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Mon31Dec2007

Cuban Musicians Flee the Island

13:34 H.- A popular Cuban group, Los Tres de la Habana (pictured at right at a recent show in Canada), took advantage of a performance in Cancun, Mexico to flee Cuba and petition asylum in the United States:The popular Cuban percussion and... Read more »

Topics: Cuba - Politics - Society

Times Square New Year's Ball Celebrates its Centennial by Going Verde

13:13 H.- Despite being a born and bred NY'er, I have never gone to Times Square to celebrate New Years. It's too crowded and too full of tourists for me. Sorry. But I do watch the ball drop on Times Square every... Read more »

Topics: New York City

Galaxy Could Get Another Star: Figo

12:25 H.- As many question whether it was worth it for the world's biggest active soccer star, David Beckham, to make the move from megateam Real Madrid to the Los Angeles Galaxy (and a country that still considers soccer a "funny" sport),... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Sports

NY Puerto Rican Activists Targetted by Feds

11:56 H.- Targeting activists who promote the independence of Puerto Rico isn't something new but it is no less concerning especially when it hits close to home. Hector Rivera, a founder of the Welfare Poets and others were subpoenaed to appear before... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Justice - New York City - Puerto Rico

Fri28Dec2007

San Juan to Honor Ricky Martin

13:42 H.- San Juan, Puerto Rico, is proud of its native son Ricky Martin, and will show its love for el ex-Menudo by dedicating its San Sebastian Festival to him this new year:Martin's international singing career and charitable work for children will... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Events - Puerto Rico

Get your pants scared off this weekend...in Spanish

11:58 H.- If you're tired of all the goody-goody comfort and joy this season brings, you might want to catch El Orfanato, a new horror flick produced by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro which is getting rave reviews. The film premieres tonight... Read more »

Topics: Entertainment - Mexico - Movies - Spain

La Mala's Musica of the Year

10:12 H.- This time of year is chock full of lists looking back at the year that is ending and VivirLatino is no different. 2007 was a year of great musica and I have my favorites. Here they are in no particular... Read more »

Topics: Music

Mujer Presidentas React to the Assassination of Bhutto

08:44 H.- Yesterday morning's news that twice former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated shook me. Not because it was unexpected, sadly. But rather because even as a young girl I remember looking up to her with a certain amount... Read more »

Topics: Chile - Politics

Thu27Dec2007

Protesters to Ring In 2008 with Anti-NAFTA Wall

14:30 H.- In the very first minutes of the New Year, the border that separates Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas will become a scene of protest. Tired of the 700% increase on the price of tortillas and other corn-based products... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Business - Controversia - Mexico - Money

U.S. Govt. Wants to Recruit Mexicans for War

11:56 H.- The U.S. government is reportedly attempting to play an interesting game of tit for tat. It's offering undocumented Mexican immigrants a free pass to citizenship if they agree to fight for the U.S. in Iraq. Univision reports:The U.S. government is... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Mexico - Politics

Naomi Campbell : The Newest Reporter in Latin America?

11:14 H.- So much for supermodel Naomi Campbell not being political. After visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, seems the lefty Latin American bug has bit her (that or the hair iron has fried her brain). She is allegedly in Cuba as I... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Cuba - Fashion - Magazines - Politics

Happy Kwanzaa!

10:11 H.- The holiday season is far from over especially in for some in the African-American community.Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday which celebrates family, community and culture. Celebrated from 26 December thru 1 January, its origins are in the... Read more »

Topics: Culture - Events - History

Wed26Dec2007

Argentine Jewish Community Upset with Maradona

17:38 H.- Maradona might be considered an untouchable demigod in his home country of Argentina, but the embattled soccer star has fallen from grace in the eyes of some in Argentina's Jewish community because of a controversial comment. La mano de Dios... Read more »

Topics: Argentina - Controversia - Culture - Iran - Religion

Chavez authorized to move forward with FARC

15:45 H.- Things are moving pretty quickly in the FARC hostage situation. This morning, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said that all he needed to move forward with the getting the FARC hostages freed was the Colombian government's authorization. A couple of hours... Read more »

Topics: Colombia - Politics - Venezuela

Fidel May Be a Contender

11:39 H.- There is so much speculation about Fidel Castro and his health that it all is fodder worthy enough for a supermarket checkout tabloid and we've written about it so much here at VL that if we had a Time magazine... Read more »

Topics: Cuba - Politics

Bolivian Constitution Bans Gay Marriage

11:00 H.- There was much uproar in Bolivia late last month when it was announced that a new constitution was approved in that country. Among the amendments to the document was a stipulation that seemed to go unnoticed until now; one that... Read more »

Topics: Bolivia - Controversia - GLBT - Society

U.S. Street Orgs Going South of the Border (And Then Come Back)

10:26 H.- It's not something you hear about often. How street organizations, aka gangs, move their industry to Latin America making them even bigger and transnational. What results is that neither the U.S. or Latin American nations are equipped to deal with... Read more »

Topics: Crime - El Salvador - Mexico

Tue25Dec2007

An Authentic Venezuelan Christmas

07:00 H.- I've said before that one of the most memorable Christmases I ever spent was in Venezuela, a country that takes the season very seriously. In some places, like Zulia state, the Christmas season begins in November and continues well into... Read more »

Topics: Culture - Food - Venezuela

Mon24Dec2007

Merry Christmas, Ye Children of the 80s

14:04 H.- Not very "Latino" per se (though Steve Perry's haircut is still seen a lot in Mexico City) but very funny. Happy Holidays! Via / GuiriGeek... Read more »

Topics: Funny - Music

Michelle Rodriguez: In Jail for the Holidays

13:01 H.- We hate to follow a DUI story which followed another DUI story with yet another DUI story, but we though you might want to know that Lost star Michelle Rodriguez won't be home for the holidays: she'll be spending them... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Chismes

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