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Just days before the election, the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) released the results of their “Latino Professional Pulse – October 2004,” a national survey of 475 Latino professionals regarding their work life, economic sentiment, political leanings, and investments.

A poll conducted by comScore Networks, Inc. has determined that President George W. Bush holds a narrow 1.7% lead among women voters nationwide. Yet Senator John Kerry holds a slim lead in two of three key battleground states. Kerry leads among women voters in Florida (50.0% to 45.5%) and Pennsylvania (50.0% to 44.0%), while the race is a dead heat in Ohio (47.1% to 47.1%).

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will explore the life of legendary Cuban-born singer Celia Cruz (1924 – 2003) and her impressive career with “Azucar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz,” a new exhibition slated to open in May 2005.

Spanish has taken a clear lead over French as the language Americans are most likely to study in school, according to a recent study by Opinion Research Corporation.

At the Omni Colonnade Hotel, with the microphones set, the cameras rolling and an audience of over fifty people, including many Hispanic Media Journalists, waiting at the set of the Political Forum Tuesday night, the missing components were the two Political Parties’ representatives including the invited vice presidential candidates.

Now http://www.aguacate.org offers more California avocado nutrition tips and recipe information for the Hispanic community. The California Avocado Commission has relaunched the “En Español” section of the California avocado web site with nutrition advice, scientific research and more innovative recipes.

Dance Cuba: Dreams of Flight is an epic that sweeps across modern US-Cuban history as it intertwines riveting personal stories that are as steeped in romance, tragedy and drama as the great ballets.

CNN Presents explores the lives of four families on the front lines in the growing battle over illegal immigration in America. In “Immigrant Nation, Divided Country,” CNN’s Maria Hinojosa tracks the illegal immigration debate from a nearly deserted village in Mexico to the booming suburbs of Atlanta and the rural hamlets of North Georgia.

comScore Networks released the results of a study examining the factors influencing the voting plans of American women in the upcoming presidential election. The study integrates a full range of demographic, attitudinal and lifestyle information to focus on the factors influencing the attitudes, intentions and decisions of closely followed segments, such single women and “security moms.”

Intel Corporation is launching a new program titled “Intel Winning Technology” for Houston Latinos that responds to concerns about the role of technology in their lives.

The Advertising Council, in partnership with National PTA (Parent Teacher Association), announced today the launch of new public service advertisements (PSAs) designed to encourage parents to become more involved in their children’s school and education. Created pro bono by ad agencies J. Walter Thompson-Chicago and Mendoza Dill on, the campaign targets English and Spanish-speaking parents of school-age children. The English-language television PSAs, directed by actor James Woods, feature various celebrities including actors Chewy Chase and Lou Diamond Phillips. All of the PSAs are being distributed to coincide with the back-to-school season.

George Lopez – celebrated author, writer, producer and star of ABC-TV’s hit sitcom ‘George Lopez’ will lend his support to a new national advocacy effort to make the library card the most valued and used card in every wallet.

Mauricio Galván of New York based The Vidal Partnership was chosen by his peers to be honored with the 2004 HispanicAd.com ‘Creative Director of the Year’ award. The award ceremony took place at the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies conference in New York on Friday October 1, 2004.