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Children vs. unions, a farewell to Indians, when certain judges go shopping, and other matters. THE NOMENKLATURA SPEAKS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/12/28/77287/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/12/28/77287/index.htm</guid><description>It was another bad year for media folks engaged in the unending game -- at least, nobody knows how to stop it -- of trying to figure out which labels are currently considered socially acceptable by...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 1992 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>IF YOU WANT A BIG, NEW MARKET . . . Try reaching U.S. Hispanics. They're 19 million strong, with $130 billion to spend. Here's h</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/21/71289/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/21/71289/index.htm</guid><description>WHEN IT comes to Hispanic marketing, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Remember Braniff's blooper? The airline's ads told Hispanics to fly en cuero -- or ''naked.'' Tropicana advertised jugo...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 1988 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>HISPANICS: JUST ANOTHER IMMIGRANT STORY?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/21/71288/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/21/71288/index.htm</guid><description>The rhetoric of some Hispanic leaders might make you think that the government must treat low-income Latinos as though they are somehow different from earlier waves of immigrants, that without such...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 1988 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BUENOS DIAS, CONSUMERS More and more advertisers are paying attention to the growing Hispanic market.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/12/23/66808/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/12/23/66808/index.htm</guid><description>THE SCRIPT could be for any McDonald's commercial: mom and dad, delighted that the kids have helped decorate the Christmas tree, reward their youngsters with McDonald's gift certificates. But the a...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 1985 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A Lunge by Hispanics, A Trotskyist Seduction, A Whiff of Baloney, and Other Matters. Poll Watching</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/12/09/66707/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/12/09/66707/index.htm</guid><description>Hey, whatever happened to the Rainbow Coalition? Yes, yes, we know that Jesse Jackson never got anyplace trying to sell the coalition in 1984, but the idea behind his pitch -- that minorities natur...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 1985 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>