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Latino voters look to Department of Justice for fair representation in Hillsborough listen
12/21/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Victor DiMaio, Hispanic, Latino, redistricting, Hillsborough County Commission
The Hillsborough County Commission doesn’t have a Latino board member and some people want that to change. Minority leaders are now asking the Department of Justice to intervene.
Hillsborough County is required to redraw its voting districts every ten years. Some leaders of the Latino community submitted a map they thought fairly represented their group. But in June commissioners voted to adopt...
Be the first to commentUSF Latino Scholarship Awards listen
08/20/10 Lachelle RoddyWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
USF held its 19th annual Latino Scholarship Awards on its Tampa campus last night. The Diversity and Equal Opportunity Office hosts the event every year in order to ensure diversity on campus.
Odette Figueruelo, an alumnus with a master’s in Spanish opened up the night by explaining just how the program impacted her life. Lissette Campos, ABC’s Action News director of community affairs, continued with a speech on the topic: “education is key”.
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Conference on health disparities among minorities begins listen
08/13/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: African American, Health, Latino, health care, minorities
Minorities don’t get the same quality of health care as whites in the U.S. A conference addressing these disparities began today in Tampa.
Florida’s Surgeon General Ana Viamonte Ros delivered the keynote address at the 2008 Florida Minority Health Disparities Summit. The theme of the conference is "Bridging the Gap: Embracing Solutions to Eliminate Health Barriers.”
Viamonte Ros said there are seven health areas that disproportionately impact minorities: “HIV-AIDS, immunizations, cance...
Be the first to commentMartinez bashes Obama on immigration reform
07/11/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, 2008 election, immigration reform, Hispanic, Latino
Tomorrow John McCain and Barack Obama will appear in San Diego before the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization.
In anticipation of that event, McCain today released a new ad targeting Hispanics that will air in English, in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez said, contrary to reports, McCain has not distanced himself from the comprehensive immigration bill Martinez helped craft in the Senate.
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Be the first to commentWhy California Latino voters lean toward Clinton listen
01/31/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 election, Latino
On Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama among Latinos in Florida by a 2-to-1 margin. That follows a similar pattern that occurred among Latino voters in Nevada.
With several states with strong Latino populations part of Super Tuesday’s series of primaries and caucuses, some analysts say this trend is something that Obama needs to address quickly in his tight battle with Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
Getting more of the Latino vote is critical for Obama in the bigges...
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