hispanic trends magazine march/april 2005


Ralph G. Tourino
vp,Space Support and Global Strike
Lockheed Martin

Peter J. Dolara
Senior VP,Miami,Caribbean and Latin America
American Airlines

Jorge Fernandez
VP,International and Alliances
Delta Airlines

Joe Sanchez
VP and General Manager
Anheuser-Busch Sales Co. of Riverside,CA.

Tony L. White
Chairman and CEO
Applera Corp.

Nereyda Luna Bottoms
Group VP,Global Stategy Support
Avon

Jovita Carranza
VP,Air operations
UPS

Luis Jimenez
VP,Global Growth and Futures Strategy
Pitney Bowes,Inc.

Jorge Figueredo
President-Interantional
Liz Claiborne,Inc.

Julio Ramirez
Senior VP and President,Latin America and Caribbean
Burger King Corp.

Valentine Fernandez,Jr.
VP,Finance,Strategy,and External Developement
Kraft Foods Global-U.S. Convenient Meals Segment

Hugo B. Poza
VP,Homeland Security
Raytheon Co.

Carlos Cabrera
VP and Managing Director
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa

Maria Martinez
Corporate VP,Communications Sector
Microsoft

Richard L. Carrion
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Popular,Inc.

Alvaro G. De Molina
President,Global Capitol Markets and Investment Banking
Bank of America

Jonathan Jaramillo
Senior VP
New York Life Insurance Co.

Raul Rivera
Chairman,President and CEO
National Benefit Life Insurance Co.

Cesar L. Alvarez
President and CEO
Greenberg Traurig

Fabio Freyre
CEO
Latina,LLC

Antonio M. Perez
President and CEO
Eastman Kodak Co.

Hector Motroni
Corporate VP,Chief Staff Officer,Chief Ethics Officer
Xerox Corp.

Patricia Romero Cronin
VP,Global Services Business Transformation
IBM

Javier G. Teruel
Vice Chairman
Colgate-Palmolive Co.

William Perez
President and CEO
Nike,Inc.

Pedro Lichtinger
President,Pfizer Animal Health
Pfizer Inc.

Ralph De La Vega
COO
Cingular Wireless

Luis E. Leon
Executive VP and CFO
Royal Caribbean Cruises,Ltd.

These are 25 of Latin corporate Americans.I'm sure not all of them are connected to Latin groups but MECHA is equal to a Latin Fraternity in colleges across America so there is no doubt money and political contributions here.Obviously this type of clout feed Latin political influence in America as well.Latin political power seems to be one of the biggest opponents to solving the current illegal immigration problem in America by it's arguments that action against illegals which are currently made up primarily of Latin Americans will be detrimental to American Latin citizens.