The president of Colombia spoke with Ismael Cala about COVID-19 and Venezuela

March 31, 2020

MIAMI, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, spoke live this Monday with Ismael Cala about the coronavirus and the charges brought by the United States against Nicolás Maduro and other senior members of his regime.

In an interview on MegaTV, Duque discussed the border cooperation between Colombia and Venezuela, which is being aided by the Pan American Health Organization and the governors.

The Colombian president also affirmed that the programs in the Social Security network being deployed to handle the health crisis are also being used to help Venezuelans residing in Colombia.

He also mentioned the charges brought by the United States Justice Department against Nicolás Maduro and Cartel de los Soles, and said that the facts speak for themselves.

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Ismael Cala is currently standing in for Oscar Haza on MEGA TV, as part of the channel’s efforts to continue providing information and quality analysis in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Ahora con Oscar Haza,” (Now, with Oscar Haza), is broadcast Monday to Friday, at the following times:

Miami: 8:00 pm
US Domestic: 8:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm CT/ 5:00 pm PT
Puerto Rico: 10:00 am

ABOUT ISMAEL CALA

Life and business strategist. He presents and directs the interview show, CALA, which is broadcast in twenty countries. For five and a half years, Ismael Cala hosted the show CALA at prime time on CNN en Español. Businessman and social entrepreneur. Author of eight best-selling books in the areas of leadership, enterprise and personal development, including “El poder de escuchar,” (The Power of Listening), and “Despierta con Cala” (Awaken with Cala). Cala was born in Santiago de Cuba (1969) and has a degree in Art History from Universidad de Oriente. He is coauthor of the book “Beat the Curve,” with Brian Tracy. He graduated from the School of Communication at the University of York in Toronto, and has a diploma from Seneca College in Television Production. He is President and founder of Cala Enterprises Corporation and the Ismael Cala Foundation.

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AARP Innovation Labs Launches ‘AARP Community Connections’ Platform To Find Help, Or Give It, During Coronavirus Pandemic

March 31, 2020

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WASHINGTON, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — AARP Community Connections, a new online platform launched by AARP Innovation Labs today, allows users to organize and find local volunteer groups to help pick up groceries, provide financial assistance or lend emotional support to neighbors, friends and loved ones. Across the country, these informal online groups—also called “mutual aid” groups—help communities stay connected at a time when people must practice social distancing to stay safe.

“We may need be physically isolated, but we don’t have to feel alone,” said Andy Miller, Senior Vice President of AARP Innovation Labs. “Through this innovative platform, people in need of help from—or who want to offer help to—their communities are empowered to engage. In this unprecedented time, AARP remains committed to helping the 50-plus population, and AARP Community Connections is one more way we’re innovating to improve our communities.”

AARP Community Connections includes multiple resources to help those who are feeling isolated, depressed, overwhelmed or anxious. Users are able to:

Request a call from an AARP volunteer, or a trained counselor;
Easily create an account with Savo to make connecting with their families easier;
Join “The Mighty,” a safe, supportive online community for people facing health challenges and their caregivers.

Social isolation was a common problem, even before the coronavirus pandemic: A 2020 study, published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and supported by AARP Foundation, reported 43 percent of adults age 60 or older said they had felt lonely. And, while social isolation and loneliness are serious health issues by themselves, they can also exacerbate existing health problems, such as lung disease, heart disease and diabetes. AARP Community Connections helps people reach out to volunteers in their community who are willing to help their neighbors with their unique needs.

AARP Community Connections is live and completely free to use, and AARP membership is not required. For more information, visit www.aarpcommunityconnections.org.

About AARP
AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. With a nationwide presence and nearly 38 million members, AARP strengthens communities and advocates for what matters most to families: health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. AARP also produces the nation’s largest circulation publications: AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin. To learn more, visit www.aarp.org or follow @AARP and @AARPadvocates on social media.

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Spanish Broadcasting System Schedules Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2019 Conference Call

March 30, 2020

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MIAMI, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (OTCQB: SBSAA) (the “Company”) announced that it will release its fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results today, March 30, 2020.

The Company will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the teleconference, please 412-317-5441 ten minutes prior to the start time.

If you cannot listen to the teleconference at its scheduled time, there will be a replay available through Wednesday, April 15, 2020 which can be accessed by dialing 877-344-7529 (U.S) or 412-317-0088 (Int’l), passcode: 10141305.

There will also be a live webcast of the teleconference, located on the investor portion of Spanish Broadcasting’s corporate Web site, at http://www.spanishbroadcasting.com/webcasts-presentations. A seven day archived replay of the webcast will also be available at that link.

About Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) owns and operates radio stations located in the top U.S. Hispanic markets of New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Puerto Rico, airing the Tropical, Regional Mexican, Spanish Adult Contemporary, Top 40 and Urbano format genres. SBS also operates AIRE Radio Networks, a national radio platform of over 250 affiliated stations reaching 94% of the U.S. Hispanic audience. SBS also owns MegaTV, a network television operation with over-the-air, cable and satellite distribution and affiliates throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, produces a nationwide roster of live concerts and events, and owns a stable of digital properties, including La Musica, a mobile app providing Latino-focused audio and video streaming content and HitzMaker, a new-talent destination for aspiring artists. For more information, visit us online at www.spanishbroadcasting.com.

Contacts:

Contacts:
Analysts and Investors		Analysts, Investors or Media
José I. Molina		Brad Edwards
Chief Financial Officer		The Plunkett Group
(305) 441-6901		(212) 739-6740

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We The Best Foundation partners with Direct Relief and simplehuman to fight COVID-19

March 30, 2020

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MIAMI, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — DJ Khaled and Nicole Tuck announce the partnership of their We The Best Foundation with Direct Relief and simplehuman to aid in supplying additional supplies to healthcare workers on the front line in both New York and Miami local hospitals.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for protective equipment for doctors, nurses, and other health professionals being called upon to maintain regular health services and also care for those who become seriously ill and face the risk of death from the effects of the virus.

Inspired by friend and Miami based designer Gelareh Mizrahi’s story, who’s brother is on the front lines in a Brooklyn Hospital, Khaled and Nicole joined in on her efforts and have been working with Direct Relief to give those most vulnerable the equipment they need. Their combined efforts provided over 10,000 masks, gloves, and dozens of PPE kits for healthcare workers.

“Helping our local community when and where we can has always been our mission since we started the We The Best Foundation back in 2018. By partnering with Direct Relief, Nicole and I are able to reach the medical staff who are most at risk in local hospitals in New York and Miami. It’s important to us to take care of those who take care of us., said DJ Khaled.

Direct Relief has rapidly mobilized to get protective gear – N95 masks, surgical masks, isolation gowns, gloves, face shields, and sanitizers – into the hands of as many frontline health workers as possible, with emergency deliveries leaving daily for nonprofit community clinics and health centers that care for the nation’s most vulnerable populations.

“Direct Relief is so deeply grateful for this extraordinary act of personal generosity from DJ Khaled and Nicole Tuck to help keep health workers safe as they put themselves at risk to keep all of us safe,” said Thomas Tighe, Direct Relief President and CEO. “This support translates into immediate, practical help, and is such a wonderful example of everyone pulling together and doing whatever we can to protect those who are most vulnerable.”

With the help of DJ Khaled, the California-based company, simplehuman, will supply thousands of hands-free soap dispensers to communities starting in their hometown of Los Angeles and expanding across the nation. This initiative, which starts on April 1st, is putting the power in the hands of the people, inviting them to nominate organizations in their own communities to receive complimentary hands-free soap dispensers and sanitizer, which are coated in germ-blocking nano-silver technology.

The We The Best Foundation is a 501c3 organization dedicated to enriching the lives of the next generation – from childhood to adulthood. Through supporting non-profit organizations and individuals in underserved communities, We The Best is committed to efforts that aid individuals in becoming the best version of themselves and making their dreams come true.

For more information on how you can join We The Best Foundation in support of Direct Relief, please visit: https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak

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Toyota: We Are Here For You!

March 27, 2020

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PLANO, Texas, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA) continues to assist those in need with essential supplies, emergency relief and is providing on-going support to many local organizations and non-profits. These efforts include monetary, “in-kind” donations, plus utilizing several of the company’s North American facilities to fabricate face shields while collaborating with medical device companies to speed the manufacture of ventilators, respirators and other vital devices for hospitals.

“Toyota’s core value has always been to contribute to society in meaningful ways beyond providing mobility for our customers,” said Ted Ogawa, incoming CEO, TMNA. “With our plants idled and our dealers focused on servicing customers, we are eager to contribute our expertise and know-how in order to help quickly bring to market the medical supplies and equipment needed to combat the COVID crisis. Our message to the medical equipment community is we are here to help, please utilize our expertise.”

For medical device companies and related businesses seeking support in the areas of manufacturing, engineering, supply chain and purchasing, all inquiries can be sent to: [email protected]

The company has also taken several actions in support of curbing the spread of the virus and helping communities across North America, including:

Face Shields: Working to produce 3-D printed face shields, and mass production will kick off early next week. The first distribution will be to MD Anderson in Houston, UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and other hospitals in Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan.
COVID-19 Masks: Ready to produce COVID-19 masks, currently seeking partners for filters.
Ventilators/Respirators: Finalizing agreements to begin working with at least two companies that produce ventilators and respirators to help increase their capacity.
Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC): Offering manufacturing/engineering know-how support to companies to increase their capacity for necessary medical supplies and equipment and will continue to be available to them. Currently working to support Hospitals/communities on organizing efficient drive-through COVID-19 testing sites. To learn more about TSSC click on the following: https://www.tssc.com/
Customer Financing: Toyota Financial Services (TFS) and Lexus Financial Services (LFS) are providing payment relief options to customers who are affected by COVID-19. Affected lease and finance customers may be eligible to take advantage of finance contract payment extensions or lease deferred payments. TFS and LFS are also providing options to assist customers at or near the end of their lease who are impacted by the pandemic.
Advertising: Toyota brand pulled its March sales event advertising and started running a new national ad campaign with an optimistic message to let our customers know that at Toyota, “We’re here for you.”
Lexus also will release its own advertising this week to reassure luxury customers that we put “People First.”
Donation of Supplies: Toyota has made significant donations to hospitals, emergency management teams, and first responders. Items donated include masks, safety glasses, shoe/boot covers, gloves, blankets, and cotton swabs.
Community and Business Partner Groups: Continue to make significant monetary donations to the United Way, food banks and other key non-profit organizations geared towards helping those in need. In addition, the company’s Business Partnering Groups are providing mentoring, university lecturing, health and safety tips for employees, families and pets and additional ways to support the communities in which we operate.

For a complete list of donations from our Toyota companies, employees and dealers that are helping to assist local communities, please visit Toyota’s COVID-19 page at: https://pressroom.toyota.com/topic/covid-19-information/.

About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. and North America for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 40 million cars and trucks in North America, where we have 14 manufacturing plants, 15 including our joint venture in Alabama (10 in the U.S.), and directly employ more than 47,000 people (over 36,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold 2.7 million cars and trucks (2.4 million in the U.S.) in 2019.

Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society’s most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.

CONTACT:
Victor Vanov
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
469.292.1318

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Bilingual Support for Families on COVID-19 from the National Alliance for Hispanic Health

March 27, 2020

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WASHINGTON, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — “Today the Alliance launched the I do my part campaign to combat COVID-19. What we each do during this crisis makes a difference. We need to give individuals and families tools to help them through these coming weeks,” said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance), the nation’s leading health advocacy group.

The National Alliance for Hispanic Health developed resources in English and Spanish that can be downloaded for free (www.healthyamericas.org) and used with all communities. To launch the effort the Alliance and their community-based organization members, that serve 15 million people annually, took to social media with the English and Spanish infographic messages campaign.

“Many people are having difficulty staying at home and yet to support each other that is what we have to do. We can each do our part and that is the message of each of these infographics. It is extremely important that if you are feeling overwhelmed that you take small steps to get through each day. If we each do our part, together we will make it through this,” concluded Dr. Delgado

To download the I do my part social media infographics and other COVID-19 information, go to healthyamericas.org, or for Spanish language materials go to nuestrasalud.org for free health information and to search for community health centers in your area.

About the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (The Alliance) — The Alliance is the nation’s foremost science-based source of information and trusted advocate for the health of Hispanics in the United States with a mission to achieve the best health for all. For more information visit us www.healthyamericas.org

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Expands Coronavirus-related Relief Actions; 1 Million Meals for School Children Included in New Programs

March 27, 2020

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AUBURN HILLS, Michigan, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — As previously communicated to the company’s employees from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO Mike Manley, the company is in the process of converting its first plant to produce face masks for donation to first responders and health care workers. The first machinery has been delivered and installed with supply and donation coming on stream in the coming weeks.

FCA is expanding its program of measures to support coronavirus relief efforts, focused on two principal areas: charities providing food services to children and support for a range of technical, logistical and manufacturing programs, such as face mask production.

“There has never been a more important moment to help children and their families with vital needs in our communities than during this time of great uncertainty,” said FCA CEO Mike Manley.

Food programs for children in our communities
FCA will work in partnership with non-profit organizations and foundations that are providing food to children until schools return to session. Starting immediately, FCA will help provide more than 1 million meals to school-age children in the communities around our principal manufacturing plants in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. The program will then be extended nationwide in the U.S. and to Canada and Mexico, supporting similar relief efforts for kids who would normally access school meal services.

Mobilizing company resources
Following the first actions taken to start face mask production, the company is now investing technical, logistical and manufacturing resources at medical equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE). With the donation of face masks produced by the company starting in the coming weeks, the company will invest to extend that production capacity to other plants and ultimately donate masks to first responders and health care workers across the world. Drawing on experience from the company’s engineering and logistics team in Italy who are assisting a local ventilator manufacturer, FCA is engaged with other companies producing ventilators and other much needed medical equipment and PPE.

“In this time of need, we’ve focused our resources on those actions we can implement quickly and that will have the greatest impact, as we did in Italy as soon as the emergency started,” added Manley.

FCA
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is a global automaker that designs, engineers, manufactures and sells vehicles in a portfolio of exciting brands, including Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep®, Lancia, Ram and Maserati. It also sells parts and services under the Mopar name and operates in the components and production systems sectors under the Comau and Teksid brands. FCA employs nearly 200,000 people around the globe. For more details regarding FCA (NYSE: FCAU/ MTA: FCA), please visit www.fcagroup.com.

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Virginia López Sobá’s New Book Se Que Te Amo, An Enchanting Collection Of Poems Evoking Human Realizations And Emotions That Impart Positivity And Vigor In Life

March 27, 2020

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ORLANDO, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The book Se Que Te Amo was created by Virginia López Sobá. Virginia is a Puerto Rican professional poet who now resides in Orlando, Florida, for four years. She is also a nursing graduate.

Virginia López Sobá said this about her book: “This book is a trip to adventure, of all kinds of fantasy. You will find verses that express feelings of love, vain desires, and emotions so intense that they cause people to live and feel. Reinventing the conqueror inside you, trying to conquer it. Poems to dream, that inspire our Mother Earth, enchanted and bewitched. Sad dancers, without rules, beautiful goddesses, without words that were left without souls in their trajectory. The search for my lost children is one of my stories.”

Published by Page Publishing, Virginia López Sobá’s new book Se Que Te Amo will captivate readers with verses inspired by real-life circumstances filled with exquisite love, amour propre, and spirituality.

Consumers who wish to discover the true essence of life through purposeful, grandiloquent minstrelsy can purchase Se Que Te Amo in any bookstore, or online at Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries, you can contact Page Publishing, through the following number: 866-315-2708.

About Page Publishing:

Page Publishing is a traditional full-service publishing house that handles all of the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create, not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and the like. Its roster of authors can leave behind these tedious, complex, and time-consuming issues and focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at www.pagepublishing.com.

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Gonzalo O. García’s New Book La Verdadera Poesía Intimista, A Stirring Compilation Of Poems Inspired By The Author’s Kaleidoscopic Life That Birthed Virtues And Insights

March 27, 2020

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MIAMI, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The book La Verdadera Poesía Intimista was created by Gonzalo O. García. García is an author who hails from Havana, Cuba, and now resides in Miami, Florida. He won first prize in poetry at the Institute of Peruvian Culture.

Gonzalo O. García said this about his book: “The book fundamentally deals with the poet’s inner vision in an environment that sometimes—and perhaps it is—suggests being ambiguous or almost of two different personalities (one would say ‘extreme’). This duality will undoubtedly be striking for selective readers who will be able to draw their conclusions and recreate themselves in the underworld of the author’s soul and perhaps be a little reflected or reflected in the contrasting verses of the work.

In addition, the book offers seventy-two poems, a small treatise on psychology and, in certain cases, on the philosophy of life of the author who frequently questions himself on the old theme of death, passion, and real and imaginary distance of lost love. In the book, two names of women are in the substrate of the themes in the middle of the conflict that most of the poems display. The poems are dedicated to both. Finally, there is a touch of condemnation or criticism of the two environmental circumstances—two totally different countries in which the poet has to live.

The possible references to pigeon fancy—breeding of carrier pigeons for competitions or contests of various distances—as well as Saturday belong to personal events in the author’s life.”

Published by Page Publishing, Gonzalo O. García’s new book La Verdadera Poesía Intimista is an enrapturing reflection of a life blessed by fruitions of love and wisdom that culminated into vivid poems that exude with philosophical notions and an in-depth peering into the mind’s eye.

Consumers who wish to be enthralled with relatable and striking poesies can purchase La Verdadera Poesía Intimista in any bookstore, or online at Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries, you can contact Page Publishing, through the following number: 866-315-2708.

About Page Publishing:

Page Publishing is a traditional full-service publishing house that handles all of the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create, not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and the like. Its roster of authors can leave behind these tedious, complex, and time-consuming issues and focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at www.pagepublishing.com.

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(Español) Tenga cuidado con las pruebas, vacunas y tratamientos fraudulentos para el coronavirus

March 26, 2020

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