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"Some people may not want to lead others.
If you decide not to lead, then you have to
follow the lead of others" Victor Pinzon

The following are some of the Hispanics DEMOGRAPHIC studies that The Americas Foundation has been and will continue working on:

Hispanics Unlimited Potential

Hispanics Demographics USA
Hispanics Demographics Miami
Hispanics Demographics Orlando
Hispanics Demographics Washington Metropolitan Area
US Census 2000 Highlights

The following are some of the type of DATA BASES that Americas Global Foundation has been and will continue working on:

Latino Organizations
U.S. Trade with Latin America
Hispanic Latinos in government

There are numerous other studies that AGF seeks to perform. AGF invites sponsors and seeks matching resources to perform and maintain current said data.

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The 21^st Century will see Unprecedented Latino Americans Growth in the US

Americas Global Foundation is working towards the Latinos' successful economic and political empowerment. The following are projections corroborating the significant changes taking place in the ethnic composition of the population of the US.

The Latino population will continue to grow at a rate about 6 times faster than the general population and will reach 35 million, including Puerto Rico, by the year 2000, surpassing Blacks.
The Latino population will reach 50 to 60 million by the year 2020, and 90 to 100 million by the year 2040.
Hispanics of Mexican origin continue to make up the largest segment of the Latino population with 63% followed by Central and South Americas with 15%, Puerto Ricans with 11%, other Hispanics with 7%, and Cubans with 4%.
Over the 20-year period, from 1976 to 1996, Hispanic voter registration increased 164% compared to only 31% among NonHispanics.
Over the 20-year period, from 1976 to 1996, Hispanic voter turnout increased 135% compared to only 21% among NonHispanics
Latino voter registration increased more than the Latino voting age population during the 1992 to 1996 period.
NonHispanic Whites voter turnout decreased 9,887,000 votes from 1992 to 1996; Blacks voter turnout increased 15,000 votes; Hispanics voter turnout increased 690,000 votes.
Hispanic voter turnout has increased 150% in nonpresidential elections from 1974 to 1994.
With a voting age population of 100,000 or more in 25 states, Latinos now have the capacity to impact gubernatorial, congressional, legislative, other statewide and local elections in half of the states in the nation.
There are 59 congressional districts with a population of 100,000 or more Latinos.
Hispanics currently make up at least 10% of the population in 122 congressional districts.
Latinos are the swing vote in the nation’s seven largest states which account for 210 electoral votes, or 77% of the electoral votes needed to elect the next President of the United States.
By the year 2045, 40% of all Americans will live in the states of California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois; Hispanics will be the largest single group in California and Texas, and the largest minority group in the other three states.
By the year 2025, the states of California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois will elect approximately 40% of the members of Congress, and control 68% (184) of the electoral votes needed to elect the President
By the year 2025, Latinos and African Americans will make up 52% of the population in Texas, 50% in California, 50% in New Mexico, 43% in New York, 41% in Florida, 36% in Arizona, 34% in Nevada, and 33% in Illinois; the Latino population will be dominant in every state.

Way Overdrawn

The world’s poorest countries owe international lending institutions and private lenders more than $230 billion. Many of these nations are unable to pay the interest due, let alone the principal.
The World Bank has designated 40 countries most of them in sub-Saharan Africa as Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, which should qualify them for payment delays or debt forgiveness. Seven countries have met economic and social criteria worked out by the World Bank to become eligible for a two-year-old relief program. The other continue to struggle under the debt burden, while their population sink deeper and deeper into poverty.

The most heavily indebted nations:

If the accumulated foreign debt of these developing countries is calculated per person, the share of debt for each man, woman and child is greater than per person annual income. Interest payments are unaffordable, and many of these countries will never dig themselves out of the hole unless some debt is forgiven.

Country Accumulated Debt Service Annual Income
Debt per person per person per person

Congo Republic                    $2,278                         $147                         $817
Guyana                                 2,039                            131                         829
Sao Tome/Principe                  2,008                            22                          315
Ivory Coast                             1,332                            91                          662

Nicaragua                            1,318                            49                           372
Mauritania                               985                            50                           433
Angola                                     983                            64                           320
Guinea-Bissau                         852                            10                           242

Zambia                                     757                            35                           350
Liberia                                      753                              1                           351
Honduras                               730                            92                           657
Cameroon                               715                            40                           634
Equatorial Guinea                     705                            12                             608

Source: World Bank
Research: The Latin Quarter News

"La utopia" de una integracion latinoamericana

    El profesor colombiano, Gabriel Betancourt, doctor Honoris Cause de la Universidad de los Andes de Bogota, en una conferencia en Miami, dijo que Latin America puede llegar a una integracion economica, politica, cultural, y tecnologica al estilo de la Union Europea.
    "Si ellos han podido, que nos impide a nosotros ser como ellos?" se pregunto el exministro de Educacion de Colombia y ex-embajador ante la Unesco.
    Quien imaginaba que lo que comenzo como una alianza del carbon y acero, con el tratado de la CECA en Europa, a principios de la decada de los '50, se convertiria en una de las comunidades mas poderosa de los cinco continentes: la Union Europea integrada economica y politicamente en la actualidad por 15 paises. El escenario de multiples guerras, invasiones, serios problemas etnicos, sociales, y culturales desde el principio y a traves de la historia de sus paises.

Latinoamerica tiene una serie de factores favorables: una extension de 20 millones de kilometros, una situacion geopolitica privilegiada. Costas y cultura Atlantica, Pacifica, y Antartica. Un producto interno bruto de $1,500 billones de dolares, y capacidad de comercio exterior de $400 billones de dolares. Una poblacion actual de 479 millones de habitantes, proyectada a 850 millones para 2040. "Cuenta con mas del 25% de los recursos naturales de la tierra. Dos idiomas que los une lo mismo que culturas con mucha similitud en sus ricas diferencias," informa Victor Pinzon, Presidente de The Americas Foundation; quien continuo diciendo: "Por otra parte Latinoamerica tiene una complicada historia que continua viviendo con una gama de serios problemas de todo tipo. Pero todos estos problemas son tremendos retos que ofrecen grandes oportunidades en la implementacion de efectivas soluciones para el beneficio de todos. Como precedente, Europa se ha sobrepuesto a sus diversos problemas."

Una union latinoamericana no es facil pero es posible. Por eso se esta luchando, incluyendo la nueva Asociacion de Universidades Latinoamericanas para la Integracion. The Americas Foundation, en los Estados Unidos ha estado trabajando en ello, como parte de su mision, desde su creacion en 1991. Betancourt dijo: "el problema de las utopias es buscar los lideres capaces de orientar esas utopias."

En este esfuerzo, explico Betancourt, estan trabajando ex-ministros, parlamentarios, expresidentes, asociaciones, sindicatos junto con el respaldo de la legislacion constitucional de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Pinzon cree que los 33 millones de Latinos en los Estados Unidos, con una capacidad de compra de mas de $365 billones de dolares en 1997, tienen un potencial papel de contribuir a hacer la union latinoamericana una realidad. Esto sera posible a medida que logremos, a traves de nuestro programa de, solidificar una "masa critica" de latinos y no latinos que entiendan los sustanciales beneficios de dicha union.

Courtesy of The Latin Quarter News

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