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Gloria Estefan and quepasa.com Help Latinos
Use the Internet
10/21/99
By Victor Martín
Special correspondent for quepasa.com
NEW YORK, United States. – Today Gloria Estefan, one of
the hottest Latin performers in the world, and Gary Trujillo,
President of quepasa.com announced a new community
program and educational initiative, which will provide
computers equipped with the Internet, for schools and
organizations that work directly with the Hispanic
community in the United States.
The President and CEO of
quepasa.com, the first internet
portal aimed at the U.S. Hispanic
market and the first to offer
content in both English and
Spanish, said Thursday during a
press conference at the Casita
Maria Center in New York's Spanish Harlem, that the new
computers will be donated during Gloria Estefan's 20 city
U.S. tour scheduled for next year.
The tour, which will kick off in Miami in January, will be
sponsored by quepasa.com, and will make stops in cities
with a large Hispanic population, including Phoenix, San
Antonio, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, and San Francisco.
“ We will make a great effort to strengthen the Hispanic
community through the use of the Internet. We will work
with local non-profit organizations in order to help Latinos
become a part of the cyber space community,” said
Trujillo.
The President of quepasa.com also thanked Gloria Estefan,
who is also an investor, for her collaboration in the project.
“Gloria Estefan has been a very significant role model for all
Hispanics in this country because of her high integrity and
we feel very happy to count on her as a partner,” Trujillo
added.
The President of quepasa.com also spoke about the growth
of the Hispanic community and its progressive incorporation
into new technology including the Internet, which he says
play a vital role in education, formation and trade.
“Hispanics in the U.S. are buying computers at twice the
rate of their U.S. counterparts, it's a very significant
statistic that has taken place and mainly because
Hispanics are starting to recognize the educational
opportunities that the Internet and computers are
providing for the children” Trujillo said, “ there are three
million Hispanic households with access to the Internet and
by 2005 that number is estimated to double and will
represent 15 percent of Hispanic households in the U.S.”
Gloria Estefan said she is very happy to contribute to this
project which will help Hispanics of all ages gain access to
the new technology of the future.
“I am very happy to see how much the Casita Maria Center
has grown, and I'm very proud to participate with
quepasa.com in this initiative which will help children and
adults in many Hispanics centers, to have access to this
expensive technology and the Internet.” said Estefan.
She added that in her family, everyone from her mother to
her four-year-old son, use the Internet:
“It helps me stay in touch with them when I travel and it
allows me to continue my personal growth and helps me
feel connected to the world.”
When asked why she decided to join forces with
quepasa.com and not other Internet companies also aimed
at the Hispanic community, Estefan said that among other
things, she really liked the name:
“ I think it's really cool,” she said “ I saw that it was a
growing company and that it had an important agenda, I
wanted to be with someone who shared my views and that
is involved in the community and is not just out there to
make money. Of course that's important but helping out
the community is very important to me.”
And for Jacqueline Weld, President of the Casita Maria
organization, today was a very special day thanks to Gloria
Estefan, who has been one of the center's biggest
supporter's, and quepasa.com for their collaboration in this
project.
“Our children and young adults need to be prepared to use
new technology and to stay in school, and everything we
do to make this happen is very important. That's why
believe that this is a wonderful initiative and we're
delighted to be the first to receive these computers.” she
added.
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