Rep. Velázquez: More Than 3,000 Complaints Sent to FCC Against Kobbo Santarrosa’s La Comay Show

“I am optimistic that over 3,000 complaints have been filed with the FCC,” Rep. Velázquez told Latino Rebels on Wednesday.

  • Oct 21, 2020
  • 5:41 PM

Candidate for Puerto Rico Governor Says He Will File FCC Complaint Against ‘La Comay’ Puppet for Comments Against His Lineage

“There’s Pakistani or Indian blood running through the veins of Eduardo Bhatia,” Kobbo Santarrosa said behind the mask of a puppet.

  • Jul 28, 2020
  • 3:27 PM

More Than a Week After ‘La Comay’ Mocks Black Puerto Rican Woman With Racist Segment, SBS and MEGA TV Cannot Take Questions Right Now

“SBS or Mega TV does not have a statement to share at this time, since it is being discussed with our legal team. Once we have the official statement I’ll respond to your email immediately,” Vladimir Gómez, VP of Corporate Communications & SBS Talent Relations for Miami-based SBS, wrote to Latino Rebels on Friday.

  • Jun 21, 2020
  • 4:14 PM

Human Rights Campaign Calls for Cancellation of Puerto Rico TV Show ‘La Comay’ 

‘La Comay’ has a long history of spreading racist, homophobic and transphobic propaganda, the HRC statement said.

  • Jun 17, 2020
  • 11:48 AM

BOICOT A LA COMAY Says That 8 Out of 12 Sponsors Have Canceled Ad $ Because of La Comay’s Anti-Black Comments [UPDATE]

According to Michelle Torres, who heads up public relations for Mega TV Puerto Rico as an independent contractor, the network does not have a statement to share at this time, since it is being discussed with the network’s legal team.

  • Jun 16, 2020
  • 12:18 PM

After Mocking Prominent Black Puerto Rican Woman, Calls to Cancel ‘La Comay’ Return

The latest controversy came after the Comay puppet ridiculed Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, a Black Puerto Rican woman who was the head of Puerto Rico’s Bar Association from 2012-2014. Rivera Lassén is openly lesbian and a 2020 senatorial candidate for the Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana party.

  • Jun 14, 2020
  • 11:54 AM

A Statement From Boicot a la Comay About Facebook Taking Down Its Page (OPINION)

We expect vigorous public debate, the free exercise of free speech from all ranges of opinion, but illegal means of seeking censorship will be responded by the legal exercise of our defense.

  • Mar 27, 2019
  • 3:56 PM

New La Comay Reboot Show Is Lacking Advertisers: Why?

The second day of the show also saw a four-point ratings drop.

  • Jan 30, 2019
  • 4:42 PM

Is Telemundo PR Thinking of Bringing Back “La Comay” to Puerto Rican Television?

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 […]

  • Aug 11, 2013
  • 12:07 PM

La Comay’s Replacement on WAPA Premieres February 11: Just More of the Same?

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 […]

  • Feb 10, 2013
  • 7:31 PM

From HuffPost Live: “Drop La Comay?”

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. […]

  • Dec 20, 2012
  • 1:36 PM

#BoicotLaComay Is Not Censorship: How Social Media Is Transforming Traditional Media

Censorship. In the Internet age, it is a word that is tossed about a lot and mostly misinterpreted. To give this column some context, let's actually read from the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or […]

  • Dec 8, 2012
  • 3:44 PM

#LatinoRebels10: From 2011, the Push to End EMBORÍCUATE at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade

This story in 2011 put us on the digital map pretty early.

  • May 5, 2021
  • 8:10 PM

UPDATE: Univision Cancels El Azote Program and Terminates Contract With Dávila Colón

“Upon investigating his broadcast, Univision has immediately terminated its contract with Mr. Colon and canceled his program. We deeply regret the utterance of this slur on our air in Puerto Rico,” a Univision Communications statement said.

  • Jun 17, 2020
  • 11:10 PM

Cuando las vidas negras no importan: How Puerto Ricans Can Change Conversations on Race and Racism (OPINION)

Race in Puerto Rico has always been associated with phenotype and ancestry. The false discourse of “we’re all mixed” has led to systemic racism being dismissed or reduced to phenotype.

  • Jun 17, 2020
  • 2:19 PM

100s of Migrants Crossing Guatemala Face New Challenges

EL CINCHADO, Guatemala (AP) — Less-organized migrants, tighter immigration control by Guatemalan authorities and the presence of U.S. advisers have reduced the likelihood that the hundreds of migrants who departed Honduras will form anything like the cohesive procession the term “caravan” now conjures.

  • Jan 16, 2020
  • 7:28 AM

President of Telemundo PR Threatens Founder of LatinoRebels.com

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 […]

  • Aug 11, 2013
  • 2:45 PM

Journalist Manny Suárez Never Let the Bastards Get Away With It (OPINION)

Manuel “Manny” Suárez del Rio was one of those rare journalists who never let the bastards get away with it, hounding stories until he broke them wide open, as with the Cerro Maravilla murders in 1978.

  • Aug 5, 2022
  • 10:00 AM

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