Latinidad

As the curtains draw open tonight at the Poets Den Theater in El Barrio, New York City – the spotlight will unquestionably shine brightly on Luis Antonio Ramos, one of the most talented Latino actors to grace the stage and screen over the past 30 years. Growing up Gonzales, the one-man play written by Felix Rojas, […]

You know when you have pages like NBC Latino and Remezcla sending you posts about a new Latina Disney princess, the Rebeldes have to check it out. Ok, at first, we thought the princess, named Princess Sofia, looked like a young Christina Hendricks from Mad Men. Not Latina. But like NBC's piece said, let's assume […]

NOTE: As part of our media sponsorship tasks, which we are volunteering our time to, we are running the following promotion piece that was written for the ""Walk-N-Roll Twitter Party for Spina Bifida." We want to thank the event organizers for creating this very informative docunment and we are really proud to be involved. Laura […]

Spending a day with Latino visionary James “Koe” Rodriguez is like hanging out with your older primo. He’s always dressed fresh-to-death and you’re immediately submerged into the feeling that even though he’s only a few years older, he’s already lived two lifetimes ahead and is in the midst of conquering yet a third. Koe has […]

We really thought that CNN columnist Ruben Navarrette, Jr. would once again begin to raise the level of discussion with his opinions about US Latinos in the 21st century. Just last week, for example, Navarrette penned a column about the recent Kennedy Center controversy and how it continues to ignore US Latino honorees. It was […]

Recuerdo ver la Guardia Nacional patrullar las calles rurales de mi cantón. Recuerdo que aun siendo un niño había que apartarse a la orilla de la calle para dejar pasar “La Guardia”, porque si no te “patiaban”. Recuerdo la noche que fuimos al aeropuerto a recoger a mi papá porque en 1979 después de cuatro […]

On the day of my 40th birthday several weeks back, I received a card from my girlfriend that read, “A man becomes a true man when he uses his words to build up and not tear down…”     And while it’s rare that any number of words has the ability to make me stop in […]

  The White House issued the following bilingual press release today. President Obama to Establish César E. Chávez National Monument On October 8th, 2012, President Obama will travel to Keene, California to announce the establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument. Years in the making, the monument – which will be designated under the […]

Sometimes, you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. In the case of our coverage about how the Kennedy Center once again ignored worthy Latino candidates like Carlos Santana, Rita Moreno, Joan Baez, and many others, we mentioned in our initial report that the only two Latino honorees in the 35-year history […]

It looks like the Kennedy Center finally got the message. Yesterday the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA) received an apology from Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser for his unprofessional response about why the center hadn't honored that many Latinos in the history of its organization. Kaiser had initially told the NHFA's Felix Sanchez […]

Last week, we were one of many pages to report how the Kennedy Center once again ignored worthy Latino candidates in choosing its list of 2012 Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Along with several Latino media sites, the story was also covered by national outlets such as NPS, POLITICO, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington […]

Here is something you might not know. What do the following people have in common? Rita Hayworth, Ricardo Montalbán, Celia Cruz, Anthony Quinn, Raúl Juliá, José Ferrer, Rita Moreno, Joan Baez, Carlos Santana, Rubén Blades, Julio Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Edward James Olmos. According to the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA) and the National […]

This morning in Washington, the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) released the results of a national poll "showing that media portrayals of Latinos and immigrants are fueling rampant negative stereotypes among the general population that are diminishing perceptions of these groups throughout the United States." The full report can be downloaded here. The poll, which was conducted […]

I will be honest with you. I went into last night’s Democratic National Convention keynote address by San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro with low expectations. Sure, everyone was billing it as the first time a Latino was being featured as a keynote speaker in the history of political conventions, but after a week where people […]

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. […]

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 […]

Let's forget for just a few moments the smugness and self-promotional arrogance of CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette, Jr., who continues to provide his own congratulatory play-by-play updates on his public Facebook site about a column that in the end called into question the patriotism and accomplishments of American medalist Leo Manzano. We have already responded […]

We thought long and hard about what Ruben Navarrette Jr. had to say on CNN.com today (for a very lively discussion about what our community is saying, visit here). Our first thought was to have our jefe write an open letter, since he is one crazy Puerto Rican who is known to root for the […]

Last night, Latino Rebels was the first English-language outlet to report the "oops moment" by Univision, which had broadcast a July 25 video wishing Puerto Rico a Happy Independence Day on what is Constitution Day to some (the 60th anniversary of Puerto Rico's Commonwealth government) and Occupation Day (when US troops invaded the island in […]

Let's get this straight. Mention Taco Bell to many US Latinos and you will get this: Crap food, unless you are drunk or high at 2 am and need to force feed yourself (although for us, we would search out the real deal, or just make it ourselves). You mean the brand that has just […]

Our own @bezotes and Rebelde photog Rebecca Beard had a chance to catch up with Tato Laviera, whose musical King of Cans premiered on July 15 at New York's Red Carpet Theater and will also play on July 22 and July 29. For tickets, contact serycolon@aol.com. Tato Laviera stands up from his seat, backstage at Symphony Space, with […]