tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79183762397018540102009-12-07T01:28:01.348-05:00Commentary from the perspective of an American LatinoGerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.comBlogger1260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-32671142774695173262009-12-03T09:09:00.001-05:002009-12-03T09:12:32.143-05:002009-12-03T09:12:32.143-05:00"Saludos Familia: It is with great sadness and personal loss that I announce the death of un gran companero de lucha por los derechos de los puertorriquenos en EEUU/a great loss of a brother in...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-75799796613255507192009-11-24T20:00:00.000-05:002009-11-24T20:00:36.305-05:002009-11-24T20:00:36.305-05:00srikrishnajay... - There is a problem in the U.S. with the label Hispanic. - The problem is people are redefining the term. - The correct term for the label Hispanic; refers to those peoples of...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-38648683783706786012009-11-17T13:52:00.000-05:002009-11-17T13:52:07.580-05:002009-11-17T13:52:07.580-05:00Click the title link to see the full 116 photo "La Plata, Oct. 1944-Aug. 1947" collection by Dr. H. Clair Amstutz, a Mennonite medical missionary. These photos put images -- and in color -- to the...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-2468346283936751752009-11-17T02:37:00.005-05:002009-11-17T02:57:58.116-05:002009-11-17T02:57:58.116-05:00Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-44191952055911864762009-11-13T17:34:00.000-05:002009-11-13T17:34:51.417-05:002009-11-13T17:34:51.417-05:00“Frank [Espada]’s work is profoundly humanistic. Stereotypes about Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans are so deeply embedded in mainstream U.S. culture that even some Puerto Ricans have started to believe...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-68932183286090414842009-10-30T20:28:00.003-05:002009-10-30T20:36:52.752-05:002009-10-30T20:36:52.752-05:00This lovely photo montage captures what my parents shared w/me and my siblings through stories, song and traditions about life on the island in the '40s. It's quite emotional for those of us of the...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-81269290630413174732009-10-14T18:34:00.002-05:002009-10-14T18:37:34.208-05:002009-10-14T18:37:34.208-05:00Even the harshest Republican governors on the US mainland aren't pushing for the mass firing of govt workers, but the one in Puerto Rico is. Gov Luis Fortuño has already fired 20,000 govt workers,...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-3004693272476862662009-10-14T14:03:00.002-05:002009-10-14T14:10:51.163-05:002009-10-14T14:10:51.163-05:00Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-45244489628150661222009-10-08T13:49:00.007-05:002009-10-08T14:09:34.574-05:002009-10-08T14:09:34.574-05:00Producers of THE BORINQUENEERS today announced that their film has won the 2009 Orlando Hispanic Film Festival Audience Award. Congratulations! “Your film contributed to our great success and was...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-57675172478716584902009-10-07T14:57:00.007-05:002009-10-07T15:41:42.381-05:002009-10-07T15:41:42.381-05:00Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) debated Republican ex-Lt Gov. Betsy McCaughey on healthcare reform last night at NYU. Weiner, a staunch supporter of universal health care w/a single payer system v...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-8267829541695053272009-10-05T12:19:00.005-05:002009-10-05T12:57:15.286-05:002009-10-05T12:57:15.286-05:00Latin Music USA on PBS is a story about American music. Fusions of Latin sounds with jazz, rock, country, rhythm and blues - music with deeper roots and broader reach than most people realize. It’s a...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-72054383341578973022009-10-04T21:32:00.006-05:002009-10-04T23:06:24.521-05:002009-10-04T23:06:24.521-05:00Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, the "voice of Latin America" whose music inspired opponents of South America's brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died today. She was...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-14931006775602820232009-10-04T18:31:00.002-05:002009-10-04T18:37:12.225-05:002009-10-04T18:37:12.225-05:00Who is Latino? is a question on the minds of many. Here's one way of figuring whether you are or are not Latino: Watch 'Emigrante Latino' by the Salvadorean group 'Los Hermanos Flores', and if...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-26211224087989754512009-09-30T22:02:00.003-05:002009-09-30T22:14:13.272-05:002009-09-30T22:14:13.272-05:00Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-16627808738527919542009-09-30T21:41:00.003-05:002009-09-30T22:02:16.931-05:002009-09-30T22:02:16.931-05:00Randy Shaw notes (Hispanic Heritage Month: Watching Latino Politics Disappear, BeyondChron - 9/28/09) the "brown out" of wise Latino@ views from media and national policy discussions. excerpt For...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-14652844435980538622009-09-29T13:05:00.009-05:002009-09-29T18:36:29.541-05:002009-09-29T18:36:29.541-05:00This man is being roughed by the bejeweled police officer for throwing an egg at Puerto Rico's rookie governor Luis Fortuño...who abruptly ended his press conference and scurried to safety. But who...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-59302007783204082582009-09-27T12:01:00.001-05:002009-09-27T23:35:03.983-05:002009-09-27T23:35:03.983-05:00Author JoAnn Hernandez (White Bread Competition, The Throwaway Piece) is owner of BronzeWord, a website packed with helpful information, links and resources for Latino writers. A resource for the...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-67324544638602347872009-08-26T00:36:00.003-05:002009-08-26T00:44:28.262-05:002009-08-26T00:44:28.262-05:00Whatever sins he may have committed in his personal life, Ted Kennedy--The Lion of the Senate--more than made up for them as the leader in legislation to protect and serve the poor, infirmed and...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-68625110343336527912009-08-18T18:09:00.013-05:002009-08-18T19:03:02.654-05:002009-08-18T19:03:02.654-05:00Masterful! In his visit to today's Morning Joe, Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) made the single most effective case for a true public option -- leaving wingnutty Scarborough blabbering like an...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-644987035154597032009-08-18T13:53:00.022-05:002009-08-18T15:58:57.768-05:002009-08-18T15:58:57.768-05:00What in heaven's name is happening to this country!!! Think about it...at this very moment in the U.S. of A there's... a Black family in the White House a Latina with Borikua attitude in the US...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-11172977846333928512009-08-12T18:42:00.005-05:002009-08-12T20:21:47.045-05:002009-08-12T20:21:47.045-05:00Related: 'Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx' now Justice Sotomayor - Orlando Sentinel Justice Sotomayor celebrated at the White House - Newsday Sotomayor grateful to nation for unlikely rise - WCAX...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-45406906710939375802009-08-05T08:50:00.009-05:002009-08-11T18:28:58.835-05:002009-08-11T18:28:58.835-05:00Click here for the video. She Wolf is pure eroticism featuring Shakira's dance beat and signature curves. It's a shocking, mesmerizing, and some would say disturbing, exhibition. Many of her fans...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-20909132696090375182009-07-29T19:35:00.011-05:002009-07-30T11:53:22.629-05:002009-07-30T11:53:22.629-05:00The following was excerpted from Delilah's bio written by friend Jada Gomez: Delilah Tollinchi is a New York City singer/songwriter with a gutsy blend of rock/blues soul, enhanced with a bit of...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-41030115875194587742009-07-28T18:54:00.005-05:002009-07-28T19:32:09.567-05:002009-07-28T19:32:09.567-05:00Spoofing the telenovela genre funny man, Tonight Show host, and new Angeleno, Conan O'Brien, unveiled a new Spanish speaking character -- a Latino alter ego, Conando. The interest around the Latino...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918376239701854010.post-21572375411307061792009-07-27T12:40:00.007-05:002009-07-27T14:40:49.304-05:002009-07-27T14:40:49.304-05:00Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III declares against confirming Sotomayor. No surprise. The diminutive wingnut pol went public with his opposition weeks before Wise Latina was selected. He just...Gerry Vázquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449454505022085892us_taino@yahoo.com1