Latino Leaders articles from April 2003

Latino Leaders archives from April 2003

It's amazing how media-drenched our society is.(Publishers' letter)
April 1, 2003... TV and press talk about their perceptions of reality, their interpretations of what's going on, and these become some kind of measure to get a sense of our own "reality," and then, we realize that their reality and our reality have nothing to...

Editor's note.
April 1, 2003... It's a fact that most people are infatuated with TV stars and their escapades on and off the small screen. Of course, there are those who look upon them as fleeting insubstantial figures, but for the handful who treat them with disdain, there...

Give Anglo the heave ho.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2003... I write to protest the blanket use of Anglo to describe people not of Latin American heritage. Indiscriminate use is inaccurate, inappropriate, disrespectful of cultural diversity, and leads to an us-versus-them worldview. Don't get me...

Corrections.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2003... December/January 2003 issue Gallery "Standing Tall": La Opinion of Los Angeles has been distributed daily since September 16, 1926, Making it the oldest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States.

Sugar Hill Bistro.(Hot Spot)
April 1, 2003... 458 W. 145th St. New York, NY (212) 491-5505 On a tree-lined block in uptown Manhattan the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance thrives in a four-story brownstone called the Sugar Hill Bistro. A restaurant and jazz lounge that opened in the...

Up & coming: Hispanic event guide April-May 2003.(Calendar)
April 1, 2003... Art Chicago 2003 May 9-12 at Navy Pier SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 31 Through 1 April 2 Through 2 Through 5 April April April ...

Lincoln's Aviator: boldly flies into the future.(Mundo Latino: news events)
April 1, 2003... "Lincolness" is now synonymous with all-round excellence. Look at the success the marque has achieved in recent surveys by JD Power and Associates. Cast your eyes over photos of the breathtaking Navicross concept vehicle. It's futuristic and...

Glamorous tamales.(Mundo Latino: news events)
April 1, 2003... Tamales, flavorful corn dough bundles, are one of Mexico's oldest and finest culinary treats. Feasted on at Aztec banquets, long before the arrival of the Spaniards, tamales nowadays are less spectacular and are commonly sold piping hot at busy...

Cyberstudy reports Latino online tendencies.(Mundo Latino: news events)
April 1, 2003... America Online, Inc., and RoperASW have released the first annual US Hispanic Cyberstudy, which documents the online behavior of Latino online consumers. Half of those surveyed (48 percent) reported first going online at home in the past two...

If I can get Osama Bin Laden, believe me I will; CBS News Foreign News Producer Ana Padilla Real tells us how she got Dan Rather's exclusive interview with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.(Telephone Interview)
April 1, 2003... Q. How did you manage to convince the Iraqi government to give you the interview? A. I started working on the project in September of last year. I was not the only one. There was a group of people at CBS who were approaching their sources...

Rudy Perez: music producer: Miami, FL.(Proust Questionnaire)
April 1, 2003... What is your dream of happiness? A peaceful inner existence. What is your present state of mind? Focused on my career. What natural gift would you like to possess? To do away with the need for sleep--it's a waste of time. Who would...

The show must go on.(Gallery)
April 1, 2003... The WB's latest Latino offering is Greetings from Tucson, a sitcom based on the childhood of its Mexican-Irish Executive Producer Peter Murieta. The series centers on tricky teen David Tiant and his playful antics, which lead to a father-son...

Bebu Silvetti: music producer.(Face)
April 1, 2003... ORIGINS: Buenos Aires, Argentina * WHEREABOUTS: Coral Gables, Florida * OCCUPATION: Music producer and master arranger. To date he has composed more than 600 songs, over 200 TV and radio commercials, and has also dabbled in soundtracks. * WHO...

Dark visions: Gomez Peralta's vision of Cuba's urban lanscape is dark, some would say apocalyptic, as the whie edifices of his native Havana claw their way of the shadows momentarily, leaving us with no doubt that the darkness will eventually close in and swallow the city whole.(Leader Of The Future)
April 1, 2003... Ismael Gomez Peralta Painter The vision is one of Havana in distress, a city in pain. His brushstrokes lash out unashamedly, lacerating the canvas with marks of torrential rain and furious skies. The particular canvas that attracts my...

New America Alliance: nation's top Latino business leaders, legislators highlight Dallas power panel.
April 1, 2003... On February 28, 2003, New America Alliance (NAA), an organization of the most prominent American Latino business leaders in the United States, presented a high profile panel in Dallas, Texas, of entrepreneurs and legislators who addressed the...

Olga Corpion: senior director of Human Resources: Ingram Micro, Inc.(My Style)
April 1, 2003... America's increasingly competitive technology markets demand individuals who are able to identify and nurture talented professionals in the field. Olga Corpion is one such individual, and as senior director of Human Resources at Ingram Micro,...

A flair for Mexican fare: La Palapa: Restaurateurs Barbara Sibley and Margaritte Malfy are often found conversing with customers, sampling their own culinary creations, or tending to W.H. Aude's penchant for quesadillas between stanzas.(Cuisine)
April 1, 2003... Walking east on St. Mark's Place--past the chaotic host of stores and cafes toward a more serene semblance of normality--you will find La Palapa Cocina Mexicana. It's another world, one you might be unfortunate enough to pass by unless your...

The lone Latinos: Freddy Rodriquez & Judy Reyes: actors.(Main Cover)(Cover Story)
April 1, 2003... With all the talk of Latinos on television, an important distinction has been overlooked. In recent years, the Latino community has celebrated the success of several programs with Latino themes and, in some cases, all-Latino casts, not to...

David Hayes-Bautista: the end of California as we know it.(Q&A)
April 1, 2003... Q. Tell us about your family background. A. I am one of the few native Angelenos that you will ever find. My parents were born in the United States. My grandparents were from Mexico, from a town called Atlautla in the state of Mexico. My...

Bigger than bagels: tortillas.(Business: Erasmo Ponce)
April 1, 2003... Who would have thought the day would arrive when Americans from Maine to Mississippi and from Oregon to Oklahoma would be wolfing down, to the tune of over five billion dollars a year, those flat, round patty cakes known as tortillas? But...

The Wise Women of Havana.
April 1, 2003... By Jose Raul Bernardo Publication date: February 7, 2003 Published by Rayo, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers $13.95 ISBN: 0-064393615-0 Set amid the hustle and bustle of 1930s Havana, Bernardo evokes the daily lives of two Cuban...

The Dancer Upstairs.
April 1, 2003... A film by John Malkovich Language: English Release date: April 30, 2003 Two-time Academy Award nominee John Malkovich makes his directorial debut with this film based upon a novel of the same name by British author Nicholas Shakespeare....

Mondays in the Sun.
April 1, 2003... A film by Fernando Leon de Aranoa Language: Spanish Release date: April 18, 2003 Outside of Spain, Mondays in the Sun has already caused quite a stir for having been the country's official selection for the Best Foreign Language Academy...

Infinito.
April 1, 2003... Oscar D'Leon Oscar D'Leon Release date: February 25, 2093 Distribution: Universal Music Latino With 69 albums under his belt, Venezuelan salsero Oscar D'Leon just keeps on swinging with this new salsa extravaganza. This recent...

Fidel Vargas: vice president: Reliant Equity Investors: staying close to home.
April 1, 2003... Baldwin Park is a working-class, pre dominantly Latino community in the Los Angeles area. Like many similar communities, it struggles with problems of gangs, crime, school dropouts, and poverty. This is the city where Fidel Vargas grew up and...

A small dose of healthcare investment: Tom Valenzuela, president of Valenzuela Capital Partners in New York, shares his wisdom on buying stock in the healthcare sector.(Healthcare & Well-being)
April 1, 2003... Q. What is it that your company does exactly? A. Valenzuela Capital Partners, LLC, was founded in 1989 and is registered at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an investment advisor. The firm currently manages in excess of $1...

Relax it's as easy as a cup of tea.(Healthcare & Well-being)
April 1, 2003... What does the CEO have in common with the secretary? What do they have in common with the office geek? The movie star, the musician, the cop, the waiter, the architect, the politician, the chicken rancher, and the poor struggling writer: What...

Hope for victims of vision loss.
April 1, 2003... Hispanics are more likely to suffer from diabetes than any other ethnic group in the United States. If you should be so unlucky as to contract diabetes, you could be blinded by it. Forty percent of people with diabetes experience at least mild...