Latinidad

Now there are conflicting stories, one saying that the boos and chants  of “USA! USA!” by some Republican delegates today in Tampa were all about trying to seat some Ron Paul delegates after RNC chair Reince Preibus had called for a vote to unseat them. However, whether it was irony or just plain ignoranace, all […]

Let's forget for just a few moments the smugness and self-promotional arrogance of CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette, Jr., who continues to provide his own congratulatory play-by-play updates on his public Facebook site about a column that in the end called into question the patriotism and accomplishments of American medalist Leo Manzano. We have already responded […]

We thought long and hard about what Ruben Navarrette Jr. had to say on CNN.com today (for a very lively discussion about what our community is saying, visit here). Our first thought was to have our jefe write an open letter, since he is one crazy Puerto Rican who is known to root for the […]

Last night, Latino Rebels was the first English-language outlet to report the "oops moment" by Univision, which had broadcast a July 25 video wishing Puerto Rico a Happy Independence Day on what is Constitution Day to some (the 60th anniversary of Puerto Rico's Commonwealth government) and Occupation Day (when US troops invaded the island in […]

Let's get this straight. Mention Taco Bell to many US Latinos and you will get this: Crap food, unless you are drunk or high at 2 am and need to force feed yourself (although for us, we would search out the real deal, or just make it ourselves). You mean the brand that has just […]

Our own @bezotes and Rebelde photog Rebecca Beard had a chance to catch up with Tato Laviera, whose musical King of Cans premiered on July 15 at New York's Red Carpet Theater and will also play on July 22 and July 29. For tickets, contact serycolon@aol.com. Tato Laviera stands up from his seat, backstage at Symphony Space, with […]

From the YouTube channel of GRBEntertainment: At a time of increasing debate about immigration from Mexico, filmmaker Christian Rodriguez looks at the roots of the issue, its current state, and where it is headed. It explores the reality of being an immigrant in a new land when the act of being an immigrant itself is […]

Tonight, Univision's Jorge Ramos interviewed Senator Marco Rubio. It gets testy and intense… and, yes, the interview sounds better in Spanish. They talk about several topics, including Rubio's politics and the whole Univision controversy. Here it is:  

Talk about being all over the place. Yesterday, right after President Obama announced his administration's intentions to shift part of this country's immigration policy to allow a "deferred action" of two years that delays deportations and grants work permits for close to 1 million undocumented youth—1) who came to this country with their parents before […]

This afternoon we received the following statement from the United Farm Workers, after we originally contacted them on May 25 to ask about the placement of a Budweiser logo under its iconic ¡Sí se puede! image at the organization's 50th anniversary celebration. After several emails and phone messages, we got a response from the UFW […]

Here is what the Department of Homeland Security released around 10:15 EST TODAY: Release Date: June 15, 2012 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 La Secretaria Napolitano Anuncia Proceso De Acción Diferida Para Jóvenes Que Sean De Baja Prioridad Para La Aplicación De La Ley WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet […]

You don't think immigration is an issue in this country? That it is all about a law that, quite frankly, does not reflect the economic reality and the economic necessities we need to promote as a country in the 21st century? Tell that to TIME. This week they published the following cover: Here is an […]

Author Carmen Tafolla = Rebelde. By the way, Tafolla is San Antonio's Poet Laureate. ¡Break it down, hermana!

Yesterday, after we reported a story that our constant requests to ask the United Farm Workers (UFW) a few basic questions about the use of a Budweiser logo under the organization's iconic "Sí se puede" symbol have been ignored and has also led to the UFW's Facebook page blocking our founder for posting the very same questions we […]

Nine email requests. Four phone calls. Two weeks of follow-up, and the United Farm Workers (UFW) has yet to answer the following questions we have for them regarding the placement of a Budweiser logo under the iconic "Sí se puede" image that has become a symbol of US Latino pride for many. The following text […]

So, within 24 hours, here is what happened: An image gets uploaded on Facebook around lunch time. We call The New York Daily News. They respond. We break the story online. The reaction goes viral. The Puerto Rican press picks it up around 3pm EST. We contact the newspaper again and they give us a statement. The apology gets tweeted. […]

Just hours after an editor from Latino Rebels uploaded the following picture to our Facebook site, which shows New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz in front of two Cuban flags promoting the June 10 Puerto Rican Day Parade in the "viva New York" section of the New York Daily News, a spokesperson for the […]

What's in the Daily News? We'll tell you what is in the Daily News, the picture of a Cuban flag next to New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz advertising this Sunday's Puerto Rican Day Parade. Talk about an oops. That is one big oops, considering that the parade is one of the city's most […]

Tomorrow it is on. Pizza Patrón. June 5. Order pizza in Spanish. Get free pizza. Yeah, we know that this might have gotten some people pissed that God forbid, people are speaking in Spanish in a "public space," but it is free pizza, people. Need some help ordering? We asked our jefe @julito77 to give […]

Maybe the lack of copyeditors has become a problem in AMERCIA these days. As the United States gets more and more diverse, and as Spanish continues to climb up the charts in terms of influence and use in the US (where some statistics now say that the US is the second largest Spanish-speaking country in […]

Since neither the UFW nor Anheuser-Busch will go on record after countless calls and emails by to comment about why the Budweiser logo appeared under the organization's iconic image, others are weighing in. There will be those who are still asking for answers and those who will defend the actions of the UFW because they are […]