What is going on?

Mexico and Guatemala are two of the main countries were victims are kidnapped and exported to a different country, human trafficking criminals use these countries to distribute and cross over to other places, corruption makes it possible for them to pay a 'fair' price. Brazil is the second country whose women become prostitutes mainly in Europe, followed by the Dominican Republic, where women are sold to Nordic countries, Spain, Italy, and Austria. Colombians are illegally traded in Spain and Hong Kong. Argentina and Mexico offer sexual tourism in their coastal and tourist areas with women and children from the Mexico, Dominican Republic and Paraguay. Costa Rica has the greatest affluence of sexual tourism by prostituting about 5,000 children from many different countries. In the United States things don't look any better: about 100,000 and 400,000 children are sexually exploited each year. One out of three children that run away from home end up as prostitutes in less than 48 hours.

Other victims of human trafficking leave their homes looking to meet their fiancé, some mysterious person they have met on the Internet, thru newspapers or magazines that present beautiful pictures of their promising boyfriends and their fancy homes. But when they arrive to their new ‘home’, they find out that those promises were not real, and that their fiancé is not real either. They are sold and abused sexually and physically. They are often forced to take drugs to be easier to control and to be transferred from one place to another from one city to another. Many times victims of human trafficking are not aware of what country they are in or for how long they have been there. Victims are put to work 15 to 20 hours a day serving and pleasing 10 to 35 men a day, men of all races, ages, and conditions. If they become pregnant, women are forced to unsafe clandestine abortions; if they become sick they are abandoned or sold to a lower trader.

Many people ask how it is possible for those women to be cheated on so easily. Traficants seduce them by telling them nice words and making them believe that they can have an easier life, that they deserve better, and that they can provide and care for them and their families. They leave their homes with the firm intention to work hard and escape misery. It never comes to their mind that they may end up as sexual slaves. Others apply and take promising jobs on newspapers to work in the US or Europe. Teen-age girls feel forced to take on the opportunity to get a work-permit and make some easy money as dancers, masseurs, house keepers, elder sitters, manufacturing, or hostess at luxurious restaurants. They all feel it is their responsibility to help and support their families by working in a country that might offer better opportunities.

In recent years, the US implemented important laws that differentiate prostitution and human traffic, allowing victims to remain free even after their kidnappers are pronounced guilty. But this is not enough. We all have a piece of responsibility and education is key in forming stronger men and women that acknowledge respect and freedom.

- Dr. Ana Nogales

Empowering Women Through the Concept of Abundance

The National Hispanic Business Women Association has organized an epowering event entitled "Behavioral Finance". I will be Key Speaker and I'd love for you to come and join us.

Here the details:

Thursday Nov. 12 @ Noon (registration begins at 11:30am)

The Turnip Rose; 300 South Flower Street, Orange, CA.

Seating is limited!!

- Dr. Ana Nogales.

Latest release: "Parents Who Cheat"

"Parents Who Cheat"
by Dr. Ana Nogales

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When a child of any age discovers that one parent has cheated on the other, that child suffers a profound loss of trust. He or she can no longer take anyone at face value and constantly anticipates betrayal. The following comments are from adult children, ranging in age from twenty to fifty, for whom the feeling of “deep mistrust” is an ongoing issue.


When your parents sexually betray each other, you are often left with a host of emotions that reverberate well into adulthood. Shock, rage, shame, confusion, loss of trust—these are common responses of those whose parents were unfaithful. It is no wonder, then, that an adult child’s romantic relationships will be deeply affected by a parent’s broken vow.

About the Author

Dr. Ana Nogales is a clinical psychologist with years of experience helping clients whose lives have been impacted by parental infidelity. She is the founder of Nogales Psychological Counseling, Inc. and Clinical Director of the nonprofit organization that she founded, Casa de la Familia, established for victims of crime. She practices in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, supervising a clinical program of forty bilingual-bicultural mental health professionals. The author of Latina Power! and Dr. Ana Nogales’ Book of Love, Sex, and Relationships, Dr. Nogales is also a well known media expert who has hosted her own television and radio programs and written an ongoing column for La Opinion, the country’s #1 Spanish language newspaper, as well as other media outlets. Featured at workshops and conferences throughout the United States and Latin America, including at the Omega Institute and the Women's Foundation, Dr. Nogales appeared with Nobel Prize Laureate, Rigoberta Menchu Tum at the 2007 Women, Power and Peace Conference.

Laura Golden Bellotti is a writer who has co-authored and ghostwritten a number of nonfiction books, including: Parents Who Cheat: How Children and Adults are Affected When Their Parents are Unfaithful (HCI); Emotionally Healthy Twins (DaCapo Press); Latina Power! (Simon & Schuster); Dr. Ana Nogales' Book of Love, Sex and Relationships: A Guide for Latino Couples (Broadway Books); Creative Weddings (Plume/Penguin); and You Can't Hurry Love (Dutton/Penguin).

Her short story, "It Will Be Sweet," was published in WEST, the Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine, having been selected by their Literary Editor, Amy Tan. Her story "Fighting the Bulls" appears in the anthology, Literary Angles (Sybaritic Press). And her poems appear in Poetic Medicine, by John Fox (Tarcher), and Essential Love, edited by Ginny Lowe Connors (Poetworks/Grayson Books), as well as in various literary journals.

Ms. Bellotti was the editor of the best-selling Women Who Love Too Much and has since edited numerous nonfiction books in the areas of psychology, parenting, relationships, women's issues, creativity, spirituality, and health.

She lives in Los Angeles and is a member of the Los Angeles Editors and Writers Group.

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Product Details
Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: HCI (July 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0757306527
ISBN-13: 978-0757306525
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces

Latina Power
by Dra. Ana Nogales

Using 7 strengths you already have to create the success you deserve.

Available in English and Spanish language editions, Latina Power! shows Latinas how to recognize and maximize seven attributes they already possess to enhance their lives and bring them closer to their dreams.
The uplifting message of this book encourages Latinas to move beyond expected roles and become the women they wish to be simply by embracing seven traits naturally ingrained into them by Latino culture, including:
Espíritu Creativo. The Aguantadora's Passionate Determination. The Comadre's Networking Ability. The Diplomática's Discretion. The Atrevida's Courage. The Malabarista's Balance. La Reina's Confidence and Strength.
Dr. Nogales incorporates an interactive, personal element into each chapter, including a self-assessment quiz to determine how strong or weak each attribute is in the Latina reader's own personality, and exercises to improve each trait. Also featured throughout the guide are personal stories exemplifying each strength, as told to the author by Latinas from a wide variety of backgrounds, including novelist Isabel Allende, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, and many others. Prescriptive and encouraging, Latina Power! is certain to benefit countless Latinas.