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In the NewsRegional An article titled “Web site links area’s diverse Hispanic community” featured SaborHR.com in the July 12 edition of the Daily Press. A July 13 article analyzing the Hispanic vote in the upcoming presidential election, also in the Daily Press, quoted Mavel Velasco, president of the Hispanic Leadership Forum; Beatriz Amberman, founder of the Hispanic Community Dialogue Organization of Virginia; Frank Gonzales, owner of HelloWorld; and Sandra Sanchez, co-owner of SaborHR.com. The Virginian-Pilot analyzed the latest version of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would permit employers “to require employees to speak English while at work.” Alicia Fernandez-Bobulinski of Virginia Beach told the Pilot that she worries the bill would heighten anti-immigrant sentiment and prevent businesses from hiring immigrants at a time when businesses need more multilingual employees. National "Make no mistake about it: The Latino community holds this election in its hands," Sen. Barack Obama said in his July 13 address to the National Council of La Raza in San Diego, where presumptive Republican nominee John McCain also spoke. Obama pointed out that 40,000 registered Latino voters failed to turn out on Election Day 2004 in New Mexico, a state Democratic candidate John F. Kerry lost by fewer than 6,000 votes, the Washington Post reported. International The free-trade deal the Bush administration negotiated with Colombia is not likely to gain approval from Congress, the New York Times reported. Nearly 100 newspapers have endorsed the pact, as have Democratic mayors and members of the former Clinton administration. Key opponents are Sen. Barack Obama, Unions and Democratic Congressional leaders including Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Opposition lies not in fear of lost American jobs, but rather stems from the killings of Colombian labor activists. |
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