VivirLatino

Conservative immigrants against “illegals”. This group sure got their 15 minutes of fame on May1.

Liza Minnelli and Ricky Martin team up in Lebanon

How changing demographics could tip things towards the Dems side. This article is followed by debate in the comments section.

Yes, bolero legend Vicki Carr is in fact Latina. Her real name? Florencia Biscenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona (!)

Matt.org = “Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together”. Interesting.

A Brit in L.A. reflects.

Amazing article and heated debate in the comments section.

I was surprised that in a city like NYC, over 90% of firefighers are caucasian.

Baby Lou revisited.

Alabama companies hit by May 1 boycott

You know times have changed when Kentucky has a Latino pride festival

LA Weekly’s look at ignorance in the O.C. Funny but frightening.

In L.A., Korea and Mexico unite.

Shak attack in acustico.

A conservative take on May 1.

Show me the money…

RE: May 1 protests

These peeps were hanging out at the protest in SF

Latino stars for the immigrant cause

“Economists estimated the one-day boycott had the same effect of a snow storm.”

Interesting…

What would Jesus do? Evangelical Christians struggle with the immigration issue.

Let’s try this again…

We only want to work, for our families and parents and children.”

Very debatable and controversial take on the Latino vs. Black issue, by a black columnist.

Mexipinos ROCK!

With immigration in the news, I thought it would be worth looking at the way media outlets use the words “Hispanic” and “Latino.”

We wrote about this same article on VL yesterday, but seeing another iteration of its headline makes me once again think that the “anger” is being incited by media with this kind of sensationalism, not by the black community. – Jen

Albert Reyes, president of Baptist University of the Americas and past president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, was among the approximately 50 signers of the letter. It urges Bush and lawmakers to pass a border-security bill that more quickly

Shakira, the pop sensation with the hips that don’t lie, was honored for her humanitarian efforts at a fashion show hosted by the nonprofit group Women Together.

Forget the Internet for a moment. One of the most intriguing new developments in media is taking place in a part of the industry that many executives used to dismiss as a backwater.

At Tiwanaku, a site of pre-Incan ruins significant to the country’s indigenous populations, Evo Morales, barefoot and dressed in a red tunic, received a silver and gold staff from leaders of the Aymara people.

Migrant workers from Latin America and the Caribbean sent home $53.6bn to their families last year, an increase of 17 per cent on 2004.

Telemundo, the No. 2 U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster, said on Wednesday it has teamed up with Mexican holding Grupo Xtra to boost its presence across Latin America.

Venezuela’s only English-language newspaper has expanded its circulation to Peru and is looking to begin sales in countries across Latin America

The organizers of an upcoming pro-immigration rally on Capitol Hill and in at least 10 other cities are encouraging protesters to leave their Latin American flags at home.

Blogs
Media’s new baby

Some airlines have expressed interest in learning more about the demographics of the Hispanic population in the Hudson Valley with an eye toward possibly providing passenger service from Stewart airport to Central America and other Latino destinations.

Is cine en espanis about to make a splash?

Ever heard of Zulia?

Volkswagen pisses off Miami Cubans