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P H H Buffalo • Rochester • Dunkirk • Erie PA December/Decembre I 2015 S N Panorama News P www.PanoramaHispanoNews.com March/Marzo 2018 VOL. 26 E La Voz de Nuestra Comunidad • The Voice of Our Community Vol. 29 A W NO. 11 N S O Juan R. Texidor, community A record 30 Million people visited Caribbean leader and radio host in despite storms Puerto Rican community SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A record 30 million people visited the Caribbean last year, despite two devastating hurricanes that hit a region still struggling to recover, regional tourism officials said Thursday. Visitors spent a record total of $37 billion, up nearly 3 percent compared with the previous year, according to Ryan Skeete, acting research director for the Barbados- based Caribbean Tourism Organization. The majority of visitors came from the Juan R. Texidor, a beloved figure in United States, and there was a surge of Buffalo's Puerto Rican community and host travelers from Canada and Europe. of the "Ecos Boricanos" radio show, died Feb. 7 in Buffalo General Medical Center It is the eighth consecutive year of after a brief illness. He was 92. growth for the Caribbean, although some Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Mr. islands including St. Lucia and Bermuda Texidor immigrated in 1951 and settled on saw double-digit increases while others Buffalo's West Side. He worked for Ford Motor Company for 35 years, but it was his reported a nearly 20 percent drop in causing billions of dollars in damage. Association reported that huge numbers personal outreach to the community and visitors after hurricanes Irma and Maria hit The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism of hotels remain closed on islands directly in September, killing dozens of people and his contributions over the airwaves that his See CARIBBEAN on page 3 See TEXIDOR on page 3 Aturdidos por masacre en Florida, estudiantes en Cities pitching diversity in efforts to lure businesses EEUU exigen leyes más duras sobre control de armas Some cities and regions are highlighting racial diversity along with positive Por Zachary Fagenson y Katanga Johnson business climates, competitive tax rates PARKLAND, EEUU (Reuters) - Aturdidos and available land in pitches to lure tech por uno de los más sangrientos tiroteos en companies and high-paying jobs to town. una escuela secundaria en la historia de Places such as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Estados Unidos, estudiantes del país se and Detroit are touting their populations movilizaban el domingo para exigir leyes of people of color to chief executives and más estrictas sobre control de armas de other corporate officials as part of being fuego, en momentos en que funcionarios open for business. de Florida analizaban el momento de “For Pittsburgh and southwestern reabrir el establecimiento. Pennsylvania, ethnic and racial diversity Estudiantes de la Escuela Secundaria has been an integral part of our history Stoneman Douglas, donde un exalumno and a rich part of our narrative,” said company’ second headquarters. es acusado del homicidio de 17 Stefani Pashman, CEO of the Allegheny Pashman said to succeed as a player in a lo que apuntan a atraer la atención de una personas el 14 de Febrero, se unieron Conference on Community Development. global economy, Pittsburgh “must be a población adulta que muchos dicen no los a otros en medios sociales para planear Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are among 20 place where there’s a base of talent that han protegido. manifestaciones, una marcha en cities still under consideration by online looks and thinks like the world because the “Sentí que era nuestro momento de Washington y otra a nivel nacional con retail giant Amazon as locations for the world is the customer in today’s economy.” See EXIGEN on page 3 See LURE on page 3 Serving the best is Puerto Rican cuisine • A Fine dining experience 2179 Niagara Street • Buffalo, New York, NY 14207 •(716) 424-1891 DINE IN OR Bringing a feel of Puerto Rico. 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About 202,000 of Pittsburgh’s 305,000 residents are blasted by the storms. white, and about 74,000 are black, according to census data. An additional 16,000 are Asian. Only 40 percent of hotels and rooms are open in the U.S. Virgin Islands, while several In its pursuit of Amazon’s $5 billion second headquarters project, which could result in renowned hotels remain closed in Puerto Rico, where more than 400,000 power possibly 50,000 jobs, Pittsburgh’s video entry is titled “Future. Forged. For all.” customers are still without lights. In Philadelphia’s pitch to Amazon, a half-dozen or so non-white professionals tell why it would be the best place for the company’s new headquarters. Officials said the British Virgin Islands has at least five resorts reopening later this year, Dallas-Fort Worth also is among the more than 240 cities and regions to make a run at while a marina and yacht club are expected to reopen next year. At least 85 percent of Amazon and also made the cut down to 20. A video that’s part of Dallas-Fort Worth’s power has been restored there, although some places remain without water. proposal shows a boy of eastern Indian heritage holding a sign that reads: “Diversity.” Detroit’s pitch included a 240-page “Move Here. Move the World” book that featured Some 40 percent of hotel rooms have reopened in Dominica, which received a direct hit blacks and other minorities who own businesses and also highlighted Hispanic heritage from Hurricane Maria, while 10 attractions in Anguilla remain closed, including several events. But the Motor City, which is 80 percent black and anchors a metropolitan area that cays, and the main international airport is operating only during daylight hours. also has sizable Arab-American and Hispanic populations, didn’t make Amazon’s cut. Officials in Detroit say the city’s promotion of its diversity didn’t start with its run at In the Dutch Caribbean territory of St. Maarten, which was hit by Hurricane Irma, Amazon and won’t stop now that the company has its eyes elsewhere. some 36 hotels remain closed and only 64 percent of sea-based activities are operating. “We are going to use that material as much as we can with all of our other business Officials said airport service is still limited. opportunities,” said Jed Howbert, the city’s group executive for Planning, Housing and Development. “We think the diversity of Detroit and the whole metro area is one of the Hugh Riley, secretary general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, noted that the most important assets we have in attracting companies.” sector employs 14 percent of the Caribbean’s population and represents anywhere from 7 Tina Wells, founder and CEO of Haddonfield, New Jersey-based Buzz Marketing Group, percent to more than 80 percent of various islands economies.