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UPDATE: MSNBC offered a non-apology tonight around 7:30 EST, November 19, 2012. We really thought that we wouldn't have to write TWO Twinkies posts in one day, but here we are again talking about Twinkies. And for all the wrong reasons. Earlier today on MSNBC, S.E. Cupp—one of the co-hosts of MSNBC's The Cycle—introduced a […]

Ok, first of all, this post will try to stay away from the fact that Americans are expressing more outrage about Twinkies (owned by Hostess) going out of business than the tragic conflict occurring right now between Israel and the Palestinian authority. To think that the iconic Twinkies brand, as well as all the other […]

A lot has been written about "Los IceHogs Night" in Rockford, IL, this past week. You know where the Rebeldes stand on it and what our jefe had to say about it for NBC Latino. And don't get us started about the fact that the group that helped to design the now infamous Los IceHogs […]

We know that The Daily Bleach is a satire site. Think of it like a dumb person's The Onion. The Bleach is known for skewering anyone. However, unlike The Onion—whose brand clearly screams satire and comedy—the Bleach is on a slippery slope and is unethical. It does very little to clearly disclose that all that […]

Are you kidding us, TMZ? Are you f-ing kidding us? Here is what passes for TMZ's take on Puerto Rico's latest plebiscite results. Dear Harvey Levin, you have no damn clue about Puerto Rico, about its people, or about its history with the United States. If you have real cojones (which you don't), you would […]

This week, the issue of statehood for Puerto Rico, the world's oldest colony, has become a topic of mainstream media interest and other online outlets. Granted, many of these outlets have no clue the complexities of this issue (read our jefe's analysis instead), and all you need to do is read Gil the Genius' latest […]

Today, the video section of Noticiero Univision posted a report with a headline that read "Members of the Klu Klux Klan Celebrate Arpaio's Victory." As we watched the video, the reporter kept saying that the members allegedly were part of the KKK and never really reported that they were actually members. Throughout the video we […]

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT JULIORVARELA.COM Last night the island of Puerto Rico experienced a historic election. Not only did Puerto Ricans go to the polls to vote for Governor, Resident Commissioner, and other legislative positions, they also voted in yet another non-binding plebiscite that tried to determine whether Puerto Ricans favored its current commonwealth relationship with […]

Marc Anthony and his handlers are a bit upset this morning at Puerto Rico's pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP) for using an Anthony video that shows the 44-year-old music superstar endorsing PNP leader and incumbent governor Luis Fortuño. Here is the video taken from a PNP election rally for Fortuño, who is facing a tough […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Now THIS is news that matters, and we actually kind of serious about that. NBC Latino, which ran with a Disney Latina princess story last week that led to thousands of shares and comments about Latino identity, reported today that Disney has changed its mind about Princess Sofía, who originally was billed as Disney's first […]

Who said good things cannot come out of situations? A pro-immigration GOP group that was calling for Eva Longoria's resignation as co-chair of the Obama for America campaign after she faced a social media controversy this week, just released a press release today saying that the group, Café con Leche Republicans, has accepted Longoria's apology and […]

In essence, the Yahoo! sports piece that Kevin Kaduk wrote this evening about Toronto Blue Jay shortstop Yunel Escobar is spot on accurate. The screen shot from the piece clearly shows the eye black on Escobar's face say "Tu ere maricón," which is a gay slur in places like Cuba (where Escobar was born), the Dominican […]

Yes, the War on Drugs has been a failure. Now what do we do? (H/T to Online Criminal Justice Degree)

Today, Mitt Romney's "Hispanderfiesta Radar" was on high alert. With just 50 days left to go until the presidential elections and new poll numbers show that the Romney campaign has done very little to improve his standing among US Latino voters (especially US Latina voters), today was clearly a "Hispanic" day for the campaign. First […]

On September 16, Mexican Independence Day, a hacker group called Mexican Cyber Protest occupied several of the country's pages to protest what they feel were the fraudulent July 1 presidential that declared Enrique Peña Nieto as the winner. The group posted the following image on the sites it hacked: The hack gained global media attention. […]

This past Thursday, President Obama sat down with Spain's Agencia Efe. The full interview can be found in Spanish here. We have provided Spanish and English transcripts of the two sections that we think would interest our readers: what the President had to say about immigration reform and about his administration's relationship with Latin America. Here […]

As her adviser (and Chief of Staff) continues to face a controversy for racist tweets she made about President Obama, Puerto Rico's Speaker of the House Jenniffer González issued a statement suggesting that comments such as the ones Heidi Wys Toro's made were "unacceptable." The statement does not specifically call out Wys Toro for the […]