LatinaLista — Last week in Cartagena de indias, Colombia, the Inter American Press Association held their mid-year meeting where they reviewed the status of press freedoms throughout North and South America. The news isn’t good. Western Hemisphere Some of…
LatinaLista — Can’t say the reaction of PBS to demands that they edit the Ken Burns’ film on WWII to include Latino contributions was totally unexpected (Account of meeting is below). Chances are they probably said no for one…
LatinaLista — It’s a well-known fact within Latino communities that the truest victims, who are most powerless in this immigration debate, are not the undocumented who are here or even the children born or brought here, but the spouses…
LatinaLista — This morning, it was revealed that Univision, the nation’s largest supplier of Spanish-language imported programming, got slapped with a record $24 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission. It seems that Univision was lacking when it came…
LatinaLista — If Homeland Security had had their way, in addition to watching Super Bowl commercials of men pulling out their chest hairs after eating a Snickers bar, we would have been subject to watching a recruitment ad for…
LatinaLista World War II (1941 -1945) It has been estimated that anywhere from 250,000 to 500,000 Hispanics served in the armed forces during World War II. This represents a range of 2.5 to 5% of all persons who served…
LatinaLista — “It’s my fault. I make him mad.” I don’t know how many times I’ve heard or read that sentence from young Latinas trying to justify the reason why their novios (boyfriends) gave them a black eye. For…
LatinaLista — On December 20, 2006, Nielsen Media Research released their “Most Popular” lists for 2006. The lists are pretty comprhensive. From tv shows and songs to web sites and advertising trends, the list seems extremely thorough. Given their…
LatinaLista — An interesting survey would be to see if Hispanic viewership of Dallas Cowboys’ games increased this season after Tony Romo came on the field? As soon as everyone heard that Romo’s Hispanic grandparents, Ramiro and Felicita Romo,…
LatinaLista — Many times, readers ask what can they do help change situations, or make a positive difference in today’s world. There is only one answer: speak out! Unless more of us do, things won’t change and the complaints…
LatinaLista — If a random survey was to be conducted on Anywhere Street, USA, and people were asked to say the first word that pops into their minds when they hear the word “hispanic,” chances are they would say…
LatinaLista — There’s a new television show specifically targeting Latinos, and it’s not on Univision, Telemundo, Telefutura or Galavision (some of the more widely known Spanish-language cable channels.) It’s a community service program titled “Worcester Latino” and it airs…
LatinaLista — Just because the Democrats won, it still isn’t time for the Latino community to celebrate. There are still too many open wounds that are festering and becoming even more infected with misinformation, prejudice and unsubstantiated fear. But…
LatinaLista — It was a Page One story in the print edition and could be found front-and-center on the homepage. The headline reads: In McKinney, illegals are no cause for panic. The story was basically about how a group…
LatinaLista — The folks at the National Republican Senatorial Committee must have either had one too many jello shots or thought they were hired as scriptwriters for the next Jackass movie because those are the only plausible explanations at…
