April 2012
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The Life of César Estrada Chávez
latinorebels:
March 31, 1927 César Estrada Chávez was born in Yuma, Arizona to a family of six. Chávez’s family owned a grocery store and ranch but lost their land when César’s father agreed to clear eighty acres in exchange he would receive the deed of forty acres that linked their home; the agreement was broken and the land was sold. César’s father borrowed money to buy back his land but...
March 2012
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You Got a Problem? Well, Now You Do →
The fact is the U.S. often seems like it’s built to kill black people. This is not to say racism is equally lethal today as it was even a single generation ago. But it is to say that the same set of deeply ingrained ideas about what black people have coming to us justified the brutality of yesterday and today alike. And one particular manifestation of those ideas routinely leads to the early death...
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“Y bien, se me dirá, “¿Cuál es tu religión?” Y yo responderé: mi...”
– Miguel De Unamuno, Mi religión
Pictured above is the plaza mayor in Salamanca, Spain. Unamuno was a patron of Cafe Novelty, the oldest cafe in the city, located in the plaza.
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GIs in alleged plot to kill for the Zetas →
A U.S. Army first lieutenant and a sergeant are among six people busted over the weekend in a plot to hire themselves out to Los Zetas to kill rival gangsters and provide tactical training.
It’s one thing for Zetas to poach Mexican soldiers. It’s another to get training from renegade U.S. soldiers.
According to a statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Laredo, Texas, Army 1st Lt. Kevin Corley...
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“Ever since puberty, ever since I was 11 or 12, I’ve had cyclical depression....”
– Rachel Maddow on depression (from The Fresh Air Interview : NPR)
This was such a fantastic interview.
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Indeed it was
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“I was supposed to be a Mexican, then came Manifest Destiny and I became Mexican...”
– Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano (via informate)
GPOY
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Opinion: Why my son will not be wearing a hoodie
nbclatino:
(Photo by Mirtha Funcia)
BY STEPHEN A. NUŇO
I am suspicious. I know that. When police cars make U-turns as they pass me I know they are following my vehicle long enough to run my license plates. It happens a lot. The one time a police officer came at me with anger, when I was a teenager, I could hear him speak into his radio, “Heavy set, Hispanic, male, dark hair. I may need some...
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Ritmo Machine at Eastside Luv (Subsuelo)
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Bigott's L.A. debut at Eastside Luv
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32 Years Ago Today: Archbishop Óscar Romero Was...
latinorebels:
On March 24, 1980, Óscar Romero, the Archbishop of El Salvador, was assassinated while saying Mass and consecrating the Eucharist.
Romero symbolized part of Latin America’s “liberation theology” movement, and his death still resonates to this day.
Whenever we think of Romero, we always think of the gorgeous tribute Rubén Blades makes in his classic song, “El Padre Antonio y...
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Compare and Contrast
servile-masses-arise:
“To the Rangers fans: “Stay and vomit in your own home, urinate in the corner of your own sitting room, fight with your own neighbours Celtic (who deserve a medal for putting up with you) and foul the streets of Glasgow. Don’t come back to Barcelona, you’re an embarrassment. And while we’re at it, don’t play in the Champions League. You’re not up to scratch, either on a...
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Calderón Fears Lawsuits, Assassination; Expected...
thinkmexican:
Reports Indicate Calderón Planning Exit Strategy
Discussion of Felipe Calderón’s plans to leave Mexico upon finishing his term in December intensified earlier this week after a new report indicated he’s busy working behind the scenes to insure his immunity once out of office, and that he feared his own assassination.
“I have first hand information here in Washington that says...
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Mexico Decides to Protect Journalists; Iowa...
futurejournalismproject:
Okay, these are two pretty unrelated stories, except that they both address what journalists who report on tough stuff have to deal with.
First, some good news:
In Mexico, where journalists who report on crime are regularly threatened, attacked, and killed, the Senate finally approved a constitutional amendment that federalizes criminal attacks on journalists.
Some...
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'Every couple of weeks, the press exposes a... →
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Chicano Poet Juan Felipe Herrera Named...
thinkmexican:
University of California, Riverside poetry professor Juan Felipe Herrera — known for chronicling the bittersweet lives, travails and contributions of Mexican Americans — was named California’s Poet Laureate by Gov. Jerry Brown today. The two-year appointment must be confirmed by the state Senate.
Herrera, 63, the son of migrant farm workers, holds the Tomás Rivera Chair in...
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Dressed as Kiko, Lionel Messi joins Chespirito...
univisionnews:
Has Messi caught Chespirito-mania? In a recent costume party he dressed up as Kiko, from El Chavo del Ocho. (Twitter: @ForumChaves)
By MANUEL RUEDA Channel: Latin American Affairs, Entertainment
Super star soccer player Lionel Messi has apparently decided to join the Chespirito craze that recently engulfed Latin America.
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LOL!!! Did he yell “chusma...
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Why the Esquire Sofía Vergara Interview Fails:...
latinorebels:
Esquire magazine is not a publication I read but it was brought to my attention because everyone was making a fuss over how beautiful Sofia Vergara looked on its new cover. Yes, she is a gorgeous Colombian actress who would look amazing on the cover of any magazine. Then as I began reading an excerpt I was immediately offended by the interviewer’s sexist and racist line of...
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We Have Still Had It Up to Here: The Year a...
thinkmexican:
Mexico’s Struggle to End the Drug War Is Unlike Any in the World
Before the night of March 27, 2011, when a group of young men from Cuernavaca were assassinated, there was no national movement in Mexico to prevent these acts of violence from occurring. Javier Sicilia was a poet, journalist, and editor of an obscure literary journal named Conspiratio, a soft-spoken student of...