April 10, 2007 | VivirLatino

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JLo to bring her love story with Marc to TV

17:27 H — Jennifer

Thank you, People en Español, for warning me that I need to avoid Univisión like the plague during the primetime hour in the near future. It seems that JLo is planning a thinly-veiled autobiographical musical (!) miniseries (ay, too many... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - TV

Immigrant Roundups Relying on Informants

15:32 H — Maegan la Mala

Early last month I wrote about one immigration raid in New Bedford. According to an article posted on Univision.com's site, that particular redada may have had helo from an informant who was working inside the factory for a number of... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Immigration

Santa Ana, California Putting its Money Where Its English Is

14:33 H — Maegan la Mala

While Newt Gingrich can't decide if Spanish is ghetto or if he should use it to try and get Latino support, Santa Ana in Orange County, California is putting $4.5 million into getting residents to learn English.The effort, which aims... Read more »

Topics: Bilingualism - California - Education - Labor - Language

Salma teams up with MGM to promote Latino actors

12:39 H — Jennifer

Hollywood likes to act as if there aren't enough Latino actors to fill the roles of Latino characters in movies. They'd much rather have an Italian-American learn a few lines of Spanish than cast someone that's actually Latino. Superstar Salma... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Culture - Entertainment - Marketing - Movies