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Ma> 14.2003
Latin Music Awards go to Chayanne, Montenegro
/ m super
grateful for the
awards, super
happy.
A recent study
finds immigrants
make up over
h a lf o f the
growth in the
U.S. labor force.
-Puerto Rican recording artist and
actor Chayanne on winning a top
award atthe Billboard Latin Music
Awards
(A P )— A p airo fsin g e r-a c to rs,
P u e rto R ic o 's C h a y a n n e a n d
M exico’s Pilar M ontenegro, w ere
the big w inners at the star-studded
Billboard Latin Music A wards, tak­
ing hom e three trophies apiece.
C hayanne and M ontenegro p er­
fo r m e d th e ir h it s o n g s , a n d
m egastars Ricky M artin and Thalia
also w ere am ong the Latin m usic
artists w ho took the stage T h u rs­
Puerto Rico s Chayanne (left) and Mexico s Pilar Montenegro took
day night at the M iam i A rena.
board Latin Music Awards.
C hayanne, a veteran singer and
actor w ho starred in the 1998 film
" I ’m su p e r g ra te fu l fo r th e for w om en, w on fem ale popairplay
‘D ance W ith M e .’ w on Latin track a w a r d s , s u p e r h a p p y ,” s a id track o f the year. An alternate v er­
o f the y ear
the top aw ard for an C hayanne, w hose next album , fea­ sion o f the song w on for regional
in d iv id u also n g
for the sin g le ‘Y turing songs in English and Span­ M exican track o f the year for a fe­
Tu Te V as’ (A nd Then You Leave). ish, is expected to be finished in m ale solo artist and fo ra new artist.
T he song also w on pop airplay Septem ber.
She perform ed h er hit song in a
track o f the year, and his w ork
M o n te n e g r o , w h o s e s o n g glittery two-piece blueoutfit
w ith
‘G randes E x ito s' earned the best ‘Q uitam e Ese H o m b re’ (T ake Him her band and a group o f m ale danc­
greatest hits album aw ard.
A w ay From M e) becam e an anthem ers w earing black cow boy hats in
Immigrants Fill Jobs
home top honors at the Bill­
the background.
The aw ards honor the most
popular album s, songs and per­
form ers in Latin m usic as d eter­
m ined by sales and radio airplay
d ata p u b lish ed on B illb o a rd ’s
w eekly charts. It w as the first tim e
the glitzy aw ards w ere open to the
public.
(A P )- Im m igrants accounted for
over h a lf the grow th in the labor
force in the U nited States the past
decade, filling openings in facto­
ries and textile m ills, restaurants
and other blue-collar industries,
according to a private analysis o f
governm ent data.
T he im m igrant influx w as felt
throughout the country but w as
especially vital in the N ortheast,
w here the new U.S. residents com ­
prised nearly all o f the net increase
in the labor force there, said the
report released by the C enter for
Labor M arket Studies at N ortheast­
ern U niversity.
The study o f C ensus B ureau
figures betw een 1990 and 2 0 0 1 also
found that recent im migrants helped
till openings that required m ore
education such as in engineering
firm s and the high-tech industry.
“What immigration has really done
is expand the base at the bottom and
to a lesser extent help” fill openings
near the top end o f the scale, said a
study authors, N ortheastern Uni­
versity econom ist Paul Harrington.
“This is a story o fa long-term shift in
the reliance o f foreign sources for
labor in the United States.”
D uring the sam e period, the His­
panic population grew to rival blacks
as the n a tio n ’s largest m inority
group.
Immigration
Reform for
Oil Rejected
(A P ) — President V icente Fox
h asjoined a w ave o fo th e r M exican
officials in rejecting a U.S. congres­
sional co m m ittee’s call to link an
agreem ent on im m igration to U.S.
investm ent in M exico’s state-run
oil com pany.
Fox said his
a d m in is tra tio n
has m ade a pri­
ority ofreaching
an im m igration
d e a l w ith th e
U n ited S tates.
“ But in no w ay
Mexican
will itaccept ne­
President
g o tia tin g th a t
Vicente Fox
agreem ent in ex­
change for the opening o f Petroleos
M exicanos to foreign investm ent,”
he said in a statem ent released by
his office.
The Mexican m edia has launched
a barrage o f criticism against the
m ove by the H ouse International
R elationsC om m ittee.
The com m ittee m easure nar­
row ly approved on votes by the
R epublican m ajority says that a n y
accord on im m igration issues with
M exico should include an agree­
m ent to open M exico’s state oil
com pany Pemex to U.S. investment.
Why does SAIF get to play by different rules than other state agencies? Why does SAIF spend hundreds of thou­
sands of dollars on lobbyists, when they say their only purpose is to hold down the cost of workers’ comp insur­
ance? Who’s SAIF lobbying? Why?
And what about those billions SAIF is sitting on? Why doesn't the Legislature demand that this state agency put
its slush funds into a rainy day account for the benefit of a ll Oregonians? Given our budget crisis, how can Oregon
justify paying Kathy Keene, the head of SAIF, over $300.000 a year? "On the job for Oregon?" Sounds more like
SAIF is doing a job on Oregon taxpayers.
Oregonians for Accountability is calling for a thorough examination of SAIF. Add your voice by contacting the gov­
ernor’s office or your legislator. Learn more about this critical issue at www.oregoniansforaccountability.com
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PCC
Cascade
Hosts Latin
Film Festival
Portland Community College
hosts the Fourth Annual Latin
Am erican Film Festival
(Latinismo) from Friday, May
16 through Friday, May 23 at
Terrell Hall 122 on the Cascade
Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth.
The film festival is organized
by a group of students who
work to raise the awareness of
the diversity of Latin culture.
This year’s film selection is a
backdrop for the theme “Com­
munities in Transition," por­
traying physical, political,
sexual orientation, gender and
class changes in culture. Ad­
mission is free and open to the
public.
The festival will feature Cu­
ban American poet Virgil
Suarez, who will make a liter­
ary presentation of his work.
Suarez will appear at the
Latinismo closing reception at
6 p.m. on Friday, May 23.