ViaBillboard.com, here are the top 10 Latin songs for the week of November 6, 2010… #10 Dime Que Me Quieres- Banda el Recodo #9 Cuando Me Enamoro- Enrique Iglesias featuring Juan Luis Guerra [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DO8GsIYfhQ&feature=player_embedded] #8 Millonario de Amor- Sergio Vega “El Shaka” #7 La Despedida- Daddy Yankee [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnC5kQ4uh8A] #6 El Malo- Aventura [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7nfu3aheoU] #5 Al… [Continue Reading]
Latinos in HD: A view of health disparities
10/29/2010 By 6 Comments
Latinos are among the highest of ethnic groups affected by an array of diseases, and access to high quality food and health care. The difference in specific populations is the presence of disease, poor health outcomes, or access to health care is known is collectively known as a health disparity. Health disparities are visible in… [Continue Reading]
The sexual revolution
10/29/2010 By 10 Comments
A young lady in her 20s recently told me about a situation she encountered with a young man who was trying to ‘talk’ to her. He had offered to take her out and as part of that offer he included a night in a hotel room. She was perplexed; a hotel room on a first… [Continue Reading]
Congressman Grijalva: Suffering the consequences for taking a stand
10/29/2010 By 1 Comment
When Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070, was signed, Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) went out on a limb and stated, “Refrain from using Arizona as a convention sight spending their dollars in Arizona until Arizona turns the clock forward instead of backwards.” Well, the Congressman’s call for boycotting the state in light of the law’s… [Continue Reading]
Men: You are the weakest link, goodbye!
10/28/2010 By 28 Comments
While reading through Hill Harper’s book, “The Conversation,” I couldn’t help but dwell on one particular observation. He points out that nowadays females are taught a different sort of independence, one that’s slowly making men obsolete. Although this hardback is labeled a “relationship book” geared specifically towards the African-American audience, his words are beyond… [Continue Reading]
Cachao, the original Mambo King
10/28/2010 By 4 Comments
Music is the very air I breathe and cannot live without. This is very true of musicians who not only dream in music but can hear it in their everyday lives. Some of the greatest legends of our Latin music felt the same; music was their life and couldn’t live without it. For my first… [Continue Reading]
myspace gets totally NEW makeover (Video)
10/28/2010 By Leave a Comment
This morning myspace.com has announced that they officially have their NEW look. Many feel that this ‘makeover’ is a desperate attempt to gain back a large audience that has been lost to Facebook.com. Personally, I’m not sure if this is going to get me to switch over to myspace instead of Facebook, but I must… [Continue Reading]
The right to cast your ballot
10/28/2010 By 4 Comments
Mariah Carey makes BIG Announcement
10/28/2010 By 1 Comment
On being Latina
10/28/2010 By 13 Comments
Recently, I had an encounter with a police officer that reminder me that, regardless of how I see myself as a person, this society continues to see me first and foremost as “Latina” or “Hispanic.” I was driving under a lot of traffic and, somehow, ended on the wrong lane (almost missing the entrance… [Continue Reading]