Latino Rebels

This came in from local San Antonio news. Looks like San Antonio mayor Julian Castro is tweeting the walk after the following Twitter exchange between him and Dan Patrick, Republican candidate for Lt. Governor, happened this week: Congratulations .@danpatrick You are the most anti-immigrant Republican running for statewide office. You are the Pete Wilson of Texas. […]

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Just days after The Heritage Foundation slammed a $2.5 million addition to Congress’ omnibus spending bill which would allow for a federally-sponsored education program about Puerto Rico’s political status, a blog today from the conservative organization called Puerto Rico “America’s Greece” and basically called for the island to experience more “economic freedom:” What the Puerto […]

Can this movie come out right now? Here is the second trailer for “Cesar Chavez: An American Hero.” The movie is now scheduled for a March 28 release. And you can give it a like on Facebook.

Another day, another explanation from singer/actress María Conchita Alonso, who really needs to step away from the interviews and the attention. Yesterday CNN reported that Alonso thought the immigration positions of former Minuteman and current California GOP candidate Tim Donnelly had more to do with stopping “Arabs” at the border and than stopping “Mexicans.” Latino […]

The continuing saga of María Conchita Alonso and her support of former California Minuteman and GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly continued over the weekend, when the actress/singer defended Donnelly’s reasons to become a Minuteman and protect Americans at the border. In an article published tonight by CNN’s María Santana, Alonso said the following during a […]

Here is a video being shared on social media the last few days. It has English subtitles, and speaks for itself.

King visited the island at least two times in his life: in 1962 and in 1965.

What did actress/singer María Conchita Alonso think was going to happen after getting slammed for a YouTube video she did with Tim Donnelly, a former Minuteman who is running for governor of California? She really thought that should would not face backlash, especially since Donnelly is considered to be one of the most despised California […]

Last week’s omnibus spending bill approved by Congress contains a lot of items for sure, and on page 137 it says this: Granted, most astute and knowledgeable observers of island politics think that these few lines are a a good sign to finally resolve Puerto Rico’s perpetual political limbo status with the United States, a […]

DreamActivist has initiated a online petition calling for U.S. immigration officials to release 60-year-old Miguel Paz, currently being detained at Stewart Detention Facility in Lumpkin, Georgia. The petition text states: Homeland Security agents detained Mr. Paz and his wife after they crossed the Texan border in late October 2013. The two fled Honduras after being […]

Dear Friends and Allies in the Immigrant Rights Movement, We are writing this letter to open a dialogue about the direction and strategy of the immigration reform campaign in the New Year. For us, this is not a question of ideology, but our own and our families’ lives. We hope that this letter will agitate […]

In a January 17 report by Media Moves, Fusion, a new network formed out of a highly publicized partnership between Univision and ABC, has canceled “DNA,” hosted by Derrick Ashong. The move comes just three months after the network launched to mixed reviews. According to Media Moves article, no new “DNA” shows will be produced. […]

The Associated Press story that had many Latino news outlets and pundits talking this week about linguistic issues and data about U.S Latinos has been corrected by the AP. In an update to the story “Health care website frustrates Spanish speakers”, the following correction was posted by the AP last night: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — […]

It has been a very active two days in the world of U.S. Latino media, after an Associated Press story reported that the Spanish version of HealthCare.gov was reportedly riddled with translation errors and contained Spanglish, suggesting that the translation was generated by a computer program. The story was pretty much refuted and criticized by […]

Talk about bizarre Latino outreach. As La Opinión reports, singer/actress María Conchita Alonso, appeared in a YouTube expressing her support for Tim Donnelly, a controversial Tea Party state assemblyman running for governor of California. Watch the video. It is trying to be funny. The response to the video has caused some online Latinos to do […]

Last night, we caught the “60 Minutes” two-part segment about Alex Rodriguez’s major league problems with Major League Baseball. Here is the full segment: Granted, ARod is no saint and yes, several of the Rebeldes are Yankee fans, so we have our issues with Rodriguez. Nonetheless, is it just us or were you bothered by […]

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This week several English-language Latino-themed news sites published stories and op-eds about how NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” has a diversity problem with casting Latino comedy talent. This all began in November when several organizations, headed up by the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA) and the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), published an open […]

An internal affairs report released today by the Durham, NC Police about the Jesus “Chuy” Huerta case states that the 17-year-old shoot himself to death on November 19 with a weapon while he was handcuffed in the back of a police patrol car, according to local outlets. This is the latest 6pm broadcast out of […]

In case anyone in the Obama Administration wants to know how it can stop record deportations, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) published a post that explains it all: Whether or not Congress enacts immigration reform in 2014, the status quo is unacceptable. More than 1,000 immigrants are separated from their families and communities each […]