October 18, 2005 | VivirLatino

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Tue18Oct2005

Katrina cleanup brings work and racism

15:00 H — Jennifer

Throughout the Katrina ordeal, America's eyes were opened to two ugly realities of our country's Gulf Coast region: poverty and racism. We've come to know that in many cases, these two things go hand-in-hand. Community leaders were vocal about the... Read more »

Topics: Immigration - Mexico - Politics

Latina Wants You to be the Perfect Lover

14:27 H — Maegan la Mala

Mabel Iam, a Latina in Miami by way of Argentina, makes a bold entrance into the Anglo-American literary world with her first book to be translated into English: Sex and the Perfect Lover. The self-help book offering tips about... Read more »

Topics: Books

WAMU says no to driving cards as I.D.

12:00 H — Jennifer

If a report read on a local Utah television station's web site is to be believed, it seems that bank Washington Mutual is not accepting government-issued "driving privilage cards" as identification for immigrants interested in banking at their establishment: Latinos... Read more »

Topics: Immigration - Marketing - Money

Kissing and Telling: LESBIRADAS

09:06 H — Maegan la Mala

There are some things Latinos still don't speak about in public. Some aspects of our daily lives and identities are relegated to dark corners. One Latina in Guatemala is challenging the silence and coming to the U.S. to share... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Events - GLBT - Guatemala