LatISM DC is a Latinos in Social Media community building event in DC. It will bring together organizations focused on reaching Latinos and the seasoned social media veterans that can help them. From Blogs, My Space, Twitter, YouTube to Facebook, hear about what’s worked or not worked so far in the Latino community.

Together, we will discuss how we can better partner to reach Latinos to empower our community.
Dates: December 11 & 12

Location: At the Offices of the National Council of La Ra… Continue

School bus crash kills girl, 8, in Puerto Rico
(AP) – 1 day ago

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Authorities in Puerto Rico say a school bus has fallen off an overpass, killing an 8-year-old girl near the capital of the U.S. Caribbean territory.
Police officer Erick Aponte says the bus was carrying at least nine people when the driver lost control and it fell off an overpass Wednesday morning in suburban Guaynabo.
Edward Moreno of the Education Department says third-grader Paola Nicole Guzman was killed… Continue

Murder charge filed in Puerto Rico teen slaying
By MIKE MELIA (AP) – 17 hours ago

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Murder charges were filed Wednesday in the slaying of a gay teenager whose decapitated, partially burned body was found last week, while U.S. authorities said they were still considering whether to make it a hate crime case.
Gay activists expressed disappointment that the suspect wasn't immediately charged with a hate crime, saying authorities in Puerto Rico have never invoked a law coverin… Continue

By Arthur Brice, CNN
November 17, 2009 3:24 p.m. EST

(CNN) -- A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old Puerto Rican man found Friday decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, police said Tuesday.
The U.S. gay community is asking authorities to investigate whether the slaying was a hate crime because the victim, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, was gay, said Pedro Julio Serrano of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
"The brutality of the slaying and the fact that he was o… Continue