World-Renowned Inventor, Author And Futurist Ray Kurzweil, To Keynote At eMerge Americas 2016

March 21, 2016

MIAMI, March 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — eMerge Americas, a B2B technology conference connecting companies with business and government leaders from North America, Latin America and Europe, today announced Ray Kurzweil, one of the world’s leading inventors, futurist and author of five national best-selling books, as a keynote speaker for the highly anticipated third installation of eMerge Americas, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center April 18 and 19. Technology professionals and enthusiasts can register at www.emergeamericas.org to hear Mr. Kurzweil speak on Tuesday, April 19th.

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Along with Kurzweil, eMerge Americas 2016 also confirms the following world-class speakers that have been added to the event’s agenda:

Claudio Muruzábal, President of SAP Latin American and the Caribbean, SAP
Jeremy Kroll, Co-Founder & CEO, K2Intelligence
John Paul Dejoria, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, John Paul Mitchell Systems
Dr. Julio Frenk, President, University of Miami
Leo Taddeo, Chief Security Officer, Cryptzone

For the full list of speakers please visit http://emergeamericas.org/speakers/

Currently a Director of Engineering at Google, Kurzweil has had an illustrious career as a technologist, entrepreneur and inventor. Kurzweil was selected as one of the top entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine which appropriately described him as the “rightful heir to Thomas Edison.”

“We are honored to welcome Mr. Kurzweil to eMerge Americas for the first time,” said Xavier Gonzalez, CEO of eMerge Americas. “Kurzweil is a true visionary and pioneer whose remarkable experience is sure to inspire and enlighten our attendees, giving them a glimpse into the future.”

Kurzweil was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition. He is Co-Founder and Chancellor of Singularity University.

For more information visit www.emergeamericas.org and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

About eMerge Americas
eMerge Americas serves as the preeminent innovative thought exchange transforming Miami into the technological hub of the Americas. By connecting global industry leaders and investors with the America’s top business executives, IT decision-makers, and entrepreneurs, partnerships are forged that spur visionary innovation and technological advancements for the betterment of business and society. eMerge’s founding partners include: Knight Foundation, Miami-Dade County, Medina Capital, Greenberg Traurig and Miami Herald. For more information, please visit: www.emergeamericas.org.

AHAA Honors State Farm with the 2016 Marketer of the Year Award

March 21, 2016

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FAIRFAX, Virginia, March 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing announced today that State Farm® is the winner of the 2016 AHAA Marketer of the Year Award. It joins a prestigious short list of elite brands that have received the award, including McDonald’s, Toyota, and Walmart. Leif Roll, marketing vice president at State Farm, will accept this award during the 2016 AHAA Annual Conference on Wednesday, April 20 at the Nobu Eden Roc Resort in Miami. Roll will be joined by Luis Miguel Messianu, Chairman and CEO of Alma, for a candid discussion on the State Farm brand’s successful 20-yearlong commitment to Hispanics and what it takes to stay relevant in a changing marketplace.

To be considered for this prestigious award, companies had to demonstrate a top-down commitment to multicultural marketing and significant spending commensurate with the opportunity in marketing efforts targeting Hispanics. State Farm is the top Hispanic advertising investor among the financial services and insurance category. According to AHAA research study, in 2014, the company allocated 22 percent, or $109 million, of its advertising budget to Hispanic-dedicated efforts. In addition, the Hispanic or multicultural strategy must form part of the company’s overall strategy with measurable accountability across all business units.

“State Farm is a best-in-class Hispanic investor whose Total Market strategy captivated the hearts of Hispanic families across America with their creative and emotional advertising campaign,” said AHAA chair Linda Lane Gonzalez, president of viva partnership. “Coupled with their long-standing commitment to develop the next generation of Latino leaders through their many community partnerships, State Farm easily rose to the top of our 2016 list.”

Ranked as the top private passenger auto insurer in 2015 by the Insurance Information Institute, State Farm wanted to increase its awareness of its financial services, like retirement plans, life and health insurance. As such, State Farm tapped DDB, Translation, InterTrend, and Alma to create a Total Market advertising campaign that goes beyond auto insurance and offers solutions for life. The spots capture in an honest and culturally relevant way moments like getting married, dropping a child off at college, or starting a family.

“We have seen a lot of growth from our savvy Hispanic consumers who want to be prepared for what life has to offer, and we are proud to have connected with so many families and have earned their trust when it comes to planning for life events both big and small,” said Roll. “We are honored to accept the 2016 AHAA Marketer of the Year award.”

In addition to extensive social media efforts through its State Farm Latino platforms and sponsorships of shows like Telemundo’s La Voz, the Hispanic spinoff of NBC Network’s The Voice, State Farm has several partnerships focusing on leadership development and education for Latinos.

The 2016 AHAA Annual Conference will focus on the marketing landscape’s unprecedented speed and scope of disruption and change with its theme AHAA 20/20: The Future in Focus. Themes like demographic disruption, programmatic, native advertising, ad blocking, digital advertising fraud will be covered, along with a strong roster of C-suite leaders and futurists who will arm attendees with strategies to leverage every consumer touch point. Keynote speakers include: Wendy Clark, President-CEO of North America DDB; film and television screenwriter and producerRoberto Orci, billion-dollar filmmaker behind some of the decade’s biggest films including Mission: Impossible III, Eagle Eye, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Cowboys and Aliens and the Star Trek films; Eric Reynolds, SVP-Chief Marketing Officer, The Clorox Company; and Benjamin Rich, Author of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America.

For more information, please visit http://ahaa.org and follow all conference chatter on Twitter using the @ahaa handle and hashtag #ahaafuture.

About AHAA: Founded in 1996, AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing is the national trade organization of all marketing, communications and media firms with trusted Hispanic expertise.

About State Farm
The mission of State Farm is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams. State Farm and its affiliates are the largest providers of auto, home and individual life insurance in the United States. Its 18,000 agents and more than 65,000 employees serve more than 82 million policies and accounts – nearly 80 million auto, home, life, health and commercial policies, and nearly 2 million bank accounts. Commercial auto insurance, along with coverage for renters, business owners, boats and motorcycles, is available. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No. 41 on the 2015 Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit http://www.statefarm.com.

(Español) Cobertura especial del viaje del Presidente Obama a Cuba, Domingo, 20 de Marzo por AMERICA TeVe

March 18, 2016

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(Español) Maria Laria, presentadora de ARREBATADOS en America TeVé celebra su decimo aniversario

March 18, 2016

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FIBRA Prologis Announces Exchange Of Global CBFIs Certificate

March 18, 2016

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MEXICO CITY, March 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — FIBRA Prologis (BMV: FIBRAPL 14) the leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico, as well as the issuer of the certificates (Certificados Bursatiles Fiduciarios Inmobiliarios) identified with ticker “FIBRAPL 14” (“CBFIs”), announced that on March 30, 2016 it will exchange before its custodian, S.D. Indeval Institución para el Depósito de Valores, S.A. de C.V., its current global CBFI certificate representing 643,240,093 CBFIs with a new global CBFI certificate representing 634,479,746 CBFIs.

The new global CBFI certificate represents CBFIs outstanding after the cancellation of 8,760,347 unsold CBFIs that resulted from the partial exercise of the overallotment option in the Initial Issuance and the first Additional Issuance. The cancellation and update of the CBFI registry before the National Securities Registry (Registro Nacional de Valores) was approved at the Ordinary Holders Meeting held on April 13, 2015.

Details of the resolution adopted at the Ordinary Holders´ Meeting and the corresponding minutes were disclosed by the Common Representative through the Mexican Stock Exchange.

ABOUT FIBRA PROLOGIS
FIBRA Prologis is the leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico. As of December 31, 2015, FIBRA Prologis was comprised of 188 logistics and manufacturing facilities in six industrial markets in Mexico totaling 32.6 million square feet (3.0 million square meters) of gross leasable area.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which FIBRA Prologis operates, management’s beliefs and assumptions made by management. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact FIBRA Prologis financial results. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, acquisition activity, development activity, disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt and financial position, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic climates, (ii) changes in financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties, (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties, (v) maintenance of real estate investment trust (“FIBRA”) status and tax structuring, (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings, (vii) risks related to our investments (viii) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters, and (ix) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the “Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores” and the Mexican Stock Exchange by FIBRA Prologis under the heading “Risk Factors.” FIBRA Prologis undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this release.

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MoneyGram Wins Double Gold at 2016 PYMNTS Innovator Awards

March 18, 2016

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DALLAS, March 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) has won two prestigious gold awards recognizing the company’s commitment to innovation at the 2016 PYMNTS Innovator Awards ceremony. The company won “Best Cash Innovation” for revolutionary kiosk solutions and also “Best Comeback Story” for MoneyGram.com‘s new state-of-the-art online platform.

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The ceremony was held March 17 at Harvard University. The PYMNTS Innovator Awards are viewed as one of the most prestigious recognitions in the payments industry.

“We are proud and thrilled to be recognized for what our team has accomplished with MoneyGram.com and our innovative kiosk solutions,” said Alex Hoffmann, MoneyGram’s executive vice president of Global Product and Development. “These avenues are just a few of the many innovative technology services that make MoneyGram a leader in the financial services industry and in delivering an exceptional customer experience.”

MoneyGram’s kiosks create a customer-first solution to provide a quick, intuitive and secure experience for consumers to stage their transactions. Key features include guest and repeat user experience, multiple languages, and minimal data entry for the customer. MoneyGram’s kiosks can be found inside more than 2,200 CVS locations in the U.S. as well as inside stores and post offices in Europe.

MoneyGram.com, which was redesigned based on direct customer feedback and relaunched in 2015, allows the company to rapidly update and introduce new features, includes guest sending and transfer tracking, and offers quick-click re-sends for frequent users as well as real-time ACH transfers as a funding option.

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About MoneyGram International, Inc.

MoneyGram is a global provider of innovative money transfer services and is recognized worldwide as a financial connection to friends and family. Whether online, or through a mobile device, at a kiosk or in a local store, we connect consumers any way that is convenient for them. We also provide bill payment services, issue money orders and process official checks in select markets. More information about MoneyGram International, Inc. is available at moneygram.com.

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March 18, 2016

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Walton Isaacson Tells the True Stories of Latinos With “Turn Ignorance Around” Campaign for CHIRLA Action Fund

March 18, 2016

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LOS ANGELES, March 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — In response to the often divisive rhetoric from presidential candidate Donald Trump and others on the campaign trail, the CHIRLA Action Fund has launched the “Turn Ignorance Around” campaign to fight back and set the record straight about the many positive contributions made by Latinos from all walks of life.

The “Turn Ignorance Around” campaign (http://www.turnignorancearound.com), created pro bono by full-service advertising and marketing agency Walton Isaacson, flips the script on racist stereotypes with dual-sided t-shirts that serve to reveal the true stories about their wearers.

A video illustrates the message, with Latinos wearing t-shirts that read, for example:

I’m a Trafficker” (front), with “A Trafficker of Knowledge, I’m a Teacher and I’m a Latina” (back)
I’m a Killer” (front), with “I’m a Killer of Fires, I’m a Fireman and I’m a Latino” (back)
I’m a Dealer” (front), with “I’m a Dealer of Care, I’m a Nurse and I’m a Latina” (back)

Walton Isaacson developed the strategy and creative for the video, website, social media campaign and t-shirts, with an activation planned for the 10th anniversary of the historic immigrant rights event “La Gran Marcha,” which will take place in Los Angeles on May 1. T-shirts will be available through the website and given away at the May 1 event.

CHIRLA Action Fund (http://chirlafund.org) speaks up for full inclusion of immigrant families in Los Angeles, and is a sister organization to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA, http://www.chirla.org). Formed in 1986 to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees in Los Angeles, CHIRLA seeks to promote harmonious multi-ethnic and multi-racial human relations, and uses coalition-building, advocacy, community education and organizing to empower immigrants and their allies to build a more just society.

“CHIRLA Action Fund shines a light in the shadows, exposing our broken immigration policies and empowering immigrant families,” said Martin Cerri, group creative director, Walton Isaacson, who spearheaded the effort. “This campaign supports their mission by literally turning ignorance around and telling the truth about who Latinos really are in this country.”

“Our agency understands the power of celebrating diverse cultures. It leads to innovation, promotes compassion and honors the tremendous contributions that Americans and immigrants have made to help build our great nation, so this is personal to all of us.” said Aaron Walton, cofounder, Walton Isaacson. “This is a powerful message that must be heard. Divisive hate speech on the campaign trail can’t be allowed to control the narrative about America’s vibrant multicultural citizens.”

“There’s an urgent need right now to speak the truth and confront negative racial stereotypes,” said Cory Isaacson, cofounder, Walton Isaacson. “We leapt at the opportunity to help CHIRLA Action Fund combat the growing chorus of racial intolerance and tell the real story of real Latinos who make positive contributions to our society every day.”

About Walton Isaacson
Founded in 2005 by marketing innovators Aaron Walton, Cory Isaacson and partner Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Walton Isaacson (WI) provides strategic and creative solutions to some of the world’s largest and most aggressive brand marketers. This innovative agency model marries award winning, full-service advertising, digital and social capabilities across multiple disciplines, providing value and efficiency to partners. WI’s marketing specializations include Sports, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Experiential and Branded Content, as well as cultural expertise across General Market, Black, Hispanic and LGBT consumer segments. WI is headquartered in Chicago and Los Angeles, with additional offices in New York and Miami. For more information on Walton Isaacson, please visit www.waltonisaacson.com.

(Español) Univision Communications publica primer informe sobre responsabilidad social corporativa: “Access for All”

March 18, 2016

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Central American leaders urge broader partnerships to advance development and opportunities for youth

March 18, 2016

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WASHINGTON, March 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Members of the Latin American Presidential Mission marked the 30^th anniversary of the Esquipulas Accords that ended decades of conflict in Central America by proposing a revival of the Esquipulas process to address the region’s current problems during a visit to Washington this week.

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Regional challenges include extreme poverty and income inequality that fuel high levels of violence and drive illegal immigration to the U.S. The Esquipulas approach calls for an integrated strategy among all the region’s nations with U.S. support.

The group of former Central American presidents met at the Organization of American States, on Capitol Hill and at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center with policymakers and representatives of civil society, think tanks, and business. They provided updates on current dynamics in the region and proposed partnerships across the Americas focused on innovative, values-based solutions.

The presidents included Vinicio Cerezo and Alvaro Colom of Guatemala, Armando Calderón of El Salvador, Laura Chinchilla of Costa Rica, and Nicolas Ardito Barletta of Panama.

The group offered a civil society channel for dialogue to the bipartisan Central America Caucus and House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office, and to diplomats at the Organization of American States. They represent the Latin American Presidential Mission, a non-partisan, civic association of over twenty democratically elected former heads of state established in 2012 with support from the Global Peace Foundation, the Esquipulas Foundation of Guatemala, and other partners.

In a town hall meeting with the former presidents on Wednesday, Guatemalan Foreign Minister Carlos Morales said, “I am happy that the (Central American) Northern Triangle is now part of U.S. foreign policy priorities.” He went on to say, “The response to migration is to create opportunities.” He explained that young people in the region face three options: work in agriculture, migrate to the U.S., or join a gang.

Gloriana Sojo, a young social entrepreneur at George Washington University, said that most young Central Americans do not join gangs. “We have real aspirations and want real opportunities,” she said.

Other speakers included Anthony Kim, co-author of the annual Index of Economic Freedom, Esmeralda Lopez of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, and Reuben Smith-Vaughan of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

For more information, visit www.globalpeace.org and www.misionpresidencial.com

Contact:           Michael Marshall, Global Peace Foundation
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