Dr.
Carullo
Spanish
/ 2002-2003
Did you know that ... ?
(From Latino History )
1- In 1990,
2- More Latinos (34.4 percent in 1990) call
3- 55 percent of Latinos are bilingual (as of 1997)?
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5- In 1990, approximately 72 percent of all Latinos lived
in metropolitan areas?
6- Half of the Latino population of
7- In 1991, nearly half-one of first- and second-generation
Latinos in
8- Latino men intermarry at a greater rate than
9- In 1996, 14 percent of the children in the
10- Between 1972 and 1992 the number of Latino students in
11- In 1990, 72 percent of Latinos identified themselves as
Roman Catholic?
12- In 1997, the Latino consumer market had estimated a
buying power of $228 billion-up from $205 billion in 1995?
13- As of 1997, 80 Latinos or their families had fortunes
of at least $ 25 million?
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15- In 1996, 72 percent of Latinos voted Democrat in the
presidential elections?
What’s on the Web?
(From Latino History )
Here are a few general interest sites that will serve you
as a starting point for exploring Latino topics on the web:
This is a site of a Latino mini-yellow
pages with a directory of links to Latino places of interest on the Web.
This page explores Latino and Latin American culture, art,
music film, and much more.
This site has Latino-oriented chat forums, and also focuses
on Latino literature, art, entertainment, politics, business, travel, and more.
This site houses Hispanic, the magazine for those who
want to stay current on Latino affairs.
This site belongs to Hispanic
Business, the magazine for Latino
professionals, entrepreneurs, and CEOs.
The Mundo Latino website houses
real-time chatrooms.
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http://ladb.unm.edu/www/retanet
This site--geared towards teachers--is packed with
information about
This page of links to websites is a good launching point
for finding Latino music sites on the Web.
It also has original content on Latino music.
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http://www.mundolatino.org/perilat.htm
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http://latindex.com/prensa
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http://www.americas.org (
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