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¡Ajúa! @MexicanMitt Is Back: Returns to Twitter After Supporters Tweet #FreeMexicanMitt

Last night @MexicanMitt, Twitter's #1 political parody account (according to Politico) was suspended by Twitter a few hours before the real Mitt Romney was to give his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. After confirming the news with our friends at Pocho.com, we shared the news, and it also made NBC Latino. The […]

  • Aug 31, 2012
  • 8:58 AM

On the Night Mitt Romney Speaks at the RNC, Twitter Suspends and Silences @MexicanMitt

UPDATE: August 31, 2012, 9am EST: @MexicanMitt is back on Twitter. On the night that Mitt Romney was to give his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, reports from our friends at Pocho.com have confirmed that the Twitter account of @MexicanMitt has been suspended. Today Pocho got an advanced copy of the speech that MexicanMitt was […]

  • Aug 30, 2012
  • 10:54 PM

Is Luis Fortuño Working for the Democrats?: A Guest Rebelde Post by Raúl Colón

A Guest Post by Raúl Colón (@rj_c) of RaulColon.net In history we have seen how an agent provocateur can cause the masses to create more chaos. Last night I realized how much I had underestimated Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuño. He might be working for the Democrats after all.  Being a great spy is about […]

  • Aug 30, 2012
  • 10:36 PM

The Bizarre and Uneasy Alliance Between Mitt Romney and Luis Fortuño Still Makes No Sense

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT JULIORVARELA.COM August was supposed to be a great month for Puerto Rican Governor and pro-statehood Republican Luis Fortuño. He was supposed to claim victory for changes to Puerto Rico's constitution. He did not, essentially setting himself up for an unsuccessful re-election bid in November against an opponent who quite frankly is not the […]

  • Aug 30, 2012
  • 1:27 PM

Arizona GOP Congressional Candidate Saucedo Mercer Now Takes on “Middle Easterners”

Looks like Arizona Republican candidate for US Congress Gabriela Saucedo Mercer is back in the news. This time, it is not about plagiarized quotes about food stamps. Now Saucedo Mercer, who is running against Democrat Raúl Grijalva, for Arizona's District 3, has things to say about "Middle Easterners." Here is what CBS Baltimore posted: “If […]

  • Aug 29, 2012
  • 8:10 PM

Puerto Rican GOP Delegate Tells NBC Latino: “USA! USA!” Chants Not Directed at Her

This morning NBC Latino's Sandra Lilley and Adrian Carrasquillo published on-the-record comments from Puerto Rico's Zoraida Fonalledas, the chairwoman of the GOP’s permanent organization committee, who said that yesterday's bizarre scene where chants of "USA! USA!" drowned her out as she stepped up to the podium at the Republican National Convention were not directed at her. […]

  • Aug 29, 2012
  • 11:35 AM

RNC Statement: Chants of “USA! USA!” Were Not Directed at Puerto Rican GOP Delegate

It was a bizarre scene that has gone viral on YouTube (over 146,000 views last time we checked), and as we reported yesterday, there were different accounts as to why Puerto Rico's Zoraida Fonelladas could not speak at the podium of the Republican National Convention yesterday in Tampa. Here is the clip that has gone […]

  • Aug 29, 2012
  • 9:22 AM

Puerto Rican GOP Delegate Interrupted by Chants of “USA! USA!” on Convention Floor

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 […]

  • Aug 28, 2012
  • 7:27 PM

Omaha Radio Station Apologizes Twice On Air for Insensitive Comments About Death of Paletero Man

This past Friday, Omaha Channel 94.1's "The Big Morning Party Show" was slammed on its Facebook page regarding comments it made surrounding the murder of 63-year-old Gilberto Hérnandez Vázquez, a local paletero man (ice cream man), who was killed on Thursday night. After the comments were broadcast, the station's Facebook page was inundated with criticisms about what was […]

  • Aug 27, 2012
  • 10:48 PM

What My Friends Are Saying About Jorge Ramos’ Open Letter to the GOP

This past weekend Univision anchor and Twitter rockstar Jorge Ramos published an open letter to the GOP on his personal web page. Called “Squandering the Hispanic Vote: An Open Letter to the GOP,” Ramos proceeded to give the Republican Party some strategic advice about the 2012 election a few days before the party’s convention in […]

  • Aug 27, 2012
  • 3:53 PM

Omaha Radio Station Faces Facebook Firestorm for Mocking Murder of Neighborhood “Paletero Man”

This morning Omaha's Channel 94.1 crew was doing its news segment, when the show's personalities began to talk about the murder of 63-year-old Gilberto Hernández Vázquez, a beloved "paletero man" who roamed an Omaha neighborhood for 11 years. Here is what the morning show decided to talk about after they shared an update about Hernández […]

  • Aug 24, 2012
  • 11:49 PM

Anaheim High School Gets the #NoMames for “Señores and Señoritas” Event

This one gets a major #NoMames. Here's the scoop from KTLA: An Orange County high school has pulled the plug on its 'Señores and Señoritas' theme day, after some complained that it was demeaning to Latino culture. The event has been taking place during senior week at Canyon High School every June for the past […]

  • Aug 23, 2012
  • 9:25 PM

Kris Kobach Pushes Hard-Line Immigration Policy on GOP Platform and Wins

So much for the moderate stance on immigration that the Romney campaign has been trying to promote the last few months in its quest to gain more support particularly among US Latino voters. Tuesday, Politico ran a piece confirming that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach—the architect behind laws such as Arizona's SB 1070—pushed for […]

  • Aug 23, 2012
  • 10:37 AM

Junot Diaz and Other Global Writers Condemn Arizona’s “Racist” School Curriculum Law

Tuesday at the Edinburgh World Writers' Conference, writers from all over the world—including Pulitzer Prize novelist Junot Diaz—issued a statement condemning Arizona's House Bill 2281, the law that allowed for the banning of books at Tucson Unified School District  and the dismantling of TUSD's Mexican American Studies program.   We, the undersigned writers attending the […]

  • Aug 23, 2012
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The Day I Met Sheriff Joe: A Guest Post by Roberto Lovato

We asked Roberto Lovato to record his thoughts and impressions about a meeting he and others from the Caravan for Peace had with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last week in Phoenix. Here is what Lovato sent us this weekend. GUEST POST by Roberto Lovato “America's Toughest Sheriff” has the softest hands of any lawman […]

  • Aug 20, 2012
  • 10:18 AM

“No Papers, No Fear” Protest in Alabama Against Kris Kobach

This came in from the YouTube channel of NDLONvideos:  The US Commission on Civil Rights held a briefing in Alabama on the impact of state-based immigration laws. They invited the author of SB1070 and the sponsor of Alabama's hate law. Kris Kobach can't testify about the impact of immigration laws. Undocumented people can. Riders from "No […]

  • Aug 19, 2012
  • 10:41 PM

In 2007, Joe Biden Offered His Views on Mexico’s Government, Society, and “Dirt Poor Villages”

In 2007, when Joe Biden was trying to win the Democratic nomination for President, he was asked about immigration and the question of Mexico. This is what he said. In short, Mexico has its problems and its "dirt poor villages." And it is because of Mexico's problems that Mexicans want to "jump over a wall […]

  • Aug 17, 2012
  • 10:16 AM

Governor Jan Brewer Signs Executive Order Denying Young Undocumented IDs and Public Benefits

On the first day when undocumented youth could begin to come out of the shadows due to the deferred action executive order issued by the Obama administration, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued her own executive order that would essentially denying state agencies to deny any undocumented youth applying for deferred action the ability to get […]

  • Aug 15, 2012
  • 9:51 PM

Romney’s “Papaya Monologues:” When English Media Outlets Become Language Experts, It Only Leads to Failure

So it appears that the political distractions will continue. Now the US English-language media has started ripping up a story that Governor Mitt Romney shows a preference for vaginas because he was on a Spanish-speaking radio show in Miami and said that "mangoes, papayas, and mangoes" are his favorite kinds of  Cuban fruits. Granted, the […]

  • Aug 15, 2012
  • 12:40 PM

As the Deferred Action Process Begins for Young DREAMers, There Is Still so Much Work to Be Done

Tomorrow August 15, the United States government will initiate a deferred action process providing temporary relief from possible deportation to young people "who were brought into this country through not fault of their own." The June 15 executive action announced by President Obama, which was praised immigration advocates but also seen a sly and cynical […]

  • Aug 14, 2012
  • 9:21 PM

Comedy Central Promotes Its Continente Comedia Feature With Lame Siesta Mundial Trailer

Let's just say that of everything that is in the following video below, the only thing that really made us laugh was the old lady that kept screaming "¡FUERA!" After that, we were a bit perplexed about what this whole Siesta Mundial was all about. Luckily we have smarter blogger friends and since Mi Blog […]

  • Aug 14, 2012
  • 6:10 PM

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