Cape Verdean prime minister Jose Maria Neves visited New England, where he discussed youth violence in Boston and met the mayor of Brockton.  At the Ideal Club in East Bridgewater, Mass., he met local Cape Verdeans, reports OJornal.com.

Ni la intensa lluvia logró detener la marcha de los grupos de manifestantes que se reunieron para protestar y marchar el sábado pasado contra la visita de la gobernadora Jan Brewer en Boston, informa TuBoston.com.  EN ESPAÑOL

The Crispus Attucks Children's Center in Roxbury, Boston, has provided quality early education since 1971.  The valuable community resource now faces recession-related funding cutbacks, reports BayStateBanner.com.

Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law could hurt victims of domestic violence -- and those driving them to court to get restraining orders.   Because of SB 1070,  the Chicanos por la Causa shelter was empty for the first time, reports NewAmericaMedia.org.

At the opening of her campaign office in East Haven, Conn., US Senator candidate Linda McMahon did not comment on alleged racial profiling of that town's police, who have been under a months' long US Dept. of Justice investigation, reports NewHavenIndependent.org.

A Boston Public Schools assistant principal is INDIA New England's 2010 Woman of the Year.  See the video here.  Read about awardee Amrita Sahni here.  Read about the 20 finalists and the awards gala here, reported by INDIA New England.

Bajo la organización de C.A.F.E (Colombian Association of Folkloric Exchange), el Festival Colombiano 2010 se llevó a cabo el pasado 11 de julio en Central Square (East Boston), informa ElMundoBoston.com.  EN ESPAÑOL

(Updated)  Gov. Patrick will meet Brazilian and Hispanic communities of the state on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at Tu Casa restaurant in Chelsea, reports BrazilianJournal.net, EM PORTUGUÊS.  Doors open at 2:30; event starts at 3:00.

The Onset Cape Verdean Festival Association is busy preparing for the community's 35th-anniversary bash, to be held at Onset Beach, Mass., on Aug. 14, 2010 (rain date: Aug. 15), reports CVNTV.com. 

MassBay Community College administrators visited Shandong Province, China, where they met officials at the Laiwu Technical and Vocational College.  The two colleges participate in a student-exchange program.

Professor Chinmoy Ghosh, a native of India, is launching a master's program in financial risk management at the Stamford campus of the University of Connecticut, reports CTIndianLife.com.

James Matovu, a nursing assistant from Uganda, died while at work in Framingham, Mass.  The community is trying to raise money to repatriate his body to Uganda, reports AjabuAfrica.com.

More than 20 teams representing their countries across five continents will compete, in the spirit of multicultural unity, in the annual soccer tournament of ONE Lowell World Cup in Lowell, Mass., reports TuBoston.  EN ESPAÑOL

Thousands of Colombians celebrated the bicentennial anniversary of their homeland on July 11, 2010, in East Boston.   Cónsul María Fernanda Forero introduced the international musical guests, reports La Semana.  EN ESPAÑOL

Children's Services of Roxbury is filling a void in mental health care for black youth.  It is the only one of four similar Boston-area agencies to have a specialty status from the state for its focus on the black community, reports BayStateBanner.com.