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Tue07Oct2008

Politics in the Rican Realm : Musica and Fashion

With Daddy Yankee's endorsement of John McCain, suddenly there is a revival of mixing Rican politics with popular music and fashion especially with the rap/reggaetonero culture. To counter Daddy Yankee's move to the right with McCain, Fat Joe publicly is... Read more »

Tuesday, October 07 2008 | 09:17 H

Wed24Sep2008

Miercoles Musica : The Perfect Pair Calle 13 y Cafe Tacuba Nadie Como Tu

Today Calle 13 and Cafe Tacuba's tag team cancion Nadie Como Tu hits the radio airwaves. The single is the first official release from Calle 13’s highly anticipated third album: Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo. You can listen to the... Read more »

Wednesday, September 24 2008 | 15:07 H

Tue23Sep2008

El Grito (de Lares) En Mi Boca

Today marks three years since Rican liberation leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios was murdered by the FBI. It was no coincidence that the FBI chose September 23 as the date of his execution. September 23, 1868 the date that Don Emeterio... Read more »

Tuesday, September 23 2008 | 13:23 H

Wed17Sep2008

National Rican Organization Challenges Presidential Candidates to Speak Address the Community

The Latino vote is one of the most talked about target groups in this presidential election season. Everyone wants us to register, wants us to vote, but what is often forgotten is that Latino means many things, coming from many... Read more »

Wednesday, September 17 2008 | 07:36 H

Tue16Sep2008

Martes Morning Musica : SieteNueve to Daddy Yankee “Quedate Callao"

All props to Angry Brown Butch for cluing us in to SieteNueve's Quedate Callao, a hardcore real response to Daddy Yankee's endorsement of John McCain, raising all the issues that we have here and that the mainstream Spanish language media... Read more »

Tuesday, September 16 2008 | 08:08 H

Wed10Sep2008

Miercoles Morning Musica : Si No bailo Esta bomba me voy a morir

Yerbabuena performs "Campo" featuring Flaco Navaja for a Japanese television show. ... Read more »

Wednesday, September 10 2008 | 07:54 H

Fri05Sep2008

Rican Writer Edgardo Vega Yunqué Passes

Sad news from the Rican literary/culture community this morning. Puerto Rican writer Edgardo Vega Yunqué passed away at age 72. The Cidra, Puerto Rico native, who lived in Brooklyn, wrote 17 novels founded the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center in... Read more »

Friday, September 05 2008 | 09:45 H

Thu04Sep2008

VL Follow Up : Puerto Rico and Eight States Cut From System That Tracks Rate of H.I.V.

Following up on a story from a few days ago on the AIDS crisis in Puerto Rico, seems that the crisis is set to get worse with the island cut off from federal money for an advanced H.I.V. monitoring system... Read more »

Thursday, September 04 2008 | 14:39 H

Tue02Sep2008

AIDS Crisis in Puerto Rico

Oh no, here comes the Rican with another Puerto Rico related post. This month's issue of POZ Magazine has an article about the AIDS crisis in Puerto Rico and how it is endangering the lives most in need of critical... Read more »

Tuesday, September 02 2008 | 11:27 H

Mon25Aug2008

Election Time WTF: Daddy Yankee Endorses John McCain

It's not like we expect much from Daddy Yankee politically speaking. Hell, I don't even expect him to be aware of the upcoming presidential elections (unless, of course, he reads VL in between perreos), much less endorse a candidate. But... Read more »

Monday, August 25 2008 | 18:37 H

Fri08Aug2008

What is a Jibarito Sandwich?

In 2005, I had an opportunity to visit Chicago for a few days for a business conference and as soon as I arrived to the hotel my conference was being held at, I recieved an email on my blackberry from a friend Dulce Ramos. Dulce Ramos is a Chicago native and very successful woman that has an amazing career in real estate as well as very unique women's shoe store called the Pump Room Boutique. I decided to call Dulce to let her know I was in town and before I knew it...she was at the Hotel picking me up to give me the Chicago Express Latino Tour.

You see...I had written an article inquiring about the existence of Latino Life in Chicago and Dulce really wanted to show me how proud the Boricuas are out in Paseo Boricua. What I encountered was fascinating, all these really nice shops and boutiques with very interesting themes and personality all of their own. She asked me if I wanted to have a "Jibarito" and I looked at her with a puzzled look...I had no idea what she was talking about. She took her time to explain it to me as we drove to a place called "Borinquen Restaurant" which is also known as the home of this Mysterious "Jibarito Sandwich". Read more »

Friday, August 08 2008 | 12:21 H

Wed06Aug2008

Calle 13 Brings Those Behind Them Along With Announcement of New Album

One of my favorite Rican musical duos is set to drop their third album and based on the title alone, it promises to be as politically charged as ever. Calle 13's new album, set for release on October 7th, is... Read more »

Wednesday, August 06 2008 | 20:14 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

Thu10Jul2008

Puerto Rican Grand Jury Resisters Need Your Help

Via a personal email : We are calling on all members of the HOSTOS GRAND JURY RESISTANCE CAMPAIGN and supporters to make generous donations to cover costs. The grand jury cases have become more complicated requiring hiring of additional legal... Read more »

Thursday, July 10 2008 | 19:00 H

Mon30Jun2008

Request for the UN to Look at Filiberto Ojeda Rios FBI Death

A Bar Association (it is not clear if this is the Puerto Rican Bar Association) requested that the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Executions, Australian Philip Alston, investigate the United States for the death of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos at... Read more »

Monday, June 30 2008 | 09:30 H

Fri27Jun2008

Toby Love & Fuego Vs. Jowel and Randy & Zion to be Guitar Heros

Tomorrow, 6_28_08, The Battle of the Chosen will star reggaetón artists Toby Love and Fuego facing off against fellow artists Jowel and Randy & Zion on one of Xbox 360’s hottest new games, Guitar Hero™ III: Legends of Rock. Love... Read more »

Friday, June 27 2008 | 08:00 H

Mon23Jun2008

Federal Grand Juries Subpoenas as a Means of Intimidating the Rican Freedom Movement

Almost two weeks ago, the appearances of Puerto Rican Independence advocates/ activists called by U.S. federal authorities were postponed indefinitely. The fact that one of the people called, Tania Fronteras, was notified as she appeared as part of the Puerto... Read more »

Monday, June 23 2008 | 13:50 H

Mon02Jun2008

People Need to Calm Down About Hillary Clinton's Rican Win

Hillary Clinton won the Puerto Rican primary yesterday and the reaction is exactly as I expected. Everyone is using the nearly 2-1 Clinton victory in Puerto Rico as proof that her candidacy still has viability. Even though, as Liza over... Read more »

Monday, June 02 2008 | 08:14 H

Fri30May2008

Barack Obama Gets Latino Fever and Latinos Get Obama Fever

With the Puerto Rican Democrat primary Sunday, Barack Obama and his followers are pulling out all the stops to play to the Latino community (which is way more than Rican). This means speaking Spanish like in Obama's latest commercial. I... Read more »

Friday, May 30 2008 | 07:08 H

Mon19May2008

Puerto Rico Gov. To Take Enhanced Commonwealth Argument to U.N

I'm with Latino Pundit. I just don't get how Puerto Rican Governor Anibal Acevedo can claim that "an enhanced Commonwealth" = a more sovereign Puerto Rico. And yet that is exactly what he will argue when he appears before the... Read more »

Monday, May 19 2008 | 13:31 H

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