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Exploran soluciones a la disparidad en cobertura médica

Aug 03, 2005; ... El Foro de Colorado de Salud y Minorías es una organización que educa a la comunidad sobre el costo humano (es decir, la mortalidad) causado por la disparidad en el acceso a servicios de salud, y que además busca eliminar esa situación, explicó Lucy Trujillo, presidente del foro, durante una ...

Latinas crean "refugio" para víctimas de abuso

Aug 03, 2005; ... Decenas de dirigentes latinos y amigos de la comunidad se reunieron el pasado viernes 29 de julio en el Jardín Botánico de Denver para particiar en el evento convocado por la organización sin fines de lucro Latina Safehouse Initiative(LSI), que busca prevenir la violencia doméstica en familias ...

Home grown terrorists new to England and developed world

Aug 03, 2005; ... London suffered two terrorist episodes on the 7th and 21st of July. And they expect a third wave of attacks any minute. The streets of London are full of police. Every downtown entry into what they call the Tube, their subway system, is populated with police presence. Police are visible ...

CAFTA may benefit Colorado businesses

Aug 03, 2005 ... On Thursday, July 28, the U.S House of Representatives passed the U.S. - Central American - Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), removing trade barriers and opening a market of over 44 million consumers to American products. According to local Hispanic leaders, this agreement ...

Latino business growth offers rewards and risks

Aug 03, 2005; ... The growing ranks of Hispanic businesses are counting on alliances and networks to thrive in today's more competitive and challenging environment. From small entrepreneurial ventures to large construction companies, savvy leaders are making use of old connections and ethnic camaraderie ...

Tensiones raciales causan conflictos en cárceles de Colorado

Aug 03, 2005 ... A pesar de los esfuerzos por parte de las autoridades penitenciarias de Colorado para solucionar el problema, las peleas entre hispanos y afroamericanos en las cárceles de este estado han llegado al nivel que una madre describe como "intolerable tortura". "La vida de mi hijo se ve ...

Back to School means back to asthma attacks

Aug 03, 2005 ... Most people associate cold-and-flu season with the damp, dark days of late fall and winter. But as soon as children are confined in classrooms and start swapping germs, the incidence of respiratory infections rises sharply. Colds due to rhinovirus peak in September, with other viral infections ...

Beautiful paintings spring from the simple life

Aug 03, 2005; ... Maria Elena Kaplan has lived in Colorado for 22 years, but in some ways she has never left her native Peru. At least her artistic heart hasn't, for the subjects of her paintings are almost always the women of Cuzco, in their brightly colored garments, going about their everyday lives. And her ...

Chicano Music Festival far more than a fundraiser

Aug 03, 2005; ... Now in its ninth year, El Centro Su Teatro's Chicano Music Festival has grown from its humble, if lofty, origin to a not-to-be-missed celebration of the homegrown music of La Raza. This year, attendees are in for a special treat thanks to performances, Friday and Saturday, by the world renowned ...

The Royal Gorge Railroad - a unique, breathtaking ride

Aug 03, 2005; ... Every year thousands of visitors flock to Cañon City to experience the splendor of the Royal Gorge, a natural wonder formed by the raging waters of the Arkansas River as they cut through a high plateau of igneous rock. This Colorado landmark is a spectacular steep-walled narrow gorge over 1,000 ...

Chacon moves on as trade winds blow

Aug 03, 2005; ... The Rockies player merry-go-round continued to spin last week as local favorite Shawn Chacon departed for a new opportunity with the New York Yankees. Eric Byrnes, recently acquired from the Oakland Athletics, moved on to the Baltimore Orioles. And veteran infielder Desi Relaford was placed on ...

Two Venezuelans blossom in the majors

Aug 03, 2005; ... Since they won't be visiting Coors Field this year for interleague play, I would like to introduce you to two talented heroes of the American League. Their stories should be told because both of these Venezuelan athletes literally came out of nowhere to become leaders in their respective ...

Bennet calls for change at DPS

Aug 10, 2005; ... Newly appointed superintendent of the Denver Public Schools (DPS), Michael Bennet, spoke to members and guests of the Hispanic Political Action Committee (HISPAC). The event, organized by John Garcia, who founded HISPAC in the late 1980s, took place last Friday at a luncheon held at El Paraiso ...

Rapids Foundation to hold school supply drive

Aug 03, 2005 ... The Colorado Rapids Community Care Foundation (CRCCF) and the Salvation Army will be collecting new school supplies and cash for Denver area students in need at the Rapids home game vs. Los Angeles on August 6, at Invesco Field at Mile High, Stadium Gate 10. This is a pre-game activity ...

Latinos still lack access to health services

Aug 03, 2005; ... Latinos in Colorado pay a high "human cost" each year for not having access to proper health care services, according to a recent report published by the Colorado Department of Health. The Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Colorado 2005 report confirms Latinos are ...

"Latinas Honoring" Latinas helps victims of abuse

Aug 03, 2005 ... Latinos, Latinas and friends of the community met last Friday, July 29, at the Denver Botanic Gardens to raise funds for the Latina Safehouse Initiative (LSI), a nonprofit organization formed in response to the need for culturally and linguistically competent services for metro Denver's Latina ...

Buscan a visionario hispano

Aug 03, 2005 ... La empresa Ford anunció el inicio del concurso de búsqueda del próximo visionario de negocios hispano. El concurso busca a alguien que encarne el espíritu empresarial y demuestre que los hispanos son líderes como propietarios exitosos de pequeñas empresas. Las inscripciones para el ...

Los terroristas nacen en cualquier país

Aug 03, 2005 ... Los terroristas atacaron Londres dos veces, el 7 y el 21 de julio. Y la tercera ola de ataques puede llegar en cualquier momento. Las calles de Londres están llenas de policías. Cada acceso al "Tubo" (metro o subterráneo) tiene presencia policial. Y la policía custodia los edificios ...

CAFTA podría beneficiar negocios de Colorado

Aug 03, 2005 ... El pasado jueves 28 de julio, la Cámara de Representantes del Congreso de Estados Unidos aprobó el tratado de libre comercio entre este país, la República Dominicana y seis países centroamericanos. El tratado, conocido por las siglas en inglés CAFTA, busca remover las barreras ...

A mother pleads for her son in jail

Aug 03, 2005; ... In spite of Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) efforts to reduce the problems, fights between African Americans and Latinos, and abuse of prisoners by other inmates, seem to have reached a level one mother calls "unbearable torture." "My son's life is threatened every day. Every ...

Advierten contra "epidemia de asma" por el regreso a clases

Aug 03, 2005 ... El inicio de un nuevo ciclo lectivo significa un aumento en los casos de asma y de enfermedades respiratorias, sobre todo para alumnos que ingresan en la escuela por primera vez o que cambian de establecimiento, indicó William Allstetter, portavoz del hospital National Jewish Medical Center en ...

Ser bilingüe es una ventaja para toda la vida

Aug 03, 2005; ... Cuando comencé el jardín de infantes, ya hablaba dos idiomas, un logro imporante para alguien que tenía cinco o seis años. Pero a esa edad uno no lo toma como un logro importante sino como algo ordinario. Todos mis compañeros eran bilingües, y a esa edad yo no podría haber anticipado la ventaja ...

Hermosas pinturas surgen de una vida simple

Aug 03, 2005 ... Maria Elena Kaplan vive en Colorado desde hace 22 años, pero de cierta forma nunca dejó su Perú natal. Por lo menos su talento artístico todavía vive allí, ya que los temas de sus pinturas son las mujeres de Cuzco, con sus brillantes vestimentas, en las actividades de todos los días. Sus ...

Festival de música chicana: Más que sólo donaciones

Aug 03, 2005 ... Ya en su noveno año, el Festival de Música Chicana en El Centro Su Teatro ha crecido desde sus humildes pero sólidos orígenes hasta llegar a ser una celebración imperdible para toda la raza. Este año, los participantes tendrán la oportunidad especial de escuchar el viernes y el sábado al ...

An inside look at the movement that changed the world of music

Aug 03, 2005; ... American music has changed a lot since the days of the Beatles and the so-called British Invasion. Popular music has gone through many phases since then but none of these has had as profound an impact on the club scene as the DJ/remixer movement that began in the black and Latino underground ...

Vientos de cambio envían a Chacón a Nueva York

Aug 03, 2005 ... Los Colorado Rockies siguen jugando a las sillas musicales con sus jugadores, y esta vez le tocó irse a uno de los favoritos locales, el lanzador Shawn Chacon, quien desde ahora jugará para los Yanquis de Nueva York. Eric Byrnes, que había llegado desde los Atléticos de Oakland, se fue a jugar ...

Dos venezolanos triunfan en las mayores

Aug 03, 2005 ... Como este año no los vamos a ver jugar en Coors Field, permítanme presentarles a dos talentosos venezolanos que milian en la Liga Americana. Sus historias tiene que conocerse porque ambos son atletas que llegaron al tope de su categoría comenzando desde muy abajo. Y eso es una lección en ...

Rapids reúnen útiles escolares

Aug 03, 2005 ... La Fundación de los Colorado Rapids, conocida por las siglas CRCCF, y el Ejército de Salvación, estarán recolectando útiles escolares nuevos y dinero en efectivo para ayudar a alunmos de familias carenciadas en la zona metropolitana de Denver. La colecta se realizará el sábado 6 de agosto, en el ...

Controversy grows about books in Spanish at DPL

Aug 10, 2005; ... Members of groups for and against immigrants met on Monday, Aug. 8, at noon at the western entrance of the Denver Public Library to express, in one case, the need to keep the books in Spanish at DPL, and, in another, to denounce those books as "pornography." "We are here to show how out ...

Crece la brecha educativa en escuelas de Colorado

Aug 10, 2005; ... Tras nueve años de reforma escolar en Colorado, la distancia académica entre alumnos hispanos y anglos en las escuelas públicas locales se mantiene igual o ha aumentado, revela un informe oficial difundido este martes. Según los resultados del 2005 del Programa de Evaluación Estudiantil ...

Por qué necesitamos el derecho al voto en la constitución

Aug 10, 2005 ... Mientras que miles de defensores de los derechos civiles celebraban el fin de semana pasado el 40° aniversario del Acta de Derechos del Votante (VRA, en inglés), lo medio de prensa hablaban de la importancia de ese acta para proteger los derechos políticos de las minorías. Pero la mayoría de ...

Immunizations help to keep children healthy

Aug 10, 2005; ... As school starts soon, parents and guardians need to have their children's immunizations and vaccines up-to-date. Vaccines work best if they are given at regularly scheduled times as directed by a health care provider. For most vaccines, it is never too late to catch up if a child misses ...

Immigration misconceptions

Aug 10, 2005 ... As part of its studies about "Rethinking Immigration," the Washington D.C. based Immigration Policy Center (IPC) recently released a 12-page document titled "Five Myths of Immigration: Common Misconceptions Underlying U.S. Border-Enforcement Policy." The report was written by Douglas S ....

Los Lonely Boys on The Rocks

Aug 10, 2005; ... Last November we ended a review with the prediction: Los Lonely Boys will be back this summer to play at Red Rocks or another large local venue. Though it really didn't take a psychic to make this prediction, next week it will come to fruition as the Garza brothers perform in Denver's sandstone ...

Rockies win 4 of 6 on western road trip

Aug 10, 2005; ... The tenacious young Rockies transformed themselves from road kill to road killers last week as they took two of three games from the San Francisco Giants at SBC Park, then went on to win two of three games against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Bank One Ballpark. Jamey Wright opened the ...

Crece la controversia por novelas en español en bibliotecas de Denver

Aug 10, 2005 ... Grupos a favor y en contra de tener novelas en español en las Bibliotecas Públicas de Denver se congregaron este medidía frente a la sede central de esa agencia, en un caso para pedir que los libros se mantengan, y en el otro para denunciarlos como "material pornográfico". Conocidas ...

Bennet presenta su plan para las escuelas de Denver

Aug 10, 2005; ... Seguridad en los establecimientos escolares, acceso a un desarrollo profesional real para los profesores y entrenamiento para los directores de las escuelas son los objetivos primordiales que dio a conocer el nuevo Superintendente de las Escuelas Públicas de Denver (DPS), Michael Bennet, en su ...

Achievement gap still a problem in Colorado

Aug 10, 2005 ... Initiated in 1997 with two tests, the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) has grown to include twenty-nine tests in 2005. CSAP Math assessments were added at grades three and four in 2005. Science is currently assessed in grade 8 only. In 2005, the ninth year of CSAP and the fifth ...

Salvadoran succeeds in roofing industry

Aug 10, 2005; ... Growing up poor in California's San Joaquin Valley, Jeanette Blanco-Wellers learned at an early age the meaning of hard work, picking grapes and cotton alongside her mother and other migrants. But drive, determination and a bundle of self-confidence soon launched her on an upward track ....

Why we need a constitutional right to vote

Aug 10, 2005; ... As thousands of civil rights advocates celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in Atlanta last weekend, most media coverage conveyed the Act's importance in protecting minorities' political rights. Yet many of those same stories helped perpetuate a dangerous illusion by ...

Las vacunas ayudan a mantener la salud de los niños

Aug 10, 2005 ... El regreso a clases significa que los padres o guardianes deben asegurarse que sus hijos tengan todas las vacunas al día. Las vacunas funcionan mejor cuando se dan en las dosis y en los tiempos indicados por las autoridades de salud, pero nunca es tarde para ponerse al día. Los niños deben tener ...

Also known as Dr. Loco

Aug 10, 2005; ... José Cuellar, professor of La Raza Studies at San Francisco State University and director of the César Chavez Institute for Public Policy, also known as Dr. Loco, was in town last week with his Rockin' Jalapeño Band for El Centro Su Teatro's Chicano Music Festival. Prof. Cuellar graciously ...

Los Lonely Boys en The Rocks

Aug 10, 2005 ... En noviembre pasado terminanos nuestro comentario con una predicción. Los Lonely Boys volverían este verano y tocarían en Red Rocks o en otro lugar de gran capacidad. No hace falta ser adivino para hacer esa predicción, que se cumplirá la semana próxima cuando los hermanos Garza toquen en el ...

Bourdais looks for second Denver win

Aug 10, 2005; ... For Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais, the stakes will be high as he revs up this weekend for the 4th Annual Centrix Grand Prix of Denver. Not only is the young 26 year old driver the defending champion of last year's Denver event, he also is scrambling to defend his 2004 CHAMP Car World Series ...

Latinos de Longmont celebran a El Comité

Aug 17, 2005; ... La trágica muerte de dos jóvenes en la localidad de Longmont hace 25 años motivó a los latinos de esa ciudad al norte de crear un organización que eventualmente transformó al departamento de policía local y benefició a toda la comunidad. El 14 de agosto de 1980 Juan Louis Garcia y ...

Difficult situation led Rodriguez to political career

Aug 17, 2005 ... Rosemary Rodriguez was victim of an assault on April 1983. The day after the painful experience, she decided to organize the neighborhood to fight against crime. Years later, that experience led her to accept a position with Mayor Wellington Webb. And even later she was elected as councilwoman, ...

El seguro social es importante para un país que no ahorra

Aug 17, 2005 ... El pasado domingo 14 de agosto se cumplieron 70 años del inicio del Seguro Social, por ley del entonces presidente Roosevelt. Cuando se firmó esa ley, el nuevo programa era importante y era una protección contra la Gran Depresión. Al pasar el tiempo, el Seguro Social se convirtió el algo ...

LAEF honors 2005-06 scholarship recipients

Aug 17, 2005 ... The Colorado Rapids and the Latin American Educational Foundation (LAEF) saluted more than 200 students pursuing an important goal - getting a college education. Some of these students were featured as part of La Voz' 2004-05 Student of the Week winners. They are Alejandro Rodriguez, Eric ...

Caracterizan de "insulto" a sanción contra policía

Aug 17, 2005; ... Los dirigentes hispanos de la organizacion El Color de la Justicia caracterizaron como "un insulto" a la suspensión por sólo tres meses de un agente de policía de Denver que el año pasado mató por error a un anciano latino inválido. Según la abogada Adrianne Benavidez, directora ...

Funcionario anuncia beneficios para veteranos

Aug 17, 2005; ... "Nuestra meta es proveer oportunidades de trabajo para todos los veteranos de guerra de Estados Unidos, incluyendo a los veteranos latinos a los cuales se les presentan barreras de lenguaje y falta de entrenamiento" dijo el Subsecretario del Servicio de Empleo y Entrenamiento para Veteranos en ...

A los latinos les gustan los Beatles de los '60

Aug 17, 2005 ... Este mes es otro aniversario de la visita de los Beatles a Red Rocks en 1964. Denver fue la sexta ciudad de las 25 de esa visita. Yo no estuve ahí, porque dos semanas antes me fui de Denver de regreso a mi casa, luego de pasar aquel verano en esta ciudad. Y quizá mis hermanas de todos modos le ...

El maravilloso mundo de Benita Olivas

Aug 17, 2005 ... La primera vez que vimos la muestra CHAC Summer Mix hace tres semanas, algo inmediatamente nos llamó la atención: las poderosas y brillantes naturalezas muertas complementadas con grandes y detallados retratos. En Iris en la neblina, un planta iris amarilla lo urge a uno a acercarse y ...

The 2005 Maxima is still the Nissan flagship

Aug 17, 2005; ... The design of the Nissan Maxima has evolved rapidly over the years since its inception but the 2005 retains the look of the 2004 model with only superficial changes. The arched roof still slams into the rectangular trunk and it still looks like three different cars from various points of view - ...

Una nueva y refrescante expresión musical viene de Tijuana

Aug 17, 2005 ... Cuando la gente de Nacional Records nos contó que había un grupo que mezclaba Norteño con Tecno, no podíamos imaginarnos cuál sería el resultado, en parte porque, sin quererlo, nos perdimos el primer CD de Nortec Collective llamado Tijuana Sessions Vol. 1. Cuando ese disco salió, ....

Rockies short on runs at home

Aug 17, 2005; ... The Rockies started last week's home stand with a bang taking both ends of a makeup double header from the Florida Marlins. In the first of these two games, newly promoted starter Sunny Kim held the Marlins to 2 runs on 5 hits in four innings. The Marlins took a 3-2 lead then were tied in the ...

El osito bueno de los Cachorros: Carlos Zambrano

Aug 17, 2005 ... En el 2001 le pedí al entrenador de los Cachorros de Iowa, un equipo de la Triple A, que evaluase a su mejor jugador, Carlos Zambrano, un atleta de 6 pies 5 pulgadas y 255 libras. "Básicamente, me dijo Bruce Kim, "es superior al resto, pero hay que controlarlo". Dos años después, esa ...

Camarena brilla a nivel nacional

Aug 17, 2005 ... Es el momento que todo boxeador en ascenso espera. La oportunidad de mostrar sus talentos a nivel nacional a la audiencia de ESPN, y quizá cobrar una buena bolsa por la pelea. El pasado viernes 12 de agosto por la noche, como parte de las actividades del Centrix Grand Prix of Denver, el ...

Latinos celebrate 25 years of service by El Comite

Aug 17, 2005; ... More than 500 people gathered last Sunday, Aug. 14, at a park in Longmont to celebrate the 25th anniversary of El Comité, a local nonprofit organization that helps Latinos and the community at large in education, business and cultural issues. On Aug. 14, 1980, a local police officer, ...

Penoso día motivó a Rodriguez a entrar en la política

Aug 17, 2005 ... Después del día que Rosemary Rodriguez fue víctima de un asalto en su propia casa, en Abril de 1983, decidió organizarse con sus vecinos para combatir la criminalidad en su barrio y, después de varios años de servir a la comunidad, se convirtió en concejala del de Denver, y, desde recientente, ...

Social Security is important in a nation that saves less

Aug 17, 2005; ... On Sunday, August 14, the nation celebrated the 70th year since the signing of the Social Security legislation by President Roosevelt. At the moment of its signing, the new program represented a genuine gesture of relevance and protection against the Great Depression. Over the years, ...

Youth should participate in family violence prevention

Aug 17, 2005 ... The University of Colorado at Denver (UCD), Graduate School of Public Affairs presented last week a workshop on how community-based domestic violence agencies can engage youth in research and activism on gender violence issues. "Droppin' Science: How Domestic Violence Agencies Can ...

Mi Casa receives donation from Allstate Foundation

Aug 17, 2005 ... The Allstate Foundation recently awarded a grant of $9,000 to Mi Casa Resource Center for Women, Inc. yesterday. Funds will be used to support the organization's Women's Business Center. Women who participate in programs at the Business Center receive assistance to start and expand their own ...

Suspension of Ford an insult to justice

Aug 17, 2005; ... A ninety day suspension for an act of police misconduct that results in the death of an innocent man is not justice, it's an insult. Over one year ago, Frank Lobato was shot and killed by police officer Ranjan Ford as he lay in bed. Ford and other officers were attempting to arrest a ...

Latinos caught in the '60s Beatlemania

Aug 17, 2005; ... This month marks the anniversary of the Beatles' visit to Red Rocks in 1964. Denver was the sixth city of their 25-city tour. Unfortunately I missed them, because two weeks earlier I had made my way back to my home after spending the summer in the city. Perhaps my sisters would have purchased a ...

The wondrous world of Benita Olivas

Aug 17, 2005; ... When we first saw the CHAC Summer Mix exhibit three weeks ago, the works of Benita Olivas immediately drew our eye - still life paintings with power and vibrance complimented by large in-your-face portraits. In Iris in the Mist a large yellow iris beckons and urges you closer as the wind ...