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POR AMOR EN EL CASERÍO, a film about the struggles of a public housing community against drugs, guns and violence, written and produced by Antonio Morales and directed by Luis Enrique Rodriguez, will premier at John Jay College (Gerald Lynch Theater, 524 West 59th St) on Monday, November 11, 2013 at 6 pm. You can RSVP on Facebook here. […]

In response to a story about the possibility that Telemundo PR was negotiating for the return of “SuperXclusivo” to Puerto Rican television, the founder of Latino Rebels.com sent a LinkedIn email to José Cancela, President of Telemundo PR, requesting comment about what was posted on Facebook. Our founder also made the request on Telemundo PR’s […]

UPDATE, 3:00 pm EST: The president of Telemundo PR has responded to our founder’s request for comment, calling the rumors “false and absurd.” He also threatened to notify his security team as a result of that request. This morning the Facebook page of Boicot a La Comay, the social media community that successfully campaigned to […]

Fireworks and a barbeque on the 4th of July are as American as it gets (ok, maybe you’ll have to add an apple pie, but still). And while the celebrations are always fun, what is left behind afterwards is anything but. I was reminded of this by Raul Colon’s blog post yesterday on the trashy […]

Here we go again. Just a few months after sororities at both Baylor and Penn State made national headlines for their racist “Mexican-themed” photos, a sorority at Cal State San Marcos is the latest example “When Sororities Go Racist.” As reported by NBC Latino, Alpha Chi Omega felt the brunt of the San Marcos community […]

After writing a column for NBC Latino about the saturation of Latino brands, our founder @julito77 received the following letter from PETA Latino’s Renée Saldaña. She agreed to have her letter published online. Dear Julio, We caught your editorial about PETA Latino on NBC Latino’s website, as well as Latino Rebels‘ post on the same subject, and while we appreciate your discussing the news of PETA Latino’s launch, we […]

We received the following open letter from writer/comedian Cesar Zamora about the recent episode of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” where Tamra Barney says that a trip to a Mexican restaurant brought out the “inner beaner” of Eddie Judge, her Latino fianceé. Here is what Cesar sent to Bravo, the network that broadcasts the show: I […]

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 […]

Stop and think about this for a minute. The end of WAPA TV’s “SuperXclusivo” show began on December 4, 2012, when comments about the brutal death of publicist José Enrique Gómez made by co-hosts Kobbo Santarrosa (the actor who played the “La Comay” puppet) and Héctor Travieso spurned a social media movement that led to show’s […]

Don’t forget to RSVP to the #CountryForAll Immigration Twitter Chat with the legendary Jorge Ramos, co-hosted by Mamiverse, Latino Rebels, and IHispano. The RSVP link is here, and if you join us on February 13 from 9-10 EST on Twitter, you will get a chance to win one of 10 autographed copies of Ramos’ Country […]

Reacting to the fallout surrounding his puppet co-host’s resignation from WAPA TV’s “SuperXclusivo,” Héctor Travieso decided to break his silence and provide his account of the events in Puerto Rico that led to sudden end of the island’s top-rated show. According to a report in El Nuevo Día, Travieso claims that Kobbo Santarrosa, the actor […]

Ok, MTV, we give you a B for concept, but an F for execution. The idea of a reality show based in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan sounded great on paper. It really did. And quite frankly, last night’s premiere had some moments, but here is why we thought the show was just another […]

In light of recent developments surrounding the departure of Kobbo Santarrosa from WAPA TV’s “SuperXclusivo” show, WAPA released the following statement in Spanish around 6:10 pm EST, with a revision at 6:31 pm EST: SAN JUAN, PR – Kobbo Santarrosa renunció a SuperXclusivo. A pesar de haber llegado a un acuerdo satisfactorio entre las partes […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications via radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. Their job is to promote competition, innovation and investment by identifying and eliminating market entry barriers for entrepreneurs including minority- and women-owned businesses, but the FCC is about to be even more lax with its media ownership rules. […]

Publisher’s Note: I thought long and hard about giving CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette more attention on this page, since quite frankly, I have grown tired of his boorish social media behavior and the content of his columns. But maybe that is part of his master plan: to use his platform to become the Latino Rush […]

When approached today by reporters at an event in Puerto Rico, WAPA-TV president Joe Ramos addressed the recent controversy surrounding “SuperXclusivo,” his network’s top-rated show, and La Comay, the show’s puppet host played by actor Kobbo Santarrosa. Ramos, who will not comment to this outlet after several interview requests were made through WAPA’s established procedures, […]

You would think that Puerto Rico’s WAPA-TV would try to avoid even more controversy as it looks for a way to resolve the BoicotLaComay mess. Apparently, according to Otro20Pesos.com, WAPA now has another problem on its hand. Tonight the blog reported that Puerto Rico hip hop star Lisa M was kicked out of the network […]

Today HuffPost Live (video here) discussed the recent developments surrounding the “SuperXclusivo” controversy and boycott movement against Puerto Rico’s top-rated show and its puppet host, La Comay. The segment covered a lot of issues including the story the Rebels broke yesterday and later reported by our founder for NBC Latino about homophonic emails sent by the show. […]

We got this story from LatinoCommunicators as well as the great Richard Prince of Journal-isms, out of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. (And oh yeah, Soledad O'Brien.) According to Prince's post, meteorologist Rhonda Lee was fired by ABC Shreveport affiliate KTBS because Lee "responded to a racial remark posted by a viewer on the station's Facebook […]

In October, we ran a piece called "Now Ben Affleck Is Latino: Another Lost Opportunity for Hollywood." As we tried to stray away from the "we're offended" line that many of our critics tossed our way (because that was not the point of the piece, if people actually took the time to read it and not […]

In response to the recent controversy surrounding the Mexican costume image taken by the Chi Omega sorority chapter of Penn State, the National Association of Latino Fraternal National Organizations (NALFO) released the following statement yesterday: