Latinos Go Social

(via @NBCLatino)

There is no doubt that the ball is rolling on comprehensive immigration reform with a bipartisan group of Senators releasing a framework for the deal ahead of President Obama’s announcement of his plan on Tuesday. As news unfolded, newsmakers and immigrants rights groups took to Twitter to chime in on the rare bipartisan deal making.

Ana Navarro, John McCain’s national Hispanic co-chair in 2008 and Jon Huntsman’s in 2012, praised the Senators for working together.

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Milan’s feet! twitter.com/3gerardpique/s…

— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) January 23, 2013

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And Twitter le da la bienvenida…

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Meghan Peters - Mashable’s Community Manager - hosts the Google Hangout.

By CONZ PRETI

I was surprised when I read that Mashable was hosting a Google Hangout to talk about social media in Latin America. It makes sense, of course.

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Secretary Napolitano Announces Deferred Action Process for Young People Who Are Low Enforcement Priorities #immigration dhs.gov/ynews/releases…

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) June 15, 2012

To many, the Obama administration’s order to give undocumented immigrants work permits if they meet certain requirements, is a dream fulfilled, even if it falls short of DREAM Act legislation, which failed in Congress.

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Don’t worry. Be happy. Apparently, Latin Americans are experts at that.

By CAROLINA DEL BUSTO

In a recent study conducted by the New Economic Foundation (NEF), the results place Latin American countries above the rest when it comes to leading happy and sustainable lives.

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By CONZ PRETI
Channel: Media 

At Univision News, we believe in social media as an essential tool for journalism, not only for promotional purposes but also for news gathering and to reach out and listen to our community. 

For this reason, we have made it a priority to establish ourselves in diverse platforms of the social media universe. Our main Twitter account, @UnivisionNews, serves as a hub for current events around the world — especially Latin America — and in the Latino community in the U.S. — always from a Latino perspective. We also have an account dedicated fully to Entertainment, @UniNewsEnt, and another one for Politics, @UniNewsPolitics, where we go more in depth into those topics.

We also love our fans on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram under the username UnivisionNews, and we invite you to love us back! 

Besides our main accounts, our editors and writers are extremely involved in social media and are actively engaging in conversations through their personal accounts. In case you haven’t noticed, we are a very warm group of people.

Don’t believe it? Click through to meet the team and learn how to further interact with them beyond our Tumblr:

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