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El Día De Los Muertos Through the Ojos of El Fotógrafo

On this Day, many through out the U.S., Mexico and Latin America will be celebrating El Día de los Muertos, a holiday founded on indigenous beliefs that on this day the dead come to visit the living. It is family event in which people go visit the graves of deceased loved ones and create ofrendas displaying […]

  • Nov 2, 2012
  • 3:12 PM

Is El Día de los Muertos Now Sponsored by José Cuervo?

Looks like the corporate push to make El Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) into autumn's version of Cinco de Mayo has arrived, and it just doesn't feel that awesome to us. This week we got the following email from an ad agency that gave us advice to what kind of drinks […]

  • Nov 1, 2012
  • 4:12 PM

Official Romney Florida Ad Scares Latino Voters With Visions of Castro, Chávez, and Che

With less than a week to go until Election Day, the Mitt Romney campaign is broadcasting a new Spanish-language ad in Florida that goes straight to the Latino fear factor. As reported by The Miami Herald, the following ad says it all. We are bit surprised that the Romney campaign forgot to add Daniel Ortega, […]

  • Nov 1, 2012
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Formerly Undocumented GOP Candidate Scrubs Facebook Post When Questioned About DREAM Act

Yesterday, our founder wrote an opinion piece about Pedro Rios, a Republican candidate for California's State Assembly who is facing a controversy in his district when it was revealed in the local Bakersfield press that was smuggled into the United States from Mexico as an undocumented youth. Rios, a beneficiary of President Reagan's 1986 amnesty […]

  • Oct 31, 2012
  • 2:34 PM

Biden: Obama and I Are “Breaking Our Neck” on Immigration Reform

Vice President Joe Biden is talking about the US Latino vote again, as reported by Politico: "Right now, you’ve got the president and I and a lot of Democrats out there breaking our neck trying to get a real immigration law that takes millions of people out of the shadows, making sure that 'Dreamers' don’t […]

  • Oct 31, 2012
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VIDEO: Patricio Guzmán’s “Nostalgia for the Light” Revisits Chile’s Tragic Past

If you want to catch a very unique film, we highly recommend "Nostalgia for the Light" from PBS. (Shout out to @vato for the tip.) Here is a description about the film: Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light is a remarkable meditation on memory, history and eternity. Chile’s remote Atacama Desert, 10,000 feet above sea […]

  • Oct 30, 2012
  • 11:00 AM

VIDEO from UTLatinos.com: “We Have the Power to Make a Change”

Earlier this month the Latino Leadership Council of the University of Texas (UT Latinos) produced a video that speaks to the critical importance of the US Latino vote this election year. Watch as these young Latino leaders tell you why 2012 is so important. Get out and vote!

  • Oct 29, 2012
  • 11:16 PM

Five Things We Loved About “La Llorona” Episode on NBC’s GRIMM

REBELDES' NOTE: For those who are keeping score at home, the following is an unsolicited review. No one asked us to write about this. 100% opinions are our own, just like everything we do here. Last Friday night, we were intrigued by "The Legend of La Llorona" episode from NBC's GRIMM. When we found out […]

  • Oct 29, 2012
  • 8:40 PM

VIDEO: What It Means to Be a DREAMer

From the YouTube channel of IDREAM Campaign: IDREAM campaign and A 1986 Project is proud to present "Untitled" a 12-episode series documenting the faces of undocumented youth in Arizona. In this short teaser of Angelica Hernandez's Untitled Piece, she shares with us what being a Dreamer means to her. To learn more about the IDREAM […]

  • Oct 29, 2012
  • 12:40 PM

US & UK Media Fail in Coverage of Mexican Beggar Child Facebook Controversy

UPDATED, October 29, 9:25PM EST: A reader shared the original Facebook pic that shows two pictures of the child and how the person who took the pictures questioned that she might have been kidnapped because the "mother" was darker than the little girl. The last few days a story from Mexico made the English-language online media in […]

  • Oct 28, 2012
  • 11:36 PM

NBC’s “Grimm” to Feature “The Legend of La Llorona” in Oct. 26 Episode

Now we get releases every day, and most of them really don't get us interested, but when The National Hispanic Media Coalition shares their news with us, 9 times out of 10, we pay attention. Who is the NHMC? It is a "non-partisan, non-profit, media advocacy and civil rights organization created to advance American Latino […]

  • Oct 25, 2012
  • 8:57 PM

Obama’s Second-Term Jobs Booklet Overlooks One Big Issue: Immigration Reform

In 2011, President Obama gave a speech in El Paso, Texas where he called immigration reform an "economic imperative." In fact, he stated that comprehensive reform in the immigration system would help strengthen the middle class. Here is what he said, along with a video of the speech: "One way to strengthen the middle class in […]

  • Oct 25, 2012
  • 6:27 PM

From CUÉNTAME: Wells Fargo Dumps Private Prison Stock

This just in from our friends at Cuéntame. "A major victory for all these efforts, but much still needs to get accomplished. A big boost for the movement, we are proud at Cuéntame Immigrants for Sale to be part of it." —Axel Caballero Cuéntame Founder |Director WELLS FARGO DUMPS PRIVATE PRISON STOCK In a major […]

  • Oct 25, 2012
  • 9:28 AM

After Two Embarrassing Election Date Mistakes in Spanish, Maricopa County Fesses Up

Looks like the recent attention that Maricopa County in Arizona (the same county where Sheriff Joe Arpaio is for running re-election and the same county where over 36,000 new voters were registered to defeat America's Toughest Sheriff) has finally gotten county recorder Helen Purcell to respond. After two errors that listed the incorrect Election Day […]

  • Oct 24, 2012
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Violeta Galagarza: Gifting Life Through Dance

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was co-written by Ivan Sanchez and Jane Gabriels, Director of Pepatián. For further information please feel free to contact any of the organizations linked in this article.  By now it is of no great surprise to know that when our country enters into an economic recession, the first programs to lose funding are […]

  • Oct 24, 2012
  • 9:07 AM

#NoMames, Part Two: Maricopa County Election Officials Commit Yet Another Spanish Ballot Error

Last week, we were one of the first outlets outside of Arizona to report about how the Maricopa Country Election Department admitted to having misprinted the wrong date for Election Day on Spanish-language ballots. The story went viral and appeared on several national outlets. It was seen an embarrassing mistake for the county, this year […]

  • Oct 23, 2012
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“Univision at 50”: A Guest Post by Sergio C. Muñoz of @Intelatin

Univision: Turning 50 is a great age to focus on your assets and eliminate your liabilities. Personal Reflection: I’ve never understood Univision but now more than ever, I definitely want to try. At first it was because of youth and I lived in an English-dominant exterior and preferred the neighbor’s MTV. Then, it was because […]

  • Oct 23, 2012
  • 12:58 PM

The Question We Wanted to Hear at Debate: What About US Military Interventions in Latin America?

Last night, the presidential debate was all about the Middle East, Israel, mixed in with a little bit of China. All we really heard about Latin America was this from Governor Romney (oh yeah, he also mentioned that President Obama likes to cozy up with Castro and Chávez): Number two, we're going to increase our […]

  • Oct 23, 2012
  • 10:24 AM

VIDEO: What Americans Really Think of Puerto Rico

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT JULIORVARELA.COM So, this interview from Fox Business' Varney and Co. with Puerto Rico Secretary of Commerce José Pérez-Riera is quite telling. The level of ignorance from the American media is sad. Let's get this straight: you can disagree with Pérez-Riera, but the interviewers should at least respect the guy. When will Puerto Ricans wake […]

  • Oct 23, 2012
  • 9:19 AM

A New Cuéntame Video: “This Is What Happens When Latinos Don’t Vote”

Leave it to our friends at Cuéntame to produce some very high-quality content that tries to educate and inform. Here is their latest video, "This is What Happens When Latinos Don't Vote." For more information, visit LatinosDontVote.com. Here is what their YouTube channel says: The stakes in this election for the Latino community are at […]

  • Oct 22, 2012
  • 11:37 PM

#LatinoLit: Jaime Manrique On His New Book “Cervantes Street” (Akashic, 2012)

The Colombian-born, award-winning author chats with Latino Rebels about his riveting new historical novel based on the mysterious life of the author of Don Quixote, the Golden Age of Spain's most famous literary text, and what many consider to be the first modern novel. Interview by Charlie Vázquez LR: Much of Miguel de Cervantes’ life is […]

  • Oct 22, 2012
  • 5:59 PM

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