VivirLatino 2006 April 28

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VL Editors available for comment on “Nuestro Himno” controversy

8:42 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · VivirLatino · 3 Comments

28 Apr 2006

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 members of the press reporting on the “Nuestro Himno” controversy. On camera interviews available in the New York City area. For more information, email press@vivirlatino.com and we will respond to your request immediately.

JLo “belongs” to Latinos + MTV reality show

6:32 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Chismes| Magazines| TV| race · 3 Comments

28 Apr 2006

28_liv_jlo_photo_04-28-2006_V16GV5C.jpgJLo 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. “I think that’s why Hispanics are like ’she’s ours … she belongs to us.’ And that’s true; with the Latino community, I am theirs, I do belong to them.”

Jenny’s still from the block, big whoop. The more interesting chisme is that she might get her own reality show on MTV:

Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez is reportedly in talks with MTV brass to develop a weekly reality show, which will specifically revolve around her own life.

The show is supposed to be a close reflection of Lopez’s life, and will focus on various facets of her life including helping dancers who are trying to make it big in the industry.

The producers are still working on the exact theme of the show, but sources reveal that the groundwork is on in full swing.

Via / FortWayne.com and Himalayan Times

Site outages due to “Nuestro Himno” post

6:09 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Controversia| Immigration| VivirLatino · Comments Off

28 Apr 2006

allegiance.jpgDear 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 and it’s been too much for our host — we’ve been crashing on and off all day.

This issue seems to be striking a chord with immigrant rights supporters and the opposition alike. Pretty amazing that something that amounts to a translation of a song is stirring up this much controversy. The Bible, considered by many as a “sacred” document has been translated into thousands of languages but I don’t see that as such a cause for concern. What’s going on?

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

3:03 pm By Maegan La Mala · Controversia| Immigration| language · Comments Off

28 Apr 2006

bush_red.jpgSpeaking 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 Rose Garden during a question and answer session President Bush said:

I think the national anthem ought to be sung in English, and I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English and they ought to learn to sing the national anthem in English.

Of course all this in response to today’s release of Nuestro Himno

Via/Yahoo! News
Image Via/ Why We Hate Bush

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

12:04 pm By Maegan La Mala · Peru| Politics · Comments Off

28 Apr 2006

Omalla.jpg 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 him committing human rights abuses when he served as a military commander in the early 1990s and possible links to former President Fujimori’s bribe taking intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, are calling his progressive cred into question.

There are very well-founded allegations based on testimony that was collected at the time by the Red Cross. The accusations go beyond implicating Humala in crimes committed under his command and finger him directly for cases of torture, extra-juridical execution, and disappearances.

Is this a gamble Peru can afford to take?

Via / ZNet


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