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Thu31Aug2006

In Caracas : Golf is Out, Housing in In

09:21 H.- The Mayor of Caracas, Venezuela, Juan Barreto, has ordered that two golf courses (with a third soon to follow) be taken over by the government in order to use the land to build housing for the poor and middle class.... Read more »

Topics: Venezuela

Wed30Aug2006

Latinos not Invited to Any of the Parties

12:24 H.- While Latinos are generally thought to be more loyal to Democrats than to Republicans, the recent ad run by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (which you can now see here) has Latinos questioning where their loyalties should go come election... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Immigration - Politics

The Military is Not a Job Program for Latinos

09:18 H.- Surprise, surprise (well, ok not really) but it seems like the U.S. Military targets young, poor communities of color to reach their recruitment quotas. In a report released by the American Friends Service Committee, a pacifist organization, in New York... Read more »

Topics: Careers - New York City - Politics

Tue29Aug2006

Chavez Wants to Know Where U.S. $$$ is Going

12:14 H.- The U.S. government is sending millions of aid dollars to Venezuela. What is not clear is exactly who is getting this money.Details of the spending are contained in a 1,600-page document of 132 grant contracts, released under the Freedom of... Read more »

Topics: Venezuela

Latino Stereotypes Following Us to Work

08:57 H.- Are there "Latino values" or is that just a broad mish-mash of ideas based on both the diversity that is found within the Latino community and on stereotypes? How does this idea of "Latino values" follow us into the workplace?... Read more »

Topics: Careers - Labor - Race

Mon28Aug2006

Hate Crimes Target Guatemalans

10:35 H.- What I love (really hate) about the report in yesterday's New York Times about hate crimes against the Guatamalan community in West Palm Beach, Florida, is how right in the headline the fact that the crime victims are undocumented is... Read more »

Topics: Immigration - Newspapers

VL Gets a Shot of Testosterone

08:15 H.- It's usually all girl action here at VL but with my partner in crime Jenn taking some well earned time off, we called in the boys, well two very specific males, because it takes two males to take the place... Read more »

Topics: VivirLatino

Fri25Aug2006

Eva Longoria Desperate not to be Typecast

16:24 H.- La latina ama de casa, Ms. Eva Longoria doesn't want to be seen as just another sex hungry greedy stereotype, like her character on Desperate Housewives, Gabriela Solis.Her latest role is as a special agent in the upcoming film, The... Read more »

Topics: Chismes - Movies

Latinos Think Shopping is Fun

12:08 H.- Seems like consuming is a favorite hobby of Latinos. According to a recently released AC Nielsen study 26% of us go shopping to simply do something or occupy our time not because we actually need anything. And what do we... Read more »

Topics: Money

RBD : Those Diablitos!

08:56 H.- I told you all RBD was evil and now the vice-president of their Chilean fan club has proven it. According to Latina, Francisca Fabia says if you play backwards two songs off RBD's latest album you too can hear "Satanic... Read more »

Topics: Chile - Chismes - Music

Thu24Aug2006

Pat Buchanan is Just Rehashing Old Hate

11:54 H.- While Pat Buchanan makes the media rounds pimping his new book, Think Progress points how the his arguments really are the same rhetoric used over time in the United States against various immigrant groups.Immigrants will dilute the white race: If... Read more »

Topics: Bilingualism - Books - History - Immigration - Race

Crossing the Border as a Tourist Attraction

08:40 H.- This is an example of adventure tourism gone bad and offensive. A nature park in the Mexican central state of Hidalgo is offering mock undocumented crossings of the U.S./Mexico border. That's right, you too can run from a fake Border... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Immigration - Mexico - Travel

Wed23Aug2006

FBI Off the Hook for Killing of Rican Nationalist

11:51 H.- Surprise surprise. Last week the Federal Department of Justice determined that FBI acted appropriately when they shot and killed Puerto Rican nationalist leader and Machetero Filiberto Ojeda Rios last September 23. The only criticism the Feds made was that there... Read more »

Topics: Puerto Rico

Chicas Like Us

08:57 H.- One of the reasons I love VL is because our readers pass us such great info. Yesterday we were informed of a film that impacted me as a Latina mami and mujer. The short film, A Girl Like Me, explores... Read more »

Topics: Children - Movies - Race - Women

Tue22Aug2006

Mexican Elections : Blogs Eyeing Fraud

11:38 H.- We here at VL have been keeping on eye out on what's been going down in Mexico especially on the going ons surrounding the much disputed Mexican presidential race and the fraud accusations surrounding the recounts. There is a new... Read more »

Topics: Blogs - Controversia - Mexico

Another Nuestro Himno?

08:57 H.- It's back! Another song highlighting the issues of immigrants in the United States is being marketed as a competition for the controversial Spanish language version of the Star Spangled Banner, Nuestro Himno. The song, Sé que triunfaré, clearly has a... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Immigration - Music

Mon21Aug2006

Pat Buchanan warns of Mexican "invasion"

16:32 H.- That xenophobic freak Pat Buchanan is at again. MSNBC is running excerpts of his new book "State of Emergency" and they are nothing less than laughable. I might be upset if I weren't ROFLMAO.Chapter 2. The Invasion “Will the American... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Immigration - Politics

Penelope is the New Curvy

13:54 H.- Spanish actress Penelope Cruz says she doesn't feel pressure to fit into U.S. standards of beauty, mainly around weight because she's not from the U.S. FemaleFirst goes so far as to say:The beautiful 'Volver' star is comfortable with her curvy... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Internet - Women

Bolivia: Guaraní seize pipelines

13:11 H.- The Dow Jones -- in a strangely translated and not very PC press release -- announced today that a group of Guaranís have seized a gas pipeline in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, which provides gas to nearby Brazil: Between about 20... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Bolivia - Politics

Raul Castro : Fidel Light?

09:13 H.- Does Raul Castro really taste great and is he less filling compared to his bro Fidel? According to State Department spokesman Tom Casey he is. That's what he called Raul in a statement last Friday in reaction to a statement... Read more »

Topics: Cuba - Politics

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