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Fri25Jul2008

VivirLatino Featured in Latin Week New York

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Friday, July 25 2008 | 11:51 H

Fri09May2008

NYT Puts the Responsibility on the Community for Keeping Tabs on Immigrant Detainees' Deaths.

The New York Times recently ran a story about how it tried and was trying to find out information about immigrant deaths in detention. The document that follows, "Detainee Deaths 2004-November 2007," is the government's fullest account to date of... Read more »

Friday, May 09 2008 | 13:16 H

Fri04Apr2008

Paraguyan Newspaper Wins Dubious Honor for Racism

Paraguay’s newspaper La Nacion rightfully has won for publishing the most racist article of the year.The (dis)honor was given by Survival for an editorial which compared Paraguayan Indians to a ‘dangerous cancer’ and described them as ‘filthy’. From the actual... Read more »

Friday, April 04 2008 | 14:40 H

Mon04Feb2008

La Opinion Endorses Barack Obama/ John McCain

La Opinión , an often referred to source here at VL, and the largest Spanish language newspaper in the United States endorsed Barack Obama for President. While the paper lauded Hillary Clinton's efforts, especially in terms of health care, and... Read more »

Monday, February 04 2008 | 13:44 H

Fri14Dec2007

Santa is Worse Than El Cuco!

Forget the boogyman and el cuco, for some kids there is nothing scarier than jolly ole Saint Nick. Having just taken my littlest to see Santa, with similar results as the photo above, I can relate and yes even laugh... Read more »

Friday, December 14 2007 | 09:05 H

Fri10Aug2007

Mexico City: "City of the Future"

British newspaper The Financial Times has named Mexico City one of the its "Ten Cities of the Future", after analyzing 108 cities in North America to create their list of cities with potential for economic competitiveness and ability to attract... Read more »

Friday, August 10 2007 | 17:02 H

Sat28Jul2007

A New New York Latino Newspaper?

With ImpreMedia's buying of Hoy, NYC readers of Spanish language news have two newspapers (the other being el Diario/La Prensa) published by the same people. 24 Horas wants to change all that. 24 Horas promises "trendy design, relevant content and... Read more »

Saturday, July 28 2007 | 10:42 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

Thu01Mar2007

NY Rag Shows its Transphobia Against Latina

I don't read the New York Post on principle, so I wouldn't have known about their recent transphobic reporting of what actually was a victory for a young Latina if it weren't for Jack over at Angry Brown Butch.An important... Read more »

Thursday, March 01 2007 | 11:50 H

Thu15Feb2007

Salma Hayek and Pedro Infante perfect mates

Salma Hayek and the late, great Pedro Infante were the answers to the question "like what famous person would you like your partner to be?" asked by Mexican newspaper Reforma. 22 percent of Mexican men ranked Salma as their first... Read more »

Thursday, February 15 2007 | 11:38 H

Tue13Feb2007

Spanish Language Newspapers in NYC : When Two Become One

Media conglomeration is a problem that knows no language barrier. Having multiple sources of news media is an especially important concept. It allows information to pass through various independent filters and interpretations. This is why the purchase for an undisclosed... Read more »

Tuesday, February 13 2007 | 14:27 H

Tue24Oct2006

NYT Looks at Puerto Rico

An editorial in yesterday's New York Times looks at the dire situation the colony/nation of Puerto Rico finds itself in and why. The article points to a study — “The Economy of Puerto Rico: Restoring Growth” — from the Center... Read more »

Tuesday, October 24 2006 | 10:49 H

Mon23Oct2006

Accent Marks : The Difference Between a Year and an Ass

I read an article off of Yahoo! mail this morning with great interest because it's an issue I face everyday as a Latina writer writing about Latino experiences. To accent or not to accent, that is the question and according... Read more »

Monday, October 23 2006 | 09:14 H

Mon25Sep2006

Charlotte Observer Looks at one Immigrant Family

Understanding that Hispanic/Latino Heritage month is more than about food and dance and jumping off the interest in the Elvira Arellano case, today the Charlotte Observer is kicking off a 6-part immigration series with a look at how one family... Read more »

Monday, September 25 2006 | 09:27 H

Wed06Sep2006

Spain Hearts VivirLatino

VivirLatino's first online poll has made waves across the ocean in Spain. 20 minutos (PDF - Page 22), a free daily paper, wrote up the online poll where you, our readers, voted Shakira as the most influential Latina in the... Read more »

Wednesday, September 06 2006 | 14:55 H

Mon28Aug2006

Hate Crimes Target Guatemalans

What I love (really hate) about the report in yesterday's New York Times about hate crimes against the Guatamalan community in West Palm Beach, Florida, is how right in the headline the fact that the crime victims are undocumented is... Read more »

Monday, August 28 2006 | 10:35 H

Wed02Aug2006

NY Latino Goths Featured in NY Times

Contrary to what the mainstream media reports, Latinos are not monolithic. Not only do we represent different countries, religions, races, and languages, we also have varied tastes in music, clothing and food. So I let out a big yawn when... Read more »

Wednesday, August 02 2006 | 11:26 H

Tue30May2006

Mexicans and Spaniards the best lovers?

If you're a regular VL reader you'll know that we cite Spain's 20 Minutos newspaper a lot. I think it's funny how they tend to have the weirdest stories, yet position them as "hard news". Today is no exception. The... Read more »

Tuesday, May 30 2006 | 13:02 H

Mon13Mar2006

Mexican Sex Dolls fight Machismo

No, this isn't the latest in Latino porn; it's the latest "pro-woman" media campaign of the Mexican government. The television, print, and radio ads feature blow up sex dolls dressed as office execs in an office setting. The message... Read more »

Monday, March 13 2006 | 08:00 H

Tue28Feb2006

Latino techno? You're kidding!

As evidence of the fact that mainstream media continues to see Latinos as retrograde, this snippet from a very "surprised" article about the Latino techno movement:Electronic and Latin music would seem to reside at polar ends of the music spectrum.... Read more »

Tuesday, February 28 2006 | 13:32 H

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