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IS A LATINO DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CHALLENGING CHARLES RANGEL?

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Manhattan State Senator Says He’ll Challenge Rangel

Adriano Espaillat, a Democratic state senator who represents Washington Heights, announced on Monday that he would run against Representative Charles B. Rangel, ending months of speculation over his potential candidacy and setting the stage for a campaign that could test the strength of Latino influence in the district.

Mr. Espaillat, the first Dominican-American to serve in the State Legislature, was elected to the Assembly in 1996 and won a seat in the State Senate two years ago, with an endorsement from Mr. Rangel, a Democrat. If Mr. Espaillat wins, he will be the first person of Dominican descent to be elected to Congress.

The district’s lines have been redrawn by a federal judge as part of the decennial redistricting process, altering its demographics. The new district, which includes most of Harlem, Washington Heights and a slice of the Bronx, is about 55 percent Hispanic, compared with 45 percent in the old boundaries, according to Steven Romalewski of the City University Mapping Service at the Center for Urban Research. About 27 percent of the district’s voters are black. Mr. Rangel’s mother was black, and his father was Puerto Rican.

photo source: Getty Images

It will be a formidable challenge for Mr. Espaillat, 57, to overcome the longtime electoral strength of Mr. Rangel, 81, particularly given that the primary, on June 26, is likely to be a low-turnout event in which candidates with strong get-out-the-vote operations will have an advantage.

But Mr. Espaillat may benefit from Mr. Rangel’s recent ethics problems; Mr. Rangel and his campaign recently agreed to pay $23,000 for misusing a rent-stabilized apartment as a campaign office, and Mr. Rangel was censured in 2010 after the House Ethics Committee found him guilty of 11 counts of ethical violations, including failure to pay taxes, improper solicitation of fund-raising donations and failure to accurately report his personal income.

Adriano Espaillat (Photo: NY1)

“I believe that the people of the 13th Congressional District are searching for leadership with bold, new ideas in Washington, D.C.,” Mr. Espaillat said in a statement. “I intend to conduct a vigorous campaign that will allow a full debate on the future of our city and state. Together, we can make history and bring real change that uplifts our communities and builds a stronger New York and a stronger country.”

Mr. Rangel’s campaign responded to Mr. Espaillat’s announcement by reaffirming in a statement the congressman’s commitment to the office.

“The congressman is running to serve another full term in Congress because he firmly believes, as he did 21 times before, that he is the best candidate to make a difference in the community,” the statement said.

Mr. Rangel, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said last week that speculation that he was hoping to win one more election to be able to hand off the seat to a preferred successor was untrue. “I am not in this race so I could politically manipulate the system,” he said. “I intend to serve my entire term.”

(Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Landov)

In addition to Mr. Espaillat, two other challengers say they will run in the Democratic primary: Clyde Williams, the former national political director for the Democratic National Committee, and Joyce Johnson, a former local Democratic district leader.

IS UNIVISION LAUNCHING A CHANNEL JUST FOR SOCCER?

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Univision on Saturday will launch a sports channel seeking to attend to the “insatiable appetite” of the Latino audience for soccer, the senior vice president for production at Univision Deportes, David Neal, told Efe.

He said that the Univision audience has “been waiting to be taken care of,” regarding their preference for the main soccer competitions around the world.

“The audiences that the broadcasts of the Copa de Oro and the Copa America had in the summer of 2011, as well as the friendly match between Colombia and Mexico, in February, with 8 million viewers in prime time, tell us that there was a lot of interest in what we’re going to offer,” Neal said.

Univision Deportes will broadcast matches of the Mexican first division, Major League Soccer, the CONCACAF Champions League and matchups between the U.S. and Mexican national teams.

The coverage will also include the 2014 World Cup and the qualifying matches that begin in June.
Univision Deportes decided to focus its programming on soccer, but Neal does not rule out offering other sports with the predicted expansion of the channel.

“We know that soccer is a real passion for our audience, but that doesn’t mean that down the road we won’t have the rights to broadcast other sports,” he said.

DID SESAME STREET REACH OUT TO A LATINO PROFESSOR ON ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO REACH OUT TO HISPANICS?

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Jamie Naidoo, an assistant professor in UA's School of Library and Information Studies, got a call from 'Sesame Street' in early February to assist the show in reaching out to the growing Latino population in the United States.

A University of Alabama professor recently received the rare honor of being asked for advice by none other than the curators of “Sesame Street.”

Jamie Naidoo, an assistant professor in UA’s School of Library and Information Studies, got a call from the legendary children’s TV show in early February to assist the show in reaching out to the growing Latino population in the United States.

Naidoo’s research interests focus on the representation of minority populations in print and non-print media for children and young adults.

He directs the National Latino Children’s Literature Conference, which he co-developed in 2007, and also runs “Imagínense Libros!”, a review blog of Latino children’s and young adult literature.

Rocio Galarza, the show’s senior director of content planning and design for outreach, emailed Naidoo after reading some of his research and his blog.

Naidoo said he didn’t believe the initial email was real.

Jamie Campbell Naidoo (Alabama), 2009-2010 SIG Co-Chair.

“I mean, why would ‘the’ ‘Sesame Street’ be contacting me?” Naidoo said in an email interview. “Once reality set in, I could barely contain my excitement. … I grew up watching ‘Sesame Street’ as a kid and never imagined that one day I would actually go there.“Although I didn’t get to meet Bert, Cookie Monster or Grover, I did get to meet some of the creative masterminds behind them.”

Naidoo was one of four consultants “Sesame Street” contacted in order to discuss how to incorporate authentic, accurate portrayals of Latin cultures into the show’s many properties including its television programs, websites, books and toys.

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IS LUCHA LIBRE USING IMMIGRATION TO ATTRACT US FANS?

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Defiantly waving an Arizona state flag, the self-described American patriot leaps into an octagon-shaped ring amid blaring music and loud boos from an overwhelmingly Latino audience, who hold aloft signs in Spanish supporting his masked Mexican opponents.

“My name is RJ Brewer and I’m from Phoenix, Arizona,” the wrestler proclaims in a video of a recent match provided by the promoter. Taunts from inside the arena get louder.

He proceeds to rail against Mexican beer and to demand that people speak English. Then he points to the message painted on the backside of his red trunks: “SB1070” — a reference to Arizona’s controversial immigration law. The crowd, some wearing masks of their favorite Mexican wrestlers, shrieks ever louder. He then brags that his “mother,” Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, is helping “save” America by pushing policies that limit immigration (he’s not really her son).

When his masked opponent in a red cape appears, the crowd erupts into cheers.

This undated image provided by Lucha Libre USA shows the anti-immigrant styled "RJ Brewer" entering a wrestling ring to the boos of the primarily Latino crowd. As more promotions of Lucha Libre, aka, Mexican-style wrestling, expands into U.S. and targets growing Mexican immigrant and Mexican American markets, they are beginning to adopt more political tones and tap into strong sentiments just as U.S. wrestling promoters did in the 1980s and 1990s on the subject of race and the Cold War. Photo: AP / AP

Lucha libre — or “free wrestling” in Spanish — is a brand of Mexican wrestling that dates to the 1930s. The sport came north to the United States, along with Mexican immigrants, and over the years spawned clubs in some larger U.S. cities with large Latino communities.

One lucha libre promotion is leading the charge away from the slapstick and simple storylines with a tour in U.S. cities with sizable Latino populations, including events in Reno, Nev., and San Jose, Calif., this week. It’s using the recent events in Arizona as a backdrop while pitting popular masked Mexican wrestlers against American “bad guys.”

“It’s something that we’ve been building in our TV shows and we’ve gotten a lot of positive reaction to it,” said Steve Ship, CEO of Lucha Libre USA, which this week is launching a “Masked Warriors” tour that will also stop in Phoenix, Los Angeles and Houston. “So we are bringing it right to our audience.”

SB1070, signed by Gov. Brewer in 2010, requires all immigrants in Arizona to obtain or carry immigration registration papers and requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question people’s immigration status if there is a reasonable suspicion they’re in the country illegally. The law is being challenged by the federal government and has sparked protests and boycotts against Arizona by Latino advocates around the country.

On shows that have aired on Spanish-language stations and MTV2, RJ Brewer — whose real name is John Stagikas and works as a real estate agent in Massachusetts — advocates for deportations and calls on Americans to support laws that target illegal immigrants.

“This is different than any other program I’ve been involved with because usually I have to work really hard to get the audience to hate me,” Stagikas said in an interview with The Associated Press. “With this, I just walk in with the Arizona flag and the audience boos before I even say a word.”

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WHAT ARE THE TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT HISPANICS IN DC, MARYLAND & WISCONSIN?

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Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in the District of Columbia

The District of Columbia’s total Hispanic population is 54,749 or 9% of the capital’s population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).

There are 16,000 Hispanic eligible voters in the District of Columbia, which constitute 4% of all eligible voters in the district (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).

Between 2000 and 2010, the District of Columbia’s Hispanic population grew by 22% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).

Three-in-ten (32%) of Hispanics in the District of Columbia are eligible to vote. In contrast, 84% of the capital’s White population is eligible to vote. (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).

Sixteen percent of Hispanics in the District of Columbia do not have health insurance (Pew Hispanic Center, 2009).

Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in Maryland

Maryland’s total Hispanic population is 470,632 or 8% of the state’s population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).
There are 113,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Maryland, which constitute 3% of all eligible voters in the state (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).
Between 2000 and 2010, Maryland’s Hispanic population grew by 106% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).
The Hispanic population in Maryland is the 20th largest in the nation (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).
Three-in-ten (30%) Hispanics in Maryland are eligible to vote. In contrast, 78% of the state’s White population is eligible to vote (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).

Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s total Hispanic population is 336,056 or 6% of the state’s population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).
There are 106,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Wisconsin, which constitute 3% of all eligible voters in the state (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).
Between 2000 and 2010, Wisconsin’s Hispanic population grew by 74% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).
Less than four-in-ten (37%) of Hispanics in Wisconsin are eligible to vote. In contrast, 78% of the state’s White population is eligible to vote (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).
In Wisconsin, Hispanic eligible voters are outnumbered by black eligible voters by a margin of 2 to 1 – 106,000 Hispanics to 210,000 blacks (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).

IS A LATINO DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CHALLENGING CHARLES RANGEL?

Manhattan State Senator Says He’ll Challenge Rangel

“The congressman is running to serve another full term in Congress because he firmly believes, as he did 21 times before, that he is the best candidate to make a difference in the community,” the statement said.

IS UNIVISION LAUNCHING A CHANNEL JUST FOR SOCCER?

“We know that soccer is a real passion for our audience, but that doesn’t mean that down the road we won’t have the rights to broadcast other sports,” he said.

IS LUCHA LIBRE USING IMMIGRATION TO ATTRACT US FANS?

“My name is RJ Brewer and I’m from Phoenix, Arizona,” the wrestler proclaims in a video of a recent match provided by the promoter. Taunts from inside the arena get louder.

WHAT ARE THE TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT HISPANICS IN DC, MARYLAND & WISCONSIN?

Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in the District of Columbia

The District of Columbia’s total Hispanic population is 54,749 or 9% of the capital’s population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).

There are 16,000 Hispanic eligible voters in the District of Columbia, which constitute 4% of all eligible voters in the district (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).

Between 2000 and 2010, the District of Columbia’s Hispanic population grew by 22% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).

Three-in-ten (32%) of Hispanics in the District of Columbia are eligible to vote. In contrast, 84% of the capital’s White population is eligible to vote. (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).

Sixteen percent of Hispanics in the District of Columbia do not have health insurance (Pew Hispanic Center, 2009).

Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in Maryland

Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in Wisconsin

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IS A LATINO DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CHALLENGING CHARLES RANGEL?

Manhattan State Senator Says He’ll Challenge Rangel

“The congressman is running to serve another full term in Congress because he firmly believes, as he did 21 times before, that he is the best candidate to make a difference in the community,” the statement said.

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IS LUCHA LIBRE USING IMMIGRATION TO ATTRACT US FANS?

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WHAT ARE THE TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT HISPANICS IN DC, MARYLAND & WISCONSIN?

Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in the District of Columbia

The District of Columbia’s total Hispanic population is 54,749 or 9% of the capital’s population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).

There are 16,000 Hispanic eligible voters in the District of Columbia, which constitute 4% of all eligible voters in the district (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).

Between 2000 and 2010, the District of Columbia’s Hispanic population grew by 22% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).

Three-in-ten (32%) of Hispanics in the District of Columbia are eligible to vote. In contrast, 84% of the capital’s White population is eligible to vote. (Pew Hispanic Center, 2010).

Sixteen percent of Hispanics in the District of Columbia do not have health insurance (Pew Hispanic Center, 2009).

Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in Maryland

Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in Wisconsin

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