With Rush Limbaugh being painted by Democrats as the de facto leader of the Republican Party, and the Hispanic vote swinging back to the Democratic side in the last election, it's worth asking: What do prominent Hispanic Republicans think of the man? HispanicBusiness.com asked several Hispanic Republican leaders to weigh in on Limbaugh.

Travel restrictions on Cuban-Americans visiting relatives have been eased under a $410 billion spending bill approved Tuesday by the U.S. Senate.

Success, in Nelson Davis' opinion, "has no boundaries based on race, gender or national origins." After decades of producing a television program focused on telling minority success stories, his thoughts on the matter carry some weight. The public affairs television program, "Making It! Minority Success Stories" has succeeded for 20 years, and now Davis, its creator and executive producer, will be honored for the show's service and excellence.

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States is expected to grow 41.8 percent in the next six years to 4.3 million, with total revenues surging 39 percent to more than $539 billion, according to new estimates by HispanTelligence. Spurred by growing entrepreneurial trends and affluence among the nation's largest minority population, the increase is expected to come at a robust rate of 8.5 and 8.7 percent, respectfully, over the next couple years.

For more than two decades, the annual Hispanic Business 500 directory has served as a barometer of the U.S. Hispanic economy. A purchase of the 2007 directory provides the top 500 Hispanic-owned companies list in Excel format including: CEO names; company addresses and telephone numbers; e-mail addresses for 375 companies and Web addresses for 430 companies; and company revenue and employees numbers for 2005 and 2006.

The issues are large for Hispanic-owned small businesses, which are seeking to be a priority in the president's new administration.

Hispanic Business Media's Top 25 Supplier Diversity Companies, 2009.

In this report, Hispanic Business spotlights the Top 25 Supplier Diversity Companies and minority-owned businesses that are battling to keep their contracts as virtually every industry downsizes its operations. From retail and automobile to construction and technology, the decline of traditionally strong industries has rattled the economy and upended the American work force.