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Wed17Sep2008

NYPD Attacked Father Taking His Daughter to School and Now He Faces Charges

Imagine you are walking your daughter to school. It's a common scene. The last thing you expect is to be attacked. The last thing you expect is to be attacked by the New York City Police Department. Yet, that's exactly... Read more »

Wednesday, September 17 2008 | 09:36 H

Fri22Aug2008

Aventura at Juntos en Concierto Last Night at Madison Square Garden

According to one VivirLatino reader, Aventura was one of the show stoppers at last night's Junto en Concierto event at Madison Square Garden. You tell us if you agree. ... Read more »

Friday, August 22 2008 | 16:25 H

Tue12Aug2008

Another Youn Latino Dies While in Iraq : Jose E. Ulloa

Every day innocent Iraqi civilians are killed because of the ongoing, U.S. led war there. We don't hear about those deaths. Instead what we do hear about are the deaths of soldiers, and one of the latest deaths is that... Read more »

Tuesday, August 12 2008 | 12:30 H

Mon11Aug2008

Dominicans in Nueva York Celebrate Their Day

My 'hood was jumping yesterday with Dominican flags waving off the backs of men and women and, flags hung outside car windows, people playing guiros and merengue from open windows and the doors of bodegas. More than just an ordinary... Read more »

Monday, August 11 2008 | 11:00 H

Mon04Aug2008

Latino Soldier's Sad Homecoming

I can hear the church bells from Our Lady of Sorrows church from my apartment. It is just a block from where I live, in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood of Queens, NYC where Mexican storefronts and Dominican storefronts compete with... Read more »

Monday, August 04 2008 | 16:00 H

Fri18Jul2008

Towns In D.R. Subject to Raids

I set my google alert to notify me of all instances of "raids" being discussed in the news recently. And the results have been surprising. I expected to get links to stories about ICE raids here in the U.S., but... Read more »

Friday, July 18 2008 | 12:57 H

Wed25Jun2008

Miercoles Musica Reminder : Juan Luis Guerra's La Travesia Tour

Juan Luis Guerra's anticipated U.S. tour, La Travesia, jumps off in less than three weeks. Do you have your tickets yet? If you don't, better hurry. These tivket may very well sell out. After all this is his first major... Read more »

Wednesday, June 25 2008 | 08:00 H

Fri07Mar2008

Junot Diaz Wins National Book Critics Awards

Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao published by Riverhead Books, won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction. I feel it's well deserved. The book made me and lots of friends I know cry. When... Read more »

Friday, March 07 2008 | 11:28 H

Wed20Feb2008

Celebrate Dominican Independence Day : SOB's Style

Just because I'm Puerto Rican doesn't mean I don't like some Dominican flavor (forget the rumors of Ricans vs. Dominicans). I know from experience that one of the hottest Dominican Independence Day celebrations outside D.R. is in NYC, more specifically... Read more »

Wednesday, February 20 2008 | 08:00 H

Wed19Dec2007

Last Minute Navidad Gift Idea : The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Ever since his breakthrough short story collection Drown came out almost 10 years ago everyone wondered what the Dominican writer Junot Diaz would do next. At long last we have an answer via The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.... Read more »

Wednesday, December 19 2007 | 10:29 H

Mon29Oct2007

Juan Luis Guerra sued

Dominican music legend Juan Luis Guerra is being sued by his producer, puertorriqueña Maritza Casiano for breach of contract. We'd love to give you the details, but I'm afraid there aren't many. Apparently Casiano and Guerra have worked together for... Read more »

Monday, October 29 2007 | 19:04 H

Mon13Aug2007

Dominican Parade NYC

Yesterday 6th Avenue in Manhattan was awash with love for Quisqueya la bella at the Dominican Day Parade here in NYC. ... Read more »

Monday, August 13 2007 | 10:16 H

Thu21Jun2007

Update : Wife of Missing Iraq Solider Will Not Be Deported

Yesterday I reported on how the wife of missing Iraq soldier, Alex Jimenez, faced deportation. I a pleased to report today that late yesterday a U.S. Homeland Security Department spokeswoman said that Yaderlin Jimenez did not face deportation, that her... Read more »

Thursday, June 21 2007 | 09:32 H

Mon30Apr2007

Dominican Republic welcomes luxury marina

Who would think that the Dominican Republic has a problem with poverty, what with the star-studded festivities around the launch of a billion-dollar yacht marina in the eastern part of the country this past weekend:Children of US billionaire Donald Trump,... Read more »

Monday, April 30 2007 | 17:48 H

Wed25Oct2006

World's Smallest Man Passes On

The world's smallest man according to the 1990 Guiness Book of World's Records passed away in New York this past Sunday. 39 year old Dominicano Nelson De la Rosa was an actor who appeared in films as Dr. Moreau's Island... Read more »

Wednesday, October 25 2006 | 11:05 H

Fri12May2006

One Mother's Wish

Altagracia Mayi, a Dominican immigrant, has had the same mother's day wish since 1991, justice for her son Manny. 15 years ago, on March 29, 1991, Manny Mayi Jr., a Queens College honor student, was chased for 16 blocks and... Read more »

Friday, May 12 2006 | 08:55 H

Fri10Mar2006

Dominican Sexuality caught on tape?

I ran across a blog post talking very briefly about a documentary, produced by HBO, supposedly about the sex life of Dominicanos. The post said that it was a "montaje" (fake) and says (translation):It's not untrue that there is... Read more »

Friday, March 10 2006 | 20:04 H

Mon27Feb2006

Red, White y Azul

The tourists snapping pics of the red, white, and blue lit Empire State Building in New York City this weekend probably thought the color scheme had to do with good ole' patriotism towards the USA. Well they were half... Read more »

Monday, February 27 2006 | 08:27 H

Wed04Jan2006

One of the Dominican Sextuplets Will Grow Up and be a Revolutionary

The first recorded birth of sextuplets in the Dominican Republic happened on December 27th of the year we just left behind. While the babies, whose mother had undergone fertility treatments to conceive, are struggling to survive, their papi has... Read more »

Wednesday, January 04 2006 | 08:00 H

Wed23Nov2005

Racism and abuse in the Dominican Republic

I was appalled but fascinated by an article I read in last Sunday's New York Times. It talked about the savage, racist treatment of Haitians on the part of the government entities (and the people) of the Dominican Republic. The... Read more »

Wednesday, November 23 2005 | 17:18 H

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