August 11, 2006 | VivirLatino

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School district to Latinos: get out of the picture

18:45 H — Jennifer

Latino parents are outraged at a Dallas public school's attempt to limit how many Latino children were pictured in a brochure as part of their plan to attract whites to the institution. As if that weren't enough, the parents are... Read more »

Topics: Children - Controversia - Education - Texas

Fidel and Hugo Pass Notes

12:34 H — Maegan la Mala

Hugo, Do you like me? Circle one: Yes No Fidel Ok that's not really what the message was, but according to Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez, he did get a message from the recuperating Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Chavez said that... Read more »

Topics: Cuba - Politics - Venezuela

Viva Pedro!

12:24 H — Jennifer

I remember seeing my first Pedro Almodóvar film and being transformed. Not by dramatism or genius photography, but by the keen insight he had into his culture and the wit and care with which he presented the characters -- mostly... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Movies - Spain

Million Immigrants March

10:52 H — Maegan la Mala

With the focus quicky shifting back to terrorism after the revelation of an alleged airplane bomb plot out of England, immgration activists are trying to keep the heat on. Yesterday the Metropolitan chapter of the National Immigration Coalition announced a... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Immigration