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Shining a Light on Spanish-language Social Networking Sites

October 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Law enforcement has been diligently looking for predators on English-language websites, but until now, Spanish-language websites have escaped attention. The Daytona Beach News Journal Online reports that, ā€œcyber-crime investigators are beginning to monitor chat rooms on Spanish-language sites such as Yahoo en EspaƱol, AOL Latino, MySpace en EspaƱol and Univision.com.ā€ Authorities believe that […]

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Language Barrier and National Credit Crisis Affects Latino Families

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

“According to national studies, Latinos are 2.5 times more likely than whites to receive one of the infamous so-called subprime loans, that consist of low interest rates for a limited period of time that are later adjusted to the market,” says the New American Media. Many families qualified for mortgages they could not sustain, […]

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