Injustice

What was just five seconds of air time on a major network has turned into a social media campaign within 48 hours among the Puerto Rican social network. Just days after the ABC sitcom "Work It" premiered, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and the Latino blogosphere have been buzzing about a toss-away joke that equates Puerto Ricans […]

This is one deportation case where being humane should trump anything else. If you are not moved by this woman's story and her love of her husband, then this country is clearly in trouble. Please take a moment to click here and sign the petition. This one is special to us. SIGN THE PETITION HERE […]

He is entering his 30th year as a political prisoner in the United States, and even after he served another 10 years as a condition of a commuted sentence by President Bill Clinton, Puerto Rico's Oscar López Rivera is still in jail. It is time to free him. Please share, post, and let your friends […]

We are proud to showcase today the spoken word poetry of our fellow Rebelde, Rodrigo Sánchez-Chavarria. That would be @rscspokenword on Twitter. ¡Que vivan los Rebeldes! Indigenous People Day Poem Today 518 years ago a man got lost And found a ticket to fame se persino con la santa maria, la niña y la pinta and […]

Leave it to Representative Luis Gutiérrez to leave it all out on the floor of the US Congress this week, in light of a scathing Department of Justice report on the police abuse charges in Puerto Rico. Gutiérrez, who has been the lone voice of Congress in exposing the hypocrisy of the pro-statehood Republican administration […]

Long live the DREAMERS. Long live the committed, young, and beautiful DREAMERS, who will fight for immigration justice in the United States of America. Long live the DREAMERS who will tell President Barack Obama that he MUST do more. Long live the DREAMERS who are in constant action and telling their amazing stories. They represent […]

We support Anthony Alcalde as he develops a film that MUST BE TOLD. Please take a moment to support EKATOMBE: Nicaragua's Gay Community Prepares for Carnaval Our Story As a Heterosexual male from New York, I was given the opportunity to document and learn about the Gay Community in Nicaragua.  It was a unique experience because […]

Word out of Puerto Rico is that the local media is now starting to report and get comments from the players involved in a bizarre Facebook incident that had the office of Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner Pedro Peirluisi—a non-voting member of the US House of Representatives—block and censor LatinoRebels.com founder Julio Ricardo Varela, an active […]

Who said that social media does not work? It isn’t about the numbers, it is about the passion and connecting with the right people. This afternoon, MillerCoors decided to pull down the EMBORÍCUATE ads that had sparked controversy in the Puerto Rican community in New York City as they prepared for next Sunday’s Puerto Rican […]

Here is the English translation of the Spanish statement from MillerCoors Puerto regarding the controversial EMBORÍCUATE ad campaign for the Puerto Rican Day Parade this year in NYC: “MillerCoors Puerto Rico deeply regrets the situation that has been generated by the advertising in the United States in connection with the Puerto Rican Day Parade. This campaign […]

  Acabamos de recibir este comentario sobre la campaña EMBORÍCUATE de Miller/Coors en Nueva York: “En MillerCoors Puerto Rico lamentamos mucho esta situación que se ha generado con la publicidad hecha en Estados Unidos con motivo del Desfile Puertorriqueño. Esta campaña no fue generada en Puerto Rico y no se relaciona de manera alguna con […]