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Even More Cinco de Mayo Hispandering from The White House

Earlier today, we shared a post about a Cinco de Mayo breakfast hosted by Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden. It got some attention, for the obvious reasons listed here. (By the way, we must credit the label “Hispandering” to the fabulous @AdrianaMaestas.) This afternoon the Hispandering from the White House […]

  • May 5, 2014
  • 4:07 PM

LatinoRebels.com Turns 3: Time for the Toddler to Grow Up

Three years ago today (May 5, 2011), a small group of crazies launched LatinoRebels.com. As the Lead Loco who came up with the idea of forming a new type of site the would try to tackle (and celebrate) what it is to be a “US Latino” in a digital age, I wanted to take a […]

  • May 5, 2014
  • 2:24 PM

Today’s Cinco de Mayo Hispandering Moment Brought to You by Vice President Biden

Hey, everyone, did you know that today is Cinco de Mayo? You know what that means, right? All-out “Hispandering!” The following is from an actual press pool email we received today from the Office of the Vice President. Yes, of the United States. This guy. Good morning from the Naval Observatory where your pooler is […]

  • May 5, 2014
  • 12:15 PM

Live Oak High School Students Speak Out Against Pro-USA Protests on Cinco De Mayo

In response to a series of Pro-USA protests scheduled for tomorrow at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, CA, this is what Live Oak students are saying:

  • May 4, 2014
  • 11:18 PM

On the Road to Brazil 2014

With less than 40 days before the 2014 World Cup begins, there will be a lot still to discuss prior to June 12 opening match between host Brazil and Croatia. For starters, the opening match stadium, Arena Corinthians, is yet to be completed, after an accident back in March led to the death of a worker. Aside from […]

  • May 4, 2014
  • 2:09 PM

Biden Suggests to Heckler That Obama Administration Will Help Stop Deportations

Today Vice President Joe Biden visited the Miami suburb of Kendall, and according to an official White House pool report we just received, the VP is suggesting that the Obama Administration is ready to do more about easing deportations in this country. Here is what the pool report said, as Biden gave a speech at […]

  • May 3, 2014
  • 8:37 PM

Organizer of Pro-USA Cinco de May Rally Defends Right to Protest in Front of High School

The following statement by Georgine Scott-Codig­a was published on the site for one of the rallies occurring this Monday in front of Live Oak High in Morgan Hill, CA. The situation has gotten tense and ugly. Online evidence contains threats of violence against students. Scott-Codig­a and the Gilroy-Morgan Hill Patriots (GMHP) claim that other rallies […]

  • May 2, 2014
  • 12:40 PM

Peña Nieto Makes Front Cover of Mexico’s Rolling Stone

The public relations push for Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto continues. EPN will be on the cover of Mexico’s Rolling Stone magazine now. Talk about bizarre. As you might imagine, the image of Peña Nieto as a “reformer” has always been in question. We’re not surprised that some Twitter profiles have already started to slam […]

  • May 2, 2014
  • 12:16 PM

Al Madrigal to Host Primetime Fusion Special About US Latinos

This week Fusion announced that comedian and “Daily Show” corespondent Al Madrigal “will host and report a one-hour primetime special for Fusion on the power and influence of the booming Latino community” in the United States. The special is set to air in the fall. “I’m delighted to carry on in the tradition of the […]

  • May 2, 2014
  • 12:01 PM

Olmos Criticizes JLO and the Community Convo Gets Intense

First off, let’s make one thing clear. The headline that Fox News Latino used about comments Edward James Olmos made Jennifer Lopez is a bit misleading: “Edward James Olmos Criticizes Jennifer Lopez, Calls Her Out For Lack Of ‘Latino-ness’.” With that said, the FNL story never mentioned any quote about Olmos saying the word “Latino-ness.” […]

  • May 1, 2014
  • 6:03 PM

Here We Go Again: Our Annual Post About Cinco de Mayo Fail Moments

It must be May, just days before Cinco de Mayo, because several companies and organizations have got it going on big time in the Stereotype Department this year. What follows are just four examples people shared with us today via our social networks. (Safe to say there are many more.) First off, let’s look at […]

  • May 1, 2014
  • 5:34 PM

Los Rakas New Video “Sueño Americano”

Our favorite Panamanians in the Bay Area, Los Rakas are at it again. Today, May Day, we honor workers who risk it all to achieve the “American Dream” and we also must ask, what exactly is that dream? Raka Dun & Raka Rich’s Sueño Americano is a song and video that could change the world. […]

  • May 1, 2014
  • 1:51 PM

They Got Marriage Equality…. Then Got Taken Away (VIDEO)

Once again, compassion is absent from the current political landscape that is immigration reform. While politicians from both sides of the aisles posture, real stories like the video below continue to get shared. If you don’t get emotional after seeing this video, you have serious issues. And before you say that this mother’s focus is […]

  • May 1, 2014
  • 8:58 AM

Tea Party Patriots Allegedly Threaten High School Students During Cinco de Mayo Town Meeting

In what has become a contentious issue for the San Jose suburb of Morgan Hill, CA, emails sent to Latino Rebels tonight about upcoming Pro-US Flag Cinco de Mayo protests in front of Live Oak High School, allege that some pro-protest Tea Party members were threatening students at a local town meeting, even causing one […]

  • Apr 29, 2014
  • 10:49 PM

Anti-Cinco de Mayo Facebook Event Reminds Followers: RED WHITE AND BLUE DO NOT RUN!

Looks like Cinco de Mayo 2014 is moving away from 2013 stereotypical ignorance to a new wave in patriotic nativism. Yesterday, we shared a story from California, where a school district had to warn parents that the safety of students could be in jeopardy on May 5. That decision by Morgan Hill Unified School District […]

  • Apr 29, 2014
  • 4:33 PM

Cinco de Mayo Pro-US Flag Rallies Attract Calls for Violence Against High School Students

With every cause, there is an effect. For a California school district, the cause is the prospect of rallies to celebrate American patriotism and protest a court ruling banning students from wearing US flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. The effect of the rallies’s promotion and subsequent hate language being used by supporters have led to […]

  • Apr 28, 2014
  • 3:59 PM

In Response to Sotomayor’s Race Matters Quote, a Poem by @rscspokenword

Responding to a quote from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, our own @rscspokenword, one of the ORIGINAL REBELDES of LatinoRebels.com, shares his thoughts through spoken word. Where Are You Really From? It always starts with a simple question And ends with bruised egos and temples. You see, this question is not really simple to answer. So when […]

  • Apr 25, 2014
  • 12:36 PM

Heritage’s Mike Gonzalez Needs a Major History Lesson About Latinos

In a scathing opinion piece slamming Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s now epic dissent about this week Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, Mike Gonzalez, the VP of Communications for The Heritage Foundation (the same person who defended Jason Richwine’s Latinos are stupid dissertation), wrote the following to explain why Sotomayor needs to calm down (boldface emphasis is ours): There […]

  • Apr 24, 2014
  • 11:11 PM

Hunger Strike in Buenos Aires Demands Urbanization of the City’s Poorest Villas

BUENOS AIRES—Neighbors and activists from Buenos Aires’ poorest villas (neighborhoods) began a hunger strike Monday in a giant tent situated around the city’s obelisk at the intersection of two main avenues. The organizing group, la Corriente Villera Independiente (CVI), is demanding their neighborhoods be urbanized by the city government. A declaration by the CVI states, […]

  • Apr 23, 2014
  • 5:30 PM

Oscar Mayer Spanish Ad Wants to Flash Its Turkey to You

Leave it to the fabulosa Laura Martínez of “Mi blog es tu blog” for finding this nugget. Apparently, according to Laura (btw, follow her @miblogestublog), the folks at Oscar Mayer posted the following ad in People en español: For those of you playing at home, this ad suggests some random flasher showing off his turkey […]

  • Apr 21, 2014
  • 6:51 PM

White House Hunger Strikers Continue Call to Stop Unjust Deportations

Here is the latest update we have received from NotOneMoreDeportation.com: April 21, 2014 – Washington, DC On the heels of the Philadelphia Mayor signing an executive order rejecting ICE holds in the city and a federal court finding in an Oregon case that the detainer requests violate the Fourth Amendment, members from Massachusetts will arrive this afternoon as part of their campaign […]

  • Apr 21, 2014
  • 3:32 PM

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