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		<title>CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Latinos in America&#8221; was dissapointing</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/385/cnns-latinos-in-america-was-dissapointing/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/385/cnns-latinos-in-america-was-dissapointing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>violeta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think it was not accurate. For anyone seeing this report, they would have  walked away with more negative images than positive ones. There are countless  great stories in our community and you chose the ones that portray us as in a  poor, tasteless, uneducated, unincorporated, unwilling, unaccepting light.
This  type of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deletrear NBA en español no atrae, sí ofende</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/382/deletrear-nba-en-espanol-no-atrae-si-ofende/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/382/deletrear-nba-en-espanol-no-atrae-si-ofende/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[La National Basketball Association (NBA) piensa que si deletrea sus siglas nos  va a atraer.
El aviso dice: éne-bé-a Este es tu juego.
A mi me parece un insulto  a mi inteligencia y a mi cultura. Al deletrearlo todavia no han explicado de qué  se trata (si eso es lo que se estaban proponiendo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arma de defensa mimética</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/378/arma-de-defensa-mimetica/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/378/arma-de-defensa-mimetica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darwin Santana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Es un aparatito muy cómodo. Es cuadrado, como un celular. Fácil de usar. Tiene la función defensiva como las armas de electrocución que llevan algunos policías y personas. Pero, la diferencia de este es que, solo dispara monedas. Si, monedas. Tiene dos pequeños pero resistentes springs en ambos extremos. Con la capa de abajo, al [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Necesitamos apoyar a los escritores en español</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/371/necesitamos-apoyar-a-los-escritores-en-espanol/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/371/necesitamos-apoyar-a-los-escritores-en-espanol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Acabo de publicar mi primera novela en español y me he encontrado con la sorpresa de que existen muy pocas avenidas para promover este tipo de literatura. Todo esta dedicado a escritores hispanos que escriben en ingles o Spanglish. Quiero ser la primera en proponer que nos unamos para crear una sistema de apoyo mutuo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNN to air commercial calling to retire Lou Dobbs</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/359/cnn-to-air-commercial-calling-to-retire-lou-dobbs/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/359/cnn-to-air-commercial-calling-to-retire-lou-dobbs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This e-mail just came to me from Adam Luna in Americas Voice:
We came to you with big plans: put a TV commercial on the air, calling on CNN to retire Lou Dobbs and his ugly, race-based rhetoric.

You didn&#8217;t waiver &#8212; in fact, you came through stronger than ever before. Thanks to your dedication and generosity, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahora, voy a comentar sobre el libro &#8221;Nos vemos en Purgatorio&#8221;, pero sin decir finales o datos claves&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/355/ahora-voy-a-comentar-sobre-el-libro-nos-vemos-en-purgatorio-pero-sin-decir-finales-o-datos-claves/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/355/ahora-voy-a-comentar-sobre-el-libro-nos-vemos-en-purgatorio-pero-sin-decir-finales-o-datos-claves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tere Tort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bien, queridos latinos. Ahora me dieron ganas de hablar con ustedes sobre el libro de Ani Palacios, &#8221;Nos vemos en Purgatorio&#8221;. El título llama, da curiosidad y cuando uno se va metiendo en sus páginas, ya no quiere salir. Y cuando termina uno desea que vuelva pronto a escribir otro libro. Porque nos gusto. Tiene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sólo le pido a Dios que tu música siga resonando en los oídos de nuevas generaciones cuando ya no estés con nosotros</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/329/solo-le-pido-a-dios-que-tu-musica-siga-resonando-en-los-oidos-de-nuevas-generaciones-cuando-ya-no-estes-con-nosotros/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/329/solo-le-pido-a-dios-que-tu-musica-siga-resonando-en-los-oidos-de-nuevas-generaciones-cuando-ya-no-estes-con-nosotros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mariaalicia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recibí con tristeza la noticia acerca de Mercedes Sosa. Nunca nos conocimos pero le debo tanto que siento, como tantos me imagino sentirán, que le debo unas palabras de adiós.
httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIrot1Flczg
Mercedes Sosa es para mí el símbolo de una juventud y una pasión que aún con el pasar de los años se ha mantenido viva en [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¿LES MOLESTA LEER EN ESPAÑOL O PREFIEREN PURO ENGLISH?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/342/les-molesta-leer-en-espanol-o-prefieren-puro-english/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/342/les-molesta-leer-en-espanol-o-prefieren-puro-english/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tere Tort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qué bueno que sepan ingles. Fabuloso. Son bilingües. ¿Pero, si es así, porque tanta molestia y mala cara cuando tienen que leer algo en el idioma de sus antepasados? ¿Porque según ustedes viven en gringolandia?
¡Ah! bueno, se me olvidaba&#8230; Muchos no saben bien ingles ni bien español, pero a ver si no quedan como Salma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stand Against Hate, Stand for Reform!</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/324/stand-against-hate-stand-for-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/324/stand-against-hate-stand-for-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[




Issues &#124; Donate &#124; Act Now



 
Join the National Council of La Raza&#8217;s (NCLR) Stand Against Hate, Stand for Reform campaign (October 10-24), marking the end of Hispanic Heritage Month.  By planning an event in your area, you will join with advocates throughout the country to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and honor America&#8217;s history by pushing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terapia para mujeres embarazadas</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/319/terapia-para-mujeres-embarazadas/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/319/terapia-para-mujeres-embarazadas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darwin Santana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Una idea muy sencilla para ayudar con el control del dolor durante el parto es que se ubiquen dos o más embarazadas en la misma habitación para la realización del parto. De alguna manera, la terapia consistirá en hacerle sentir a la embarazada que no está sola en su dolor y, al contemplarlo de dicho [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¿POR QUE TE AVERGÜENZA SER LATINO EN U.S.A. ?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/317/por-que-te-averguenza-ser-latino-en-u-s-a/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/317/por-que-te-averguenza-ser-latino-en-u-s-a/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tere Tort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ver, que alguien me explique&#8230;
¿¿¿¿¿PORQUE MUCHOS DE LOS LATINOS QUE VIVEN EN ESTADOS UNIDOS SE AVERGUENZAN DE SERLO?????
Seguido encuentras gente hispana en el banco, en el súper, en la escuela, y cuando les preguntas: ¿Eres latino? ¡Ah! Es como si les hubieras hecho una ofensota, y te dicen: ¿¿YOOOOO?? NOOOOO. ¡YO NO! Latina era… [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¿Cómo educas a tus hijos? ¿Cómo norteamericanos o como fuiste educado en tu país?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/311/como-educas-a-tus-hijos-como-norteamericanos-o-como-fuiste-educado-en-tu-pais/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/311/como-educas-a-tus-hijos-como-norteamericanos-o-como-fuiste-educado-en-tu-pais/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tere Tort</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He visto muchísimos casos en los que de plano, hasta en eso se han olvidado de sus raíces. Quieren que sus hijos imiten en TODO a los norteamericanos. Que imiten lo bueno, es aplaudible, pero por lo regular los ve uno imitando lo peor. Comida rápida, chatarra. Los impulsan a irse de la casa a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>260 hours of hate?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/278/260-hours-of-hate/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/278/260-hours-of-hate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>America&#39;s Voice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer
 Any views or opinions presented in this post are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Contacto Latino® or BrainStorm Business Resources, Inc. Neither Contacto Latino® nor any of its owners or employees makes any warranty or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want more Wilsons?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/270/want-more-wilsons/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/270/want-more-wilsons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>America&#39;s Voice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night Rep. Joe Wilson from South Carolina shouted, &#8220;YOU LIE&#8221; at  President Barack Obama, during his Congressional health care address. Why was he  so riled up?
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, of course.
President Obama was  denouncing myths &#8212; spread by cable news, talk radio, anti-immigration extremist  groups and anti-immigrant politicians like Joe Wilson &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9/11 We Remember</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/261/911-we-remember/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/261/911-we-remember/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We decided to stay in the US for several reasons, being the most important that there was a sense of safety for our very young family.  We saw we can grow and prosper with Peace.
We ran away from Maoist Terrorism funded by narcs, hiding in the Andes and jungles of Peru, and the ineptitude of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>dreamactivist.org: 50 Dream Act events in 15 States, Host yours!</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/250/dreamactivist-org-50-dream-act-events-in-15-states-host-yours/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/250/dreamactivist-org-50-dream-act-events-in-15-states-host-yours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We encourage you to host a DREAM Act related event on Wednesday, September 23rd.   People just like you have so far organized over 50 events to take place in 15  states.

As colleges and high schools welcome  students back from summer break, we are ready to say it&#8217;s time to let  undocumented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCLR: confused about what health care reform means for you?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/241/nclr-confused-about-what-health-care-reform-means-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/241/nclr-confused-about-what-health-care-reform-means-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you confused about what health care reform means for you? You are not alone. While we work to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, quality health care, there are people attempting to stop reform or create barriers that will make health care insurance harder to buy. Those who want to kill health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turismo Vivencial para Comunidades Campesinas de Apurímac – Perú</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/228/turismo-vivencial-para-comunidades-campesina-de-apurimac-%e2%80%93-peru/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/228/turismo-vivencial-para-comunidades-campesina-de-apurimac-%e2%80%93-peru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicosuarez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comunidades Campesina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turismo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[El Turismo Alternativo es un tipo de turismo que está creciendo vertiginosamente en los últimos años. Dentro del Turismo Alternativo encontramos el Turismo Vivencial, que es una modalidad en la que las familias dedicadas a la vida agrícola abren sus puertas para alojar al visitante mostrándole una forma de vida única y auténtica. Los turistas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Tourism for farmer communities of Apurimac &#8211; Peru</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/221/residential-tourism-for-farmer-communities-of-apurimac-peru/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/221/residential-tourism-for-farmer-communities-of-apurimac-peru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicosuarez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmer communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alternative Tourism is increasing rapidly in recent years. Within the  alternative tourism is Residential Tourism, which is a mode in farming families  engaged in agricultural life open their doors to accommodate visitors by showing  a way of life unique and authentic. The tourists participating in the daily  activities of local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is President Obama loosing Latin America&#8217;s Trust?  Or did he ever have it?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/214/president-obama-loosing-latin-americas-trust/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/214/president-obama-loosing-latin-americas-trust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot is happening here in the nation, and it all has priority.  But a lot is happening south of the border. Several events in Latin America are causing many to consider that &#8220;trust&#8221; is beginning to be lost.
It&#8217;s a balancing act, and as Candidate Obama told us, a President has to &#8220;do more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are going to start deporting kids who see the U.S as their country?  I beg you to help Herta!</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/200/we-are-going-to-start-deporting-kids-who-see-the-u-s-as-their-country-i-beg-you-to-help-this-teen/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/200/we-are-going-to-start-deporting-kids-who-see-the-u-s-as-their-country-i-beg-you-to-help-this-teen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Llusho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urgent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This e-mail arrived this afternoon. I hope many of you find in yourselves to  help Herta. She&#8217;s only 19!
I&#8217;m enclosing the petition she&#8217;s circulating.
________________________________________

My name is Herta Llusho, I am 19 years  old, and I&#8217;m writing this because I&#8217;m about to be deported. I was born in  Albania and was brought to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama wants to fix &#8216;a broken&#8217; immigration system, but what is really &#8216;broken&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/196/obama-wants-to-fix-a-broken-immigration-system-but-what-is-really-broken/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/196/obama-wants-to-fix-a-broken-immigration-system-but-what-is-really-broken/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, President Obama wants to fix &#8216;a broken&#8217; immigration system&#8230; sure looks like it, but is it the Law that&#8217;s broken or the inability of the Feds to enforce it as it&#8217;s written?
Let’s face it, immigration cannot be stopped.  You cannot stop people in &#8220;the pursuit of happiness yearning to breathe free&#8220;.  But in any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform, it&#8217;s about the COST, stupid!</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/180/health-care-reform-its-about-the-cost-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/180/health-care-reform-its-about-the-cost-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gooq</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Care Reform is a must, but at the right level and with quality in mind.
Short term?  It&#8217;s all about the COST, stupid.  NOT who controls it!
Many of us are lucky to have great Health Benefits, in our case incredible very exceptionally great benefits.  But it wasn&#8217;t like that always.
When we first came to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, are we?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/185/latinos-being-stopped-by-law-enforcement-disproportionately-are-we/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/185/latinos-being-stopped-by-law-enforcement-disproportionately-are-we/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Enforcement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barak Obama recently said &#8221; &#8230; there&#8217;s a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately.&#8221;
So far, I&#8217;ve been lucky&#8230; maybe because I&#8217;m not dark enough.  But if I speak&#8230; I could be in trouble, especially on certain counties, where law enforcement goes by &#8220;shoot first, ask later&#8220;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we first Latinos?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/164/are-we-first-latinos/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/164/are-we-first-latinos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Judge Sonia Sotomayor is being confirmed as the first Latina Woman to the Supreme Court, politicians like Mel Martinez (R) have chosen to support her by stating: &#8221;Given her judicial record, and her testimony this week, it is my determination that Judge Sotomayor is well-qualified to serve&#8230;&#8220;.
On the other hand, other Republicans have been attacking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration reform: put off again. Is it that hard or do they just simply do-not-care? How can we make them care?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/112/immigration-reform-put-off-again/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/112/immigration-reform-put-off-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gooq</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lou-dobbs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now it is the Obama For Change Administration that has put off once again U.S. immigration policy meetings with the purpose to &#8220;push for immigration reform&#8221; (see HB).
I&#8217;m starting to feel they simply do not care, and since no new date has been set, I now believe the new White House does not have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yo vivo en una ciudad cerca de la frontera con Estados Unidos y hemos ecuchado que capaz den la visa de asilado o refugiado a mexicanos.</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/109/yo-vivo-en-una-ciudad-cerca-de-la-frontera-con-estados-unidos-y-hemos-ecuchado-que-capaz-den-la-visa-de-asilado-o-refugiado-a-mexicanos/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/109/yo-vivo-en-una-ciudad-cerca-de-la-frontera-con-estados-unidos-y-hemos-ecuchado-que-capaz-den-la-visa-de-asilado-o-refugiado-a-mexicanos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>manuelp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inmigración]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Eso seria tremendo, pero no tengo manera de confirmar, ni de saber como aplicar. Alguien sabe? agradezco informacion.
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		<title>I see those lists indicating this or that company are top companies for minorities. I&#8217;m wondering if they are for real.</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/105/i-see-those-lists-indicating-this-or-that-company-are-top-companies-for-minorities-im-wondering-if-they-are-for-real/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/105/i-see-those-lists-indicating-this-or-that-company-are-top-companies-for-minorities-im-wondering-if-they-are-for-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pattyb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minority]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like in Diversity, Inc or Hispanic Business&#8230; are those really good companies? I mean, good from the point of view of the employees.
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		<title>Immigration Reform, will it happen this time?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/85/immigration-reform-will-it-happen-this-time/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/85/immigration-reform-will-it-happen-this-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gooq</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the news Immigration Reform, they are at it again!  After so many attempts, will &#8220;they&#8221; be able to make it this time?  Do you feel the &#8220;reform&#8221; will even make sense?
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		<title>Nomination attacks, is it bigotry? What can be done?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/90/nomination-attacks-is-it-bigotry/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/90/nomination-attacks-is-it-bigotry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gooq</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affirmative-action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sotomayor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it bigotrywhat drives the attacks to the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor?  Is it because &#8220;some&#8221; are afraid of not being able to pronounce her last name correctly (which many simply can&#8217;t) ?  Or is it the true concern about her record as Federal Judge? 
What we do about it?
Check the news:

Sotomayor responde a las críticas de [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What can we do, as a community, to promote and develop Latino leaders?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/66/what-can-we-do-as-a-community-to-promote-and-develop-latino-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/66/what-can-we-do-as-a-community-to-promote-and-develop-latino-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ideaslatinas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latinos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m tired of being the &#8220;nice&#8221; community. I want to retain the niceness but have some progress. I want my kids to be able to dream &#8216;big&#8217; and when I say &#8216;big&#8217;, I mean beyond manager. I was told that the problem with Latinos is that we don&#8217;t assert ourselves, that we don&#8217;t ask for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What will our children be like?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/70/what-will-our-children-be-like/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/70/what-will-our-children-be-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mariaalicia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contacto-latino.com/blogs/ideas-latinas/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If children of immigrants are americanized, are they still their own culture, or are they a new culture? And if that&#8217;s so, why do we still market to them as if they were the same as they parents? It&#8217;s sort of like the thing about different generations, isn&#8217;t it?
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