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Mon29Sep2008

Shameless Self- Promotion : Maegan la Mala Spits Poetry Tonite in Queens, NYC

If my posts have taken on a poetic quality, you will please be excusing la Mala. Here in NYC we are in the middle of the 5to Encuentro de Poesia "Poetas en Nueva York Tonight at the Centro Humanista de... Read more »

Monday, September 29 2008 | 13:42 H

Wed23Jul2008

I Am Latino...Ask Me: Americanos ask about the power of the Chancleta...

I Am Latino...Ask Me is a new weekly syndicated column written by Sofrito For Your Soul founder, George "Urban Jibaro" Torres. The column was created to answer questions that mainstream America has about Latinos and our culture. A departure from the routine of Sofrito For Your Soul, I Am Latino...Ask Me is driven by the readers desire to get answers to those burning questions that they have but have no one to ask. There are plans to incorporate the column into Urban Jibaro's Radio Capicu show on Blog Talk Radio. Do you have a question for the Urban Jibaro? Send your questions to SofritoSubmissions@gmail.com Read more »

Wednesday, July 23 2008 | 11:35 H

Thu19Jun2008

Attorney Referral Site for Spanish Speakers

Sadly, this is how many Spanish speaking Latinos get their legal help. 1800 cantaso (electric chair) Enter as a solution Legal Match, an online attorney referral website that has begun the process of translating a few of the 4,000 pages... Read more »

Thursday, June 19 2008 | 14:34 H

Fri16May2008

Latino Books Month, Viernes May 16th Pick : Peel My Love Like an Onion by Ana Castillo

Peel My Love Like an Onion by Ana Castillo is one of the most worn books in my personal library. This fictional narrative of Chicana love, disability, and the struggle to fit in through those lenses is one of the... Read more »

Friday, May 16 2008 | 12:36 H

Tue13May2008

Latino Book Month, Martes May 13 Pick : Me llamo Gabriela by Monica Brown. Illustrated by John Parra

I haven't included any children's books in my Latino book suggestions until today. Me Llamo Gabriela: My Name is Gabriela by Monica Brown and illustrated by John Parra, is a beautiful book about the Chilean Nobel Prize winning poeta Gabriela... Read more »

Tuesday, May 13 2008 | 10:23 H

Thu24Apr2008

My Bilingual Kids Are Smarter Than Your English Only Kids!

Nanny, nanny boo boo. The fact that I speak English and Spanish to my children is actually boosting their English language skills, according to one article.“Speaking two languages opens up a whole new world to children,” says Laurie Weaver, Ed.D.,... Read more »

Thursday, April 24 2008 | 10:27 H

Wed16Apr2008

Does Something Being Also in Español Bother You

Most of our readers probably aren't bothered by websites being available in Spanish as well as English, in fact many of you are pleased with that option that includes a large, growing portion of our population. The Hillary Clinton campaign... Read more »

Wednesday, April 16 2008 | 10:40 H

Mon07Apr2008

MySpace is Now Tu Espace

After launching a Spanish version of their popular social networking site and a Mexican version, MySpace is now speaking Spanglish, launching a bilingual version of the site this week at the Latin Latin Billboard Conference.The website will be in Spanish... Read more »

Monday, April 07 2008 | 13:16 H

Fri16Nov2007

Obama Goes After Latinos Using Online Novelas

Barack Obama is going after California Latino voters through mini online Spanish language novelas. Using You Tube and the website, Tu Voz, Tu Voto, the little films are just as poorly acted out as real life novelas. They also rely... Read more »

Friday, November 16 2007 | 12:37 H

Fri14Sep2007

Got Misa?

When I was growing up as a good little Latina Catholic girl, the Spanish language masses were always more crowded and always more fun than the English language masses. They were just livlier and had better music. Unless of course... Read more »

Friday, September 14 2007 | 12:59 H

Fri01Jun2007

Spelling Bees Buzz in Spanish Too!

The national buzz (excuse the pun) may be about the 80th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee and its 13 year old champion Evan O‘Dorney but as I write this, words like j-u-a-n-e-t-e are making champions out of school children. That's... Read more »

Friday, June 01 2007 | 11:14 H

Fri27Apr2007

MySpace goes Spanish for U.S. Latinos

It didn't take a genius to realize that MySpace -- one of the "new" internet's biggest (and most unlikely) success stories -- needed to address the issue of language sooner or later. To better serve the presumably millions of Spanish-speaking... Read more »

Friday, April 27 2007 | 17:59 H

Spanish: Second most studied language worldwide

While Newt Gingrich might think that Spanish is the language of the ghettos, la lengua de Cervantes is now the second most studied language in the world, after English. According to Spain's 20 Minutos, there are now more than 14... Read more »

Friday, April 27 2007 | 14:10 H

Fri13Apr2007

Nevada Wants to Go English Only and Gets Called Out

English-only measures are popping up all over the country in an effort to create more barriers for undocumented immigrants. One of the latest proposals comes from Sin City, Las Vegas Republican State Senator Bob Beer and when it was presented... Read more »

Friday, April 13 2007 | 13:17 H

Tue10Apr2007

Santa Ana, California Putting its Money Where Its English Is

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 »

Tuesday, April 10 2007 | 14:33 H

Fri06Apr2007

Newt's Sorry Doesn't Translate

Maybe when former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich basically said that Spanish was a ghetto language he was referring to his own lame attempt to apologize and explain his statements in Spanish! Thankfully I'm not the only one to... Read more »

Friday, April 06 2007 | 12:40 H

Tue03Apr2007

Newt : Not Ghetto Fabulous

Sure his website pushing for him to be the next president of the United States may have a page in Spanish, but that doesn't mean Newt Gingrich has to like the language. In a speech to the National Federation of... Read more »

Tuesday, April 03 2007 | 15:04 H

Thu29Mar2007

Speaking Spanish can Equal Mucho Dinero

We all know that Shakira has made money off of singing in English but more and more companies around the globe including the U.S. are realizing that Spanish is where its at. Spanish is being pushed as a language important... Read more »

Thursday, March 29 2007 | 14:49 H

Tue20Feb2007

Naming Our Babies Maria not Mary

As Latinos move from a "minority" in the U.S. to the majority, how babies are named is changing. According to an article on Univision.com, the baby girl name Maria is now more popular than its English counterpart, Mary. Among Latinos,... Read more »

Tuesday, February 20 2007 | 12:40 H

Fri12Jan2007

The Tax Man Cometh in Spanish

I like to get my taxes taken care of as soon as I can after the new year, which means I send them to someone else to take care of them. But there really are a wide range of products... Read more »

Friday, January 12 2007 | 08:00 H

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