Internet use grows fast among Latinos Latino adults are increasing their use of the Internet faster than other ethnic groups, according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Between 2006 and 2008, the percentage of adult Latinos in the U.S. who used the Internet grew [...]

Interactive Design and Technology Firm to Accelerate the Social Application Strategy at Leading Online Latino Social Community. Quepasa Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: QPSA), (http://quepasacorp.com), which owns and operates the popular Latino social networking site Quepasa.com, has partnered with the interactive design and technology firm speakTECH, which played a vital role in the successful development of [...]

Latino In World War II from: http://www.latinalista.net It’s estimated that anywhere from 250,000 to as many as 750,000 Latinos and Latinas served in the armed forces during World War II. Yet, their stories were never known outside their immediate families. The U.S. Latino & Latina World War II Oral History Project has changed that. link

Venezuela to upgrade Palestinan ties, offers aid “We … are on the side of the Palestinian people’s memorable struggle … against the genocidal state of Israel that knocks down, kills and aims to terminate the Palestinian people.” Chavez ordered his education minister to circulate maps Abbas gave him to illustrate the small dimensions of the [...]

A mistrial has been declared for two Los Angeles men accused of spraying bullets into a crowd in a 2006 gang attack that killed a 10-year-old A judge declared a mistrial today in the case of two gang members accused in the “49th Street Massacre” of three people in 2006. The decision came after a [...]

  By Choire Sicha The star of this live chat show was Edward James Olmos, the head dude of the big ship Galactica. Because he was crazy-awesome! (Maybe awesome-crazy.) First, he took Craig Mokhiber, of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,

The president of China’s central bank said his nation’s trade with Latin America was up nearly 40 percent last year to more than $140 billion. Zhu Xiaochuan also told the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank that Chinese direct investment in the region totaled $24 billion last year. Zhu said China sees “huge potential” [...]

Latino Media is not safe from the free media online news and info , its not surprising. this was a long time coming and most rational people could have predicted it.   The difficult economy has shut down another Spanish-language newspaper in New York City. Hoy Nueva York’s editor, Javier Castano (ha-vee-AIR’ ka-STAHN’-yo), says he and [...]

Remittances from the U.S. to Mexico ($24 billion) remained steady, increasing by only one percent in 2007. Two years ago, remittances grew by 17 percent.

Immigrants in California are less likely to commit crime than U.S. natives, according to a report by the Public Policy Institute of California. (via Foreign Policy)