Articles Tagged “Mexican”
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‘¡Rob!’ Premieres Big for CBS; Did You Watch?
Pin itemailCBS’s new sitcom “¡Rob!,” starring Rob Schneider who plays a man who who marries into a large Mexican family, had a big debut Thursday and garnered the network’s best numbers for a regularly scheduled program in that time slot since May 2010, according to the Wrap. “¡Rob!” had a 4.1 rating in the 18-49 [...]
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The Mexican Joya
Pin it Once I heard Mexico City was a sculpture ready to be admired, a museum free of walls and ridiculously expensive fares. I thought it was a interesting statement but one I didn’t fully understand until later on when I had to come back after having lived far away for a long time. I [...]
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Find out why Hispanic Immigrants have higher risk for Cancer
Pin itIf crossing the border isn’t dangerous enough, a new study suggests that Hispanic adults who immigrate to the United States may face higher risks of certain cancers living in the U.S. than their amigos back in their home countries. The study, which looked at a database of cancer cases diagnosed in Florida between 1999 [...]
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Is the Más Club too much? Latinos will decide…
Pin itThe latest attempt for Wal-Mart to cash in on Latinos is the Más Club, which opened in Houston on Thursday, which targets recent immigrants who miss those familiar foods of home — in American-style bulk sizes. The Sam’s Club spinoff is part of a broader effort by the retailer to target the nation’s fast-growing [...]
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Mexico’s win on the field is an economic win, tambien
Pin itWhat does Mexico’s win against the U.S. mean for their economy? It means mucho mucho mucho! If Mexico had lost today’s game, it would have reduced ratings during the tournament by 30 percent for Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-language broadcaster, cutting advertising sales by $16.5 million, or 12 percent of the company’s total estimated [...]
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Welcome Back, Mexican Mama! Now raising a bilingual son
Pin itI know it has been a while since I last wrote my last post, eight weeks to be exact. It was also eight weeks ago that my baby boy was born. There is so much to say about it, everything from the run to the hospital in the middle of the night, to the [...]
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Wal-Mart: The love/HATE relationship with Latinos
Pin itWal-Mart seems to support Latinos through sponsoring conferences and opening new Wal-Marts targeting Hispanics, but the truth is that at the same time it allowed store managers to call employees of Mexican descent derogatory terms like ‘wetback’. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims some Hispanic employees at a Fresno Sam’s Club (Wal-Mart Stores [...]
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Mexican Mama
Pin itLilia, originally from Mexico and now living in L.A., writes “Mexican Mama” every week on Dos Lives. E-mail her at mexmama@doslives.com. I guess I could be considered short and somewhat plump (but we will blame my seven month pregnancy for that). My father would add that I have a pleasant face and that I [...]
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