Latino Leaders articles from December 2003

Latino Leaders archives from December 2003

Faces we recognize.(Editor's Note)
December 1, 2003... Recently on television I saw a documentary about human faces and how easily we recognize and distinguish them. Apparently in the part of our brain where we store information (memory), over half of it is dedicated to the visual memories of...

Political leaders edition and Linda Chavez-Thompson.(Editor's Note)
December 1, 2003... In the special edition of Latino Political Leaders we mistakenly included details of former Clinton Labor Secretary nominee, Linda Chavez, with Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO, for which Latino Leaders sincerely...

Why do away with Latino?(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Gentlemen, First and foremost I would like to congratulate you on your endeavor with Latino Leaders. I came across your most recent issue in which you interviewed and commented on Mr. Andy Garcia. I agree to certain points that you made....

Thanks from California.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Dear Jorge and Raul, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation for being featured in your nationally acclaimed magazine. It was a great pleasure sharing my story with you and your readers. I congratulate you on the public service...

You missed Patricia Madrid.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Mr. Wilson, I read a recent edition of your magazine and wondered why you hadn't included New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid, the first woman Latina attorney general in the nation, on your list? She was elected to her first...

New Mexico's Hispanic governors.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Dear Latino Leaders, Your Latino politicians edition was a brave attempt at tackling a very important subject, and one which has been ignored for too long by mainstream media-hopefully they will learn from you. However, it did contain...

Admiring Latinos.(Publishers' Letter)
December 1, 2003... Everybody needs someone to admire. It is part of our socializing process when we are young, and it is also part of maturing when we grow up. Our heroes inspire us, give us ideas about how to talk, what to do, how to develop our own style, etc....

NAA wants Wall Street to increase Latinos' share of the pie.
December 1, 2003... New America Alliance (NAA) recently escalated its challenge to Wall Street to move on from mere inclusion to full participation of US Latinos. Henry Cisneros, NAA co-founder, spoke of the vision that established the organization,...

Sizzling border success story.(Mundo Latino: news events)
December 1, 2003... El Taco Tote Real Mexican Grill, which began franchising in early 2003, has received commitments from seven franchisees to open a combined 15 locations in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. Founded in Mexico in 1988 by the Heras family, El...

Award-winning lawyers.(Mundo Latino: news events)
December 1, 2003... Sanchez & Amador, LLP, was the first recipient of the inaugural Client Service Award established by the California Minority Council Program. The Clorox Company, Wells Fargo Bank, and the Los Angeles-based business law firm. The award, base...

Caucus challenges big firms.(Mundo Latino: news events)
December 1, 2003... The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) recently hosted an economic forum on the State of Hispanics in Corporate America. The forum focused on Hispanic employment and contract procurement in corporate America and addressed the lack of...

Chico leads senate pack.(Mundo Latino: news events)
December 1, 2003... Gery Chico, going for the Democratic Illinois senate nomination, continued to set the pace for fundraising by raising the most money to date. In the FEC filing in October, Chico reported raising a total of over $2.8 million. So far, he is...

Latino businesses boost economy.(Mundo Latino: news events)
December 1, 2003... Hispanic business owners are leading the change in America's economic recovery, according to a recent survey. "We are one of the lead horses pulling America's economic wagon out of its recession," said Ruth Lopez-Williams, president of the...

Spanish-language: TV.(Mundo Latino: news events)
December 1, 2003... KPMR-TV Univision, the leading Spanish-language television station in the Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo television market, recently launched its first live, local newscast, Noticicas Univision Costa Central, which airs weekdays at...

Local Hispanic: politicians chew the fat.(Mundo Latino: news events)
December 1, 2003... Hispanic political heavyweights, including Ed Garza, Henry Cisneros, and Ciro Rodriguez, chewed over Latino issues at a recent summit of Hispanic Elected Local Officials (HELO), in San Antonio, Texas. The meeting provided members the...

Hispanics in business.(South Florida Chapter)
December 1, 2003... More than 250 corporations offered nearly 500 job opportunities to attendees of The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) conference in November. The society, one of the premier Hispanic business organizations in the United States,...

Pharmaceuticals.(LL monitor)
December 1, 2003... Paulo Costa Novartas Pharmaceuticals Corp. CEO Paulo Costa, President and CEO of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, accepted an award for Novartis' contributions to the Hispanic community at the 5th annual of the Latino Expo....

Business.(LL monitor)
December 1, 2003... J.R. Gonzales & Tina Cordova US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) reinstalled Texas-based entrepreneur J.R. Gonzales as the Chair of the USHCC Board of Directors. Longtime business...

Housing.(LL monitor)
December 1, 2003... Juan Aguilar Farmworker Housing Board Director Juan Aguilar, a community development officer al Washington Mutual, was recently named to serve on the Farmworker Housing Board of Directors, a special board created by United States Patty...

Recruiting.(LL monitor)
December 1, 2003... William Ortiz President, HispanicWorks Ortiz, a native of Puerto Rico raised in New York, is the President of HispanicWorks, a division of GlobalWorks, a marketing communications agency that specializes in reaching the US Hispanic...

Edgar Vivar: comic and actor Mexico, City.(Proust Questionnaire)
December 1, 2003... * What is your dream of happiness? I've always perceived happiness as a state of well-being that only happened in the past. I was never aware of happiness in my life until I looked to the past. Many of my friends think the same and have...

Up with downs: Lila Down's musical journey reflects that of her life: Mexican, Indian, and America, criss-crossing the border and navigating turmoil.(Leader Of The Future)
December 1, 2003... Julie Taymor's theme song "Burn it Blue," for the film Frida, was nominated for an Oscar. It also earned Lila Downs a number one hit in France and new fans worldwide. In the US some call it swing, in Mexico, sentimiento. But what best...

Marta Sahagun: Mexico's First Lady who refuses to use the title.(First Lady)
December 1, 2003... It has been only 50 years since Mexican women won the vote and the right to run for government offices. Things have clearly changed in Mexico, and Marta Sabagun, the wife of President Vicente Fox, is a figure embodying the new role of women in...

Brenda Salas: vice president of Reyes Entertainment www.reyesentertainment.com.(My Style)
December 1, 2003... Brenda Salas wins awards for her publicity campaigns. Her campaign for ABC's hit comedy George Lopez earned her the PRISM Award from PRSA for Best Ethnic Media Campaign. A bilingual native of Los Angeles, Salas began at Reyes Entertainment...

Having started: out picking grapes, the master wine maker now beats out Europe's fare.(Executive Leader)
December 1, 2003... Elias Fernandez Master Winemaker Shafer Vineyards Napa, CA Elias Fernandez is a long-time Napa Valley winemaker; crafting world-class wines for Shafer Vineyards. The limited-production wines from this small estate in the Stags' Leap...

Giving back the American spirit.(Business)
December 1, 2003... During a time when many people do not see any opportunities left out there, much less any new frontiers, in this country, one man continues to be optimistic. An entrepreneur, Frank Dominguez continues to seek out and find opportunities. He...

The 10 Most Admired Latinos.(Cover Story)
December 1, 2003... In this issue, ending one year and beginning another, we are proud to be offering this special feature called "The 10 Most Admired Latinos." As we read through their profiles, we find much to admire: their accomplishments, of course, but also...

Sandra Cisneros: weaving words from a rich heritage: her novels and poetry sell worldwide.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... IN THE Norton Anthology of American Literature we can find a collection of works by writers who have become meaningful within the literary tradition of this country. Sandra Cisneros is one of the authors in this book. Getting into the...

Carlos Gutierrez: from exile to corporate leadership: CEO and president/Kellogg Company won the Chairman's Productivity Cup three years in a row while heading up the Mexico division.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... FACED WITH a global decline or stagnation in cereal sales, Carlos Gutierrez took the helm at Kellogg and reinvented the way that millions of busy people around the world eat breakfast, He is the only Latino CEO of a Fortune 500 company. ...

Salma Hayek: working Mexican magic on Hollywood: nominations for both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... SALMA HAYEK JIMENEZ was born on September 2, 1966, and raised in Coatzacoalcos, a small town in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Her stunning beauty is the result of the blend of a Lebanese father and a Spanish mother. Whenever asked about...

Julio Iglesias: the forgotten soccer star: 2,650 gold and platinum records and 77 albums with 260 million copies sold.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... JULIO JOSE IGLESIAS DE LA CUEVA was born in Madrid on September 23, 1943, eldest son of Dr. Julio Iglesia Puga and Maria del Rosario de la Cueva y Perinan. He grew up to become an excellent athlete, and although he enrolled in law school at the...

Raul Yzaguirre: president of the National Council of La Raza: Rockefeller Public Service Award for outstanding Public Service, Order of the Aztec Eagle, Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award, honorary degrees.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... Raul Yzaguirre grew up in Texas in the 1940s listening to his grandmother talking about "something called the race war" in the days when there was a curfew for Mexican-Americans. Today he heads the most powerful grassroots Hispanic...

Rosario Marin: filling the bill from advocate to treasurer: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Prize winner, former mayor of Huntington Park, CA, former US Treasurer.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... ROSARIO WELL RECALLS the situation when her parents decided to move from Mexico to the United States: she was 14 years old; she did not speak English; and she didn't want to miss her quinceanera (a girl's coming of age party) in Mexico. ...

Edward James Olmos: fighting for justice and defying gangsters: on charity boards, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Oscar Nominee.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... THE IMAGES of the dark, complex characters Edward James Olmos portrays in many of his dramatic roles--who does not remember tough Lieutenant Martin Castillo from Miami Vice?--do no justice to the warm-hearted man he really is. Not only is he...

Jorge Ramos: the friendly face of TV: Univision anchor man, columns printed by 30 newspapers, Columbia University Maria Moors Cabot Journalism Award and the David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Communication, and author or several books.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... EVERY DAY when millions get home after work, they turn on the TV and watch the familiar faces we have come to trust to inform us about what is happening in the world. Jorge Ramos has been one of those faces on the screens of Latino viewers for...

Oscar de la Renta: the man who dresses the First Lady: board member of the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, the American Society, and the Spanish Institute, founder of schools in the Dominican Republic for poor children.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... THERE IS NO Dominican more international than Oscar de la Renta. Undoubtedly, his craft and contributions to contemporary fashion have somehow paved the way for the current array of other art expressions that bring the Latino feel to universal...

Sammy Sosa: the big hitter with a big heart: first big league player to post four straight 50-homer, 138-RBI seasons, and founder of Sammy Sosa Charitable Foundation.(Top Ten Latinos)
December 1, 2003... "I TOUCH MY HEART with a two-finger salute after getting a hit and then I blow kisses, one for my mother and one more for the family and relatives back home," says Sammy Sosa, one of the most remarkable Latino baseball players at present. ...

John De Luna: President of the Luna Partners, Inc.: a unique banker.
December 1, 2003... Determined, perseverant, and motivated describe John De Luna and his ambitious success in the world of finance, becoming a Latino leader in institutional marketing. Born into a family of Mexican immigrants, De Luna's spirit of leadership...

Tablespoon Restaurant.(Hot Spot)
December 1, 2003... John Jasso and Rob Riescher's shiny new Tablespoon restaurant in San Francisco combines elevated fare that's approachable and affordable, with hospitality usually found only in multi-star destination restaurants. With careers built in...

Mosaic Hotel.(Hot Spot)
December 1, 2003... For the savvy business traveler looking for a base of operation in the heart of Beverly Hills, there is a new star in town. The just-opened Mosaic Hotel Beverly Hills offers a sophisticated--yet affordable--ambiance with full business...

Sunday House Resort.(Hot Spot)
December 1, 2003... Sundy House Resort is a luxurious tropical retreat in the heart of what was just named Best Bed & Breakfast in Palm Beach County by the Palm Beach Post. Located on more than two acres of lush tropical gardens, the Sundy House Resort, Delray...

Anna in the Tropics.
December 1, 2003... A play by Nilo Cruz Language: English Currently playing at the Royale Theatre in New York City. For tickets, call 1-800-432-7250 When playwright Nilo Cruz won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Anna in the Tropics, he not only made...

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.
December 1, 2003... A film by Guy Ferland Language: English Opens: February 2004 Set against the decadent glamour and escalating danger of revolution-eve Cuba, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights tells a timeless story of a young woman's discovery of love,...

The best music is closer than it appears.
December 1, 2003... Moving forward in this journey of discovering some of the most wonderful music of our time, you will realize that it does not take an expert to enjoy this great expression of art. It just takes the willingness to know, listen, and ultimately...

Latino stars in winemaking.(LL Focus)
December 1, 2003... Wine is becoming every day more common on the American table. The past 30 years have been paramount to the American wine industry, and we'll probably see ad campaigns promoting wine as an authentic American product that's been around for a...

Latino youth reach for the future.(Opinion)
December 1, 2003... The strength and future of our great nation truly depend on the dreams and ideals of our young people. And the next generation of Latino leaders are a big part of America's future. They must believe in their hearts that they are destined for...