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Fri28Apr2006

VL Editors available for comment on "Nuestro Himno" controversy

20:42 H.- VivirLatino is committed to the fair representation of Latino issues in the media, especially with regard to controversial issues such today's statement made by President Bush around the national anthem. To that end, VivirLatino editors are available for comment to... Read more »

Topics: VivirLatino

JLo "belongs" to Latinos + MTV reality show

18:32 H.- JLo graces the cover of this year's People en Español 50 Most Beautiful People issue, which hits newsstands this coming Monday. In the issue, JLo reveals:"I've never tried to hide the fact that I'm Latina," the Bronx-native tells the magazine.... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Chismes - Magazines - Race - TV

Site outages due to "Nuestro Himno" post

18:09 H.- Dear VL readers, some of you may be experiencing inability to view the site today due to the fact that the overwhelming traffic to the "Nuestro Himno" piece we posted last week. VL has never seen this type of traffic... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Controversia - Immigration - VivirLatino

Bush Can't Speak It Too Well but He Wants Anthem Sung in English.

15:03 H.- Speaking English poorly certainly hasn't stopped President Bush from being in power but he's insisting that people who want to be citizens learn the language and of course sing the national anthem as it was written. In the White House... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Immigration - Language

Ollanta Humala : Another Progressive Latino Leader or Authoritarian Leader in Waiting?

12:04 H.- Peruvian Presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, is being put in the same boat with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Bolivia's Evo Morales, as part of a branch of progressive Latin American leaders going against the tide of neoliberalism. Pero accusations of... Read more »

Topics: Peru - Politics

Thu27Apr2006

Latin Billboards : Rompiendo Nothing New

21:15 H.- I'll admit to being a little bit amargada that I couldn't be in Miami tonight covering the Latin Billboard Awards live but I've tuned into Telemundo anyway to see the promised excitement and well so far am finding the... Read more »

Topics: Events - Miami - Music

Laura Bozzo gets let go

15:04 H.- Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 years of polladas, berrinches, lloros and face-slapping drama, Laura Bozzo, the once-incarcerated host of "Laura en América" has been fired, according to El Mundo and EFE:Peruvian television host Laura Bozzo has been fired by the... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Chismes - Peru - TV

L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Tells Students to go to School on May 1

09:00 H.- Los Angeles mayor and grandson of Mexican immigrants is telling students and their parents that skipping out on school on Monday, May 1st, the day of the national boycott, should not be an option. This is a backstep from... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Immigration - Los Angeles

Wed26Apr2006

Could the boycott backfire?

21:46 H.- That's what the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, and others, are saying, according to AP:Mexicans' refusal to "buy American" on May 1 could further polarize the debate and make reform supporters seem anti-American at the very moment that lobbyists... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Immigration - Money

"Lost" Latina jailed

18:30 H.- Hit TV show Lost's Latina actress Michelle Rodriguez (known to Lost fans as Ana Lucia) got locked up today in Hawaii as a result of an unfortunate borrachera back in November of last year:Maybe Michelle Rodriguez figured jails in Hawaii... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Justice - TV

Anti-Immigrant Hate Video Game

16:56 H.- If timing is everything, then its only fitting that I should come across a story on CNN today about a flash animation video game called Border Patrol. The game's obejctive is sinister in its simplicity. Shoot stereotypical animations of... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Immigration - Mexico - Race

On May 1st You Can Dance

12:00 H.- The new Latinized version of the U.S. National Anthem may be marketable and timely but can you dance to it? To steal Emma Goldman's words, if I can't dance, it's not my revolution! Well if you're going to be... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Georgia - Immigration - Music

Nearly Half of Latino Students Don't Finish High School

08:38 H.- On average, 70 percent of U.S. students receive their high school diploma. Yet for Latinos this number is only at 53 percent according to a study released last week by the conservative think tank, the Manhattan Institute. The report cites... Read more »

Topics: Education

Tue25Apr2006

Villaraigosa and Bustamante threatened

21:24 H.- Hate rears its ugly head again in the immigration debate, with two prominent Latino politicians en la mira of anti-immigrant elements who threaten their lives. LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Lt. Governor (California) Cruz Bustamente have both been on the... Read more »

Topics: California - Controversia - Immigration - Politics

Sesame Street's "Maria" to host Latina event

17:37 H.- Remember "Maria" from Sesame Street? Well her name is Sonia Manzano and she's back on the scene to promote Catalina, a new magazine for Latinas and an event called "Essence of Latinas":Known by millions of children and adults as “Maria”... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Children - Events - Houston

Chicago Hosts Its Own (Latino) Film Festival

09:05 H.- Last Friday, April 20th, marked the opening of one of the largest Latino film festivals in the United States, the Chicago Latino Film Festival. The festival, now in its 22nd year, features close to 100 films from Latin America, Spain,... Read more »

Topics: Chicago - Events - Music

Mon24Apr2006

"Nuestro Himno": Musical patriotism and solidarity

16:40 H.- Latino performers have banded together in solidarity with immigrants to record a new version of the national anthem. I'm sure this is likely to piss off quite a few conservatives, but the message is clear: the flag, the anthem and... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Bilingualism - Immigration - Music

Tribeca Film Festival Goes Latina

10:28 H.- Robert DeNiro's downtown NYC film festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, is in full swing in this, its 6th year. The festival, featuring the best in new film from all over the globe, would be incomplete, especially in NYC, if it... Read more »

Topics: Events - Movies - New York City

Fri21Apr2006

Georgia criminalizes immigrants, Mexico reacts

17:10 H.- This week Georgia governor Sonny Perdue signed into legislation the strictest immigration laws on the books in the United States. The law will deny some aid and social services to those unable to prove their legal status in the U.S.... Read more »

Topics: Georgia - Immigration - Mexico

Eva Longoria speaks up for immigrants

15:20 H.- Eva Longoria is winning her stars back in my book. After pissing off a bunch of people when she allegedly made some negative comments about a Latino cop, Eva's bounced back. First, news that she was producing a documentary about... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Celebrities - Immigration

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