Category: Media
Did the Department of Homeland Security Hold a Roundtable Discussion with Fake Bloggers?
LatinaLista — Earlier this week, Latina Lista reported that the Department of Homeland Security, under the direction of Secretary Michael Chertoff, was tired of going through the legal channels to satisfy Texas border residents who are fighting the intent to build a wall along the southern U.S.- Mexico border. So to speed things up he [...]
New Survey on Latino Voters Seems Seriously Flawed
LatinaLista — The market research firm Synovate wanted to do a survey showing how whites, blacks, Asians and Hispanic voters feel about the major issues being debated in these presidential elections. Nothing wrong with that. The more insight in knowing the priorities of different groups of voters is helpful to campaigns in knowing how to [...]
BBC Journalists Return to US to Gauge Spanish-Speakers’ Feelings on Hot-Button Issues
LatinaLista — BBC Mundo journalists, Jose Baig and Carlos Ceresole, are coming back to the USA. Well, the duo are back with camera and laptops in tow and starting this Friday, March 28 they’re going to concentrate on traveling along a northern route, but they have a new mission.
Mexican Version of Ugly Betty Available on DVD
LatinaLista — Die-hard fans of Ugly Betty know that America Ferrera isn’t the first actress to portray the ugly-duckling-who-eventually-transforms-into-a-beauty character. In fact, the show has had many versions spanning South America and Europe. Yet, for many Latinos in the U.S., the epitome of the franchised series is Mexico’s version which starred Angelica Vale and Jaime [...]
Free Game About Immigrant Deportation Debuts Online
LatinaLista — The hype for the video game, ICED – I Can End Deportation, has been ongoing since last spring when it was first announced by its creators at Breakthrough tv. The object of the game is to become a citizen of the United States. The game’s characters are different teenagers who are all here [...]
One Blogger’s On-Air Experience with CNN Leaves A Cynical Impression
LatinaLista — I’ve tossed and turned all night about whether or not I should write about what happened to me. It’s something that I would rather forget. I also realize that through this post that I am giving publicity to something that probably was missed by a majority of Latina Lista readers and is not [...]
New Online Dating Service Targets the Latina Market
LatinaLista — The U.S. Census reports that there are 59.8 million single mujeres in the United States. That’s a lot of women without a “significant other.” The problem is compounded for Latinas who are looking to spend their days with someone like papi or maybe Enrique Iglesias. Yet these days, it’s hard to meet Señor [...]
Small Border Newspaper Catches Department of Homeland Security in a Big Lie
LatinaLista — Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) delivered their second round of border wall lawsuits against Rio Grande Valley landowners who refuse to voluntarily hand their properties over so that the border fence can be built on them. Eloisa Tamez stands on the 1930s levee that split her family land in two. She [...]
Sharing Their Love for Business Takes a Couple South of the Border
Forging new lives and business south of the border, Aran and Margot Shetterly publish an English-language paper for fellow American expatriates who call Mexico home. LatinaLista _ Margot Lee Shetterly had four great loves in her life before she met her husband Aran — business, writing, traveling and learning languages. Margot and Aran Shetterly Margot’s [...]
One Mother’s Quest to Create a High-Quality Children’s Spanish Magazine
Christianne Meneses Jacobs creates a Spanish-language children’s magazine as a tool to help bicultural families keep the Spanish language alive for their children. LatinaLista — Nicaragua-born Christianne Meneses Jacobs had a problem: How could she ensure that her U.S.-born toddler would grow up speaking and retaining her Spanish as she got older? Founder and [...]
