tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355631872026-06-05T02:19:21.287-04:00A news and commentary blog focused on popular thought in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Latino barrios of the United States.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35563187.post-23534062452154724042019-03-03T07:53:00.001-05:002019-03-03T18:32:27.747-05:00

In a series of press releases made available March 1, the Department of Housing and Urban Development finally announced the approval of recovery funds once promised by Congress to the island territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.     The official announcement comes almost two years after the passing of the 2017

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  Today I went to Whole Foods looking for a rare cooking ingredient called black salt.  Whole Foods was my last hope in a quest that took my wife and I all over the city of Orlando.  But they did not have it either. So we walked around the store just to see if we could pick up anything else to make the trip worthwhile.  Then, while walking around the produce

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The Department of Homeland Security has ordered the 2,500 Nicaraguans currently residing in the US under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that they must leave by January 5, 2019. According to the Nov. 6 Press Release the decision to was made... "...after a review of the conditions upon which the country’s original 1999 designation were based and whether those substantial but

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If you do not yet know Camila Cabello, you will.   Over the last year since leaving Fifth Harmony, the Cuban-Mexican American singer has risen from relative obscurity to land today at the top of the charts with her hit song "Havana." Official Cover for the Single "Havana" Camila Cabello's Background Her musical career started in 2012 when she left Miami Palmetto High School and

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Official music video for Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) by K'naan featuring Residente, Riz MC & Snow Tha Product  Donate $10 to Lin-Manuel’s Immigrants: We Get The Job Done Coalition at: http://bit.ly/2tOfD3A and win a chance to attend the Los Angeles opening of Hamilton  Buy/Stream The Hamilton Mixtape Here: https://Atlantic.lnk.to/HamiltonMixtape 

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Yet again (soon to be ex-) President Trump, otherwise known to us as La Gran Naranja, has used the Tweeter social platform to demean and insult Senator Elizabeth Warren, calling her "Pocahontas." Pocahontas just stated that the Democrats, lead by the legendary Crooked Hillary Clinton, rigged the Primaries! Lets go FBI & Justice Dept. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3,

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Yesterday, November 2, marked Latina Equal Pay Day - or the day in 2017 when on average Hispanic women in the U.S. earned enough to equal the pay of American non-hispanic white men in 2016.  Eva Longoria explains it below: Latina Equal Pay Day, the day when the amount the average Latina is paid catches up to what the average white man made the previous year. In other words: In order

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To all of our brother and sisters in the affected islands, stay safe and please take care of each other. From St. Marteen Entire top floor is gone. #IrmaHurricane #StMaarten good news I think the worse is behind us pic.twitter.com/9WEIRae28W — eze (@internetofzings) September 6, 2017 From Dominica Storm surge in Dominica #IrmaHurricane pic.twitter.com/r6Tlq7GygO — Based Monitored 🇺🇸

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On September 1, 2017 the fraternal leadership of the country's largest Latino serving collegiate fraternities penned a letter to their national memberships calling on them to get involved in the protection of undocumented minors in our communities in the wake of rumors that the Trump Administration might move to remove the DACA protections in the coming days. DACA, the Deferred Action

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                Mayweather is going to win. That is all.                      .

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Logo of the 2017 Central American Games  The XI Central American Games will be held over 15 days between December 3 and December 17 of 2017. When any nation, big or small, sets out to host an international event the pressure can expose the flaws and fractures of that host society.  For Nicaragua, often cited as the poorest of the Central American nations, the opportunity to host

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Salma Hayek's press tour for "How to be a Latin Lover" brought her and Euguenio Derbez before a number of press outlets this week. Below she translates Maxican slav for Vanity Fair.

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Machine Transcript Available Below (non-human transcription) : 0:15 hermanas y hermanos puertorriqueños 0:18 próximamente convertir en ley una serie 0:21 de proyectos indispensables para 0:23 mantener las operaciones del gobierno 0:25 garantizar los empleos de nuestros 0:27 servidores públicos y encaminar una 0:30 plataforma de progreso para puerto rico 0:33

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Enough said.

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Of Plantains and Platanos is a documentary film currently in production and set to be release in late Summer 2016.   This is just some test footage we were playing with and decided to put it up.

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Donald Trump in Piñata form No Latin American celebration should be without the HUUUUUUGGGGGGGE presence of the Donald Trump Piñata.  Maybe you have some candy you want to stuff up it's ass, or maybe, you and your Latino friends just need something to beat with a stick repeatedly.  Go get yourself a Donald Trump Piñata. Actually maybe check out the full selection of Trump

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Kanhaiya Kumar's speech is currently gaining attention across the world as mostly Indian expatriates working and living in all parts of the world witness the birth of a new voice for truth and justice in India. Kumar's speech is the most direct challenge for India's government, challenging it to uphold it own constitution and protect freedom of expression and democracy in the country.

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Yes.., but not before March 15. When Floridians head to the polls on March 15, the Democratic base is expected to continue the gradual confirmation of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee for the Presidency of the United States of America.  The rightful nominee, based on issue preference should be Bernie Sanders, but that will not matter on March 15 as the line of loyal party

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This is just a fact: You need more Mariachi in your life. Stop doubting this.  Check out the Mariachi Entertainment System on Youtube if you need some Mariachi today.

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Nothing must feel so odd to a rank-and-file member of the U.S. Republican Party than to hear that the fate of Republican presidential candidates may be decided by Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico this Sunday.  Sort of. See Puerto Rico holds 23 delegates in the 2016 Republican Primary, and 20 of those will be decided by the primary vote on Sunday March 6.   According to the rules, the

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Don Pedro Albizu Campos vive en la conciencia puertorriqueña, siempre.

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Less than 50 days into 2016 and the latest murder figures from Puerto Rico do nothing but demoralize and depress any hope for immediate relief of the public safety situation.  Officially there have been 87 murders in the last 49 days.  I say "officially" because as the Puerto Rican Newspaper El Nuevo Dia points out, these figures do not account for at least another 12 cases whose

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Here is Hillary Clinton's new ad directed at Latinos ahead of the Presidential Primary contest in Nevada on February 20th. The ad is meant to look like a spontaneous question during an unguarded campaign moment.  We are supposed to believe this 10 year-old girl with her hair and makeup perfectly primped just happened to be sitting in that circle of chairs. We can say that at least it

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Every weekend in festival parks across the United States a salsa band plays.  Made up mostly of excellent musicians who  hustle for gigs with little pay, these bands are everywhere looking to entertain and to put a little bit of rhythm into the air. Here is Kombo Latino playing a perfect rendition "Sin salsa no hay paraiso" by El Gran Combo. If you are in the New Jersey area look

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Life.. ya know... life gets in the way of how things should be in our minds...   Time to right the ship. New content, new opinions, and more. 2016 or BUST!

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