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Latin Career News - August 2006

Submitted by editor on Sun, 12/09/2007 - 8:22pm.

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Career, Employment and Diversity

Hispanic Professionals at odds over Diversity Polices
A recent poll by the National Society for Hispanic Professionals found that an overwhelming number of respondents felt diversity policies are ineffective, despite the positive view most employers have of their diversity initiatives.

Report finds law firms often relegate minority women to dead-end jobs
Eighty-one percent of minority women quit private law firms within five years because they are ushered into dead-end jobs and aren't welcomed the way other new employees are, according to an American Bar Association report.

Legislative action on H-1B visas
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is asking you to urge members of Congress to support immigration reform legislation easing restrictions to the H-1B visa cap.

Do race based teams on 'Survivor' cross the line?
CBS has announced that Survivor: Cook Islands will have a controversial new twist. The contestants will be divided into teams by race, pitting whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians against each other.

Hispanics gain jobs in finance
Professionals and students in the finance field are finding that the nation’s biggest banks, investment companies and accounting firms are more eager than ever to hire Hispanic professionals.

U.S. Hispanic and Latin America News

Colombia fears crippling U.S. tariffs
Exporters from Colombia fear tariffs of up to 20 percent on exports to the United States unless trade preferences designed to encourage economic independence from cocaine production are renewed before year-end.

Grupo Televisa, Univision power struggle leads to split
The unhappy divorce of Univision Communications (UVN), the top U.S. Spanish-language network, and Mexico's Grupo Televisa, Latin America's biggest producer of hit shows, could result in more programming options for U.S. Hispanics.

Fight for presidency hits Brazil's screens
As political broadcasts hit the airwaves, opponents of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attempt to link him to recent corruption allegations against his Workers' Party (PT).

Former Paraguayan Dictator Dies at 93
Alfredo Stroessner, the exiled general who ruled Paraguay for decades before being ousted in 1989, has died in Brazil at the age of 93.

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