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In 2009, I wrote all my secrets out in a letter and fell asleep in a sketchy motel near the airport in Mexico City. I did it as an exercise to come to terms with my past and prepare for my future at a pivotal moment in my life. My secrets weren’t super gnarly but […]

We cannot believe that we are writing about The Real Housewives of Orange County, but here we are, so we might as well jump in. Apparently the show is getting some flak for a segment of last night’s episode when OC Tamra Barney (whoever she is) noted that Eddie Judge, her Latino fiancée, had his “inner beaner […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following report of the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez in Guatemala City. They have given us permission to republish all their reports about this historic trial. NISGUA continues ongoing coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Rios Montt and […]

Guess Chris Broussard has a good PR person. Talk about backtracking. Maybe ESPN wants Broussard on its Homophobic Pendejo team after all. By now, you should all know what he said about NBA center Jason Collins’ coming out. Broussard has every right to his opinion, it was just weird to hear it on sports show. […]

SAN JUAN—After the New Progressive Party (PNP) announced yesterday that they would be working with Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D) to promote a statehood bill for Puerto Rico, governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla (D) criticized the entire announcement in a radio interview with local NotiUNO 630 AM. García Padilla, who heads up the island’s pro-commonwealth Popular Democratic […]

SAN JUAN—Puerto Rico’s sole congressional representative, the Hon. Pedro Pierluisi (D), announced today that he would present a bill to Congress that would begin the island’s transition to statehood. Pierluisi is Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner, a non-voting member of Congress, as well as the president of Puerto Rico’s New Progressive Party (PNP), which advocates statehood […]

Really, dude? As Deadspin so aptly put it about ESPN’s OTL coverage of NBA Jason Collins telling Sports Illustrated that he is gay, “OTL booked Chris Broussard to have a discussion with openly gay correspondent LZ Granderson, and it rapidly devolved into a talk about whether or not gay sex is sinful. Huh?” Now we know […]

Some initials work and some don’t. This is one case where shortening the name “Souther Pecan Iced Coffee” (apparently a New Orleans delicacy) into its initials does not work. Out of context, this is just not right. (Source: Instagram) Yeah, we know it wasn’t intentional, but seriously weird to see.

Tonight on Twitter from 9pm–10:30pm EST, Latino Rebels will be co-hosting a event with @AfroLatinosTV and @miss_rizos to discuss Afrolatino identity. You can RSVP to the event here. As part of an indiegogo campaign to fund “Afrolatinos: The Untaught Story UN LLAMADO!”, the Twitter event can be followed using the #UnLlamado hashtag. The campaign also […]

It’s a start. While most of the America will be donning silly sombreros, drinking cheap tequila and thinking that Cinco de Mayo is just another “Mexican St. Patrick’s Day,” Lionsgate and Televisa will be releasing a new film called “Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla,” this May 3 in Los Angeles and Orange County. Finally, someone […]

Where do we start? Ok, let’s start here. Yes, there is a PETA Latino, and we don’t know why. Someone in PETA has actually spent money on creating a new “Latino” page for animal rights? Why, because the actually mainstream PETA page is not good enough or gets the job done? PETA really thinks that […]

We love the guys at “Hey Vato.” Who doesn’t love a vato puppet show? Here is their latest episode. Give them a like on Facebook, and you can catch more episodes here.

Yup, even Groupon’s computer filters think Cuban food is the same as Mexican food. The cultural gaffe find was discovered and tweeted out by @lpolinsky earlier today Huge @groupon screwup (unless Mexico’s invaded Cuba). But maybe I shouldn’t talk: all deal sites look the same to me. twitter.com/lpolinsky/stat… — lpolinsky (@lpolinsky) April 26, 2013 Dear […]

The next time you get into a debate with people who say, “Well, my grandparents came to Ellis Island from Italy or Ireland or Russia or Poland or Germany, etc. legally over 100 years ago, why can’t people from Mexico do the same thing,” just give your friend the following link: EntryDenied.org. This interactive website […]

The latest turn in the the drama that is Venezuela involves a 35-year-old documentary filmmaker from California. According to the Associated Press and Venezuela’s TeleSur, Timothy Hallet Tracy has been arrested by the government of Nicolás Maduro for “fomenting postelection violence on behalf of the U.S. government.” TeleSur reported that Miguel Rodríguez Torres, the government’s […]

Can this get any more awful? The following video posted by World Star Hiphop NYC earlier today has gone viral on Facebook (now deleted), and it is shameful. Completely unacceptable, and abusive. We can’t even begin to explain it, but apparently some witty pendejo thinks he is a comedian. Watch. (By the way, the video […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following report of the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez in Guatemala City. They have given us permission to republish all their reports about this historic trial. NISGUA continues ongoing coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Rios Montt and […]

The National Hispanic Media Coalition published the following release today: Pasadena, CA – The New York Times announced an update to its policies on how it uses the phrase “illegal immigrant” in its coverage. The newspaper will continue to allow the phrase, but it encourages reporters and editors to “consider alternatives when appropriate to explain the […]

Jan Brewer sure knows how to dig in her heels. But if you follower her logic, she too is an “illegal.” Give it up to the Phoenix New Times for making the connection. Here is the exchange they posted between Brewer and ABC News’ Jim Avila: When asked about why she still uses “illegal immigrant,” […]

We got another story today from the HuffPost about Enidris Siurano Rodríguez, a 15-year-old 10th grader from Puerto Rico who “decided not to participate during the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag in her Maryland high school, and stayed silent and seated during that time as a way to protest.” The story quotes Siruano: […]

The Huff Post’s Roque Plenas speaks the truth in his latest piece, titled “No Politico, Not All Undocumented Immigrants Are Latino.” Politico made waves with an article published Monday that attempts to parse out the political efforts of a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform. The article argues that “pumping as many as 11 million new Hispanic […]