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Famed Mexican TV star dead

16:59 H — Jennifer

As reviled as he was loved, it's an undeniable fact that Raul Velasco, host of the famed Mexican variety show Siempre en Domingo was an important figure in Mexican popular culture. Some say he's guilty of destroying Mexican popular culture.... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Mexico - TV

Gay telenovela in Spanish and online

12:52 H — Jennifer

In this age of pick and choose content, many are saying if what you want to see on TV doesn't exist, create it yourself. And that's just what a group of guys from Valencia, Spain have done; they've created a... Read more »

Topics: GLBT - Internet - Language - Spain

Mapuches Vs. Microsoft

08:12 H — Maegan la Mala

Microsoft Corporation isn't making any friends in Chile after it rolled out a Windows software package in Mapudungun, the langauge of the Indigenous Mapuches who are mostly based in the south of the South American nation. At the launch in... Read more »

Topics: Business - Chile - Language

Rafael Correa Looking Like Winner in Ecuador Elections

05:27 H — Maegan la Mala

This morning it looks like the second round of the presidential election in Ecuador puts lefty Rafael Correa winning against wealthy Bible toting, self-proclaimed "hero of God" Alvaro Noboa.The returns showed Correa with as many as twice the votes recorded... Read more »

Topics: Ecuador - Politics