Noticiero Latino Highlights for August 2003

Monday, August 4th, 2003

- U.S. Homeland Security Department announces that all foreign travelers that briefly enter a U.S. airport must carry visa.

- U.S. Employment Department announces that unemployment rates have decreased to 6.2 percent, however unemployment among Latinos is at 8.2 percent.

- California Governor Gray Davis files lawsuit to postpone October 7th recall until March 2nd, 2004.

- Chicago's Mexican Consulate begins massive distribution of decoder devices to verify the validity of Consular ID cards, after discovering a counterfeit ring.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2003

- U.S. Homeland Security Department will launch an advisory requiring federal airport screeners to pay particular attention to electronic devices such as cellular phones and cameras.

- University of California in Santa Barbara announces creation of a Chicano Studies doctorate.

- San Diego's Mexican Consulate announces that number of people that attend offices to process documents has declined after a raid by Border Patrol agents half a block from Consulate Offices.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2003

- G.I. Forum announces support to Democratic Texas Senators that fled to New Mexico in order to avoid vote on redistricting bill.

- UCLA study finds more Latinos from Los Angeles that suffer from traumatic stress disorder due to political violence in their countries of origin.

- California's AFL-CIO announces support for Governor Gray Davis in recall election.

Thursday, August 7th, 2003

- Several New York City fire stations report serious damages after rat infestations; repairs cost around $13 million.

- Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger announces he will place his name on ballot as a gubernatorial candidate during California recall.

- California's Lieutenant Governor, Cruz Bustamante holds press conference to announce that he will place his name on state's gubernatorial recall ballot.

- Mexican Senator, Jesus Ortega, says country does not want to risk its national banks and must pay their debt, equivalent to around 11 percent of country's gross domestic product.

Monday, August 11th, 2003

- Democratic Senators from Texas that fled the state to avoid vote on redistricting bill ask for President Bush's intervention to stop Republicans from redrawing district boundaries.

- City of Minneapolis, Minnesota approves ordinance to allow use of Mexican consular ID cards as valid form of documentation.

- California Governor, Gray Davis, says that recall is an insult to state voters due to high cost for county governments during state's financial crisis.

- Mexico's left-to-center Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), accepts resignation of party's national president, Rosario Robles.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2003

- Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Democratic National Committee to sponsor a debate among Democratic Presidential candidates.

- Texas Supreme Court rejects Governor Rick Perry's request to force the return of 11 Democratic Senators that fled state; Democratic Senators file lawsuit claiming redistricting map violates minorities' rights.

- Former Nicaraguan President, Arnoldo Aleman, may soon arrive in Florida to face money-laundering charges.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

- President Bush will meet with his economic advisors at his Texas ranch to discuss several issues including a tax credit for low-income working families.

- New York coalition of community groups and labor unions begin collecting 50,000 signatures in support of Student Adjustment Act that seeks to increase educational opportunities for undocumented students.

- Los Angeles Mayor, James Hahn, expresses opposition to Proposition 54, which would prohibit state agencies from collecting data on residents' race and ethnic origin.

Thursday, August 14th, 2003

- After meeting with economic advisors, President Bush, says that national economy is improving, so no new tax cuts are planned for this year.

- California's Office of the Secretary of State certifies 135 gubernatorial candidates for state's upcoming October 7th gubernatorial recall.

- LULAC Regional President for Orange County, California, Zeke Hernandez, says state recall will cost millions and anticipates logistic problems in poor areas.

Friday, August 15th, 2003

- President Bush says that the blackout that affected country's Northeastern region was not a result of a terrorist act.

- California's Lieutenant Governor, Cruz Bustamante, says that the four Republican candidates to replace Governor Davis are millionaires and are backed by former state Governor Pete Wilson.

- Texas Governor, Rick Perry, says that in order to solve U.S./Mexico water dispute, U.S. government should stop supplying water to Mexico.

Monday, August 18th, 2003

- U.S. and Canada agree to form a joint commission to investigate last week's blackouts, the worst in both countries' history.

- Supermarket owners in New York City's upper Manhattan seek financial aid after losses due to blackout; Mayor Michael Bloomberg asks for federal assistance.

- Los Angeles City Council members and several activist groups express opposition to Proposition 54, which would prohibit state agencies from collecting data on residents' race and ethnic origin.

Tuesday, August 19th, 2003

- U.S. Department of Justice says it will not intervene in California's recall election and finds that claims that special election violates civil rights are unfounded.

- California's Latino Legislative Caucus votes against recall of Governor Davis and in support of Lieutenant Governor, Cruz Bustamante as backup candidate.

- Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission authorizes U.S. energy company, Sentra, to build a natural gas plant in Ensenada, Baja California.

Wednesday, August 20th, 2003

- U.S. State Department announces that it will no longer accept paper applications for visa lottery; all requests must be filed electronically through consular affairs websites.

- White House officials announce reinstatement of drug interception flights in Colombia after a two-year suspension.

- Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante presents his pjan to fix California's economy which includes tax increases for large corporations.

- Spokesman for Calexico, California's Mexican Consulate announces that four of five undocumented immigrants that died in a car accident in Salton, California were of Mexican origin.

Thursday, August 21st, 2003

- U.S. Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, visits Colombia, Nicaragua and Honduras to discuss U.S. military intervention in Iraq; U.S. also seeks international support for reconstruction efforts.

- Report by New York State Comptroller, Alan Hevesi, finds that state has lost more than $2.9 billion due to corporate scandals.

- Los Angeles Federal Judge, Stephen Wilson, decides that arguments for postpone October 7th special election are unfounded, despite opposition by several civil rights groups, including ACLU.

- Poll by Public Policy Institute of California finds that 27 percent of Latinos support Lieutenant Governor, Cruz Bustamante, while 19 percent back Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor.

- Senator Martin Sandoval (D-IL) plans several public forums in order to develop legislation to end hospital practices that double or triple fees for uninsured patients.

- Mexico's President, Vicente Fox, accepts proposal by several governors to hold a national convention to discuss country's tax system and proposes a debate on state reform.

Monday, August 25th, 2003

- Law to allow migrants from Zacatecas, Mexico to run for local positions, is approves by state legislature.

- Guatemalans in Los Angeles fear resurgence of violence in their native country after former dictator, General Efrain Rios Montt, announces bid for Presidency.

Tuesday, August 26th, 2003

- U.S. Defense Department announces that postwar deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq have reached 139, while 138 were killed during actual combat.

- New York State Prosecutor, Elliot Spitzer, blames Governor George Pataki for blackouts, saying that he failed to improve and isolate state's energy supply.

- Texas Governor, Rick Perry, says that if necessary, he will call on yet another special legislative session to force a vote on state's redistricting bill.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2003

- U.S. Congressional Budget Office predicts that the deficit for 2004 fiscal year will reach $480 billion.

- California's AFL-CIO endorses Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante in case Governor Gray Davis is recalled in upcoming October 7th special election.

- California-Mexico Health Initiative publishes a Spanish-English dictionary of health terms; dictionary will assist health workers that treat state's Spanish speaking residents.

- Five Texas Senators that fled state to avoid vote on redistricting issue, will return to Laredo to process lawsuit filed against Governor Rick Perry and Lieutenant Governor, David Dewhurst, alleging discrimination of state's minorities.

Thursday, August 28th, 2003

- Alicia Gaspar de Alba, professor at University of California's Chicano Research Center recommends an FBI investigation on the murders of more than 320 women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

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