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Ultimate Video Music Awards Weekend - Win a Trip to Las Vegas and See the Show Live
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin Music by Eliane on August 29, 2007
Well, this is a little off topic, but I thought you may be interested. Would you like to go to Las Vegas and be at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards? Here's the email I've received:It's VMA ...
Comment Issues
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on August 15, 2007
I want to apologize to those who left comments here at Latina Viva. I'm having some issues with the comment system. Some comments are getting caught by the spam filter, even when it's not spam...
MySpace Launches MySpace en Español
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin Culture , Latin News by Eliane on April 24, 2007
MySpace announced today at the Billboard latin american music Conference the beta launch of MySpace en Español, a new Spanish-language version for U.S. based Hispanics. "We're moving rapi...
Don Imus, Hip Hop and Racism
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on April 16, 2007
The following is a statement from Russell Simmons, Chairman, and Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network: __________________________ "Hip-hop is a worldwide cultu...
The Spanish Language Needs Our Help
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin Culture by Eliane on April 13, 2007
Dear words from our childhood, words that designate objects that no longer exist and words that were replaced by "extranjerismos" (an innovation in the Spanish language whose source is a f...
I'm Back
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on April 12, 2007
I apologize for my absence. As you know, I live in uruguay; over here, fall season has just began. I suffer of a chronic respiratory disease (bronchitis - a kind of asthma), and it doesn't like ...
Brown is the New Green - PBS Documentary About Latinos: Marketing & Media
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin Culture by Eliane on March 22, 2007
"Brown is the New Green" is a documentary (which will air nationally on primetime PBS) about how American media and Hispanic marketing are shaping the contemporary Latino identity. From H...
Well Woman Blog - A Blog For Your Health
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Link of the Day by Eliane on March 21, 2007
Chica, you know you have to take care of your health. Specially after finding out Latinas Face Higher Cardiac Risk Factors. You know, we're used to taking care of everybody else, husband, kids, ...
Young Latinas In Crisis? - Congressional Briefing
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin News by Eliane on March 21, 2007
The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute and the Girl Scouts of USA(GSUSA) are hosting a congressional briefing on "Young latinas in Crisis?," which will be held on Thursday, March 22...
American Idol, Democracy and Racial Diversity
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on March 19, 2007
Reading this article about American Idol, two things came to my mind. First, the idea of using the show's format in 2008 to choose the US president, sounds really good: "Each candidate cou...
Free Money Transfer to Latin America
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on February 26, 2007
Xoom Corporation announced today that Bancomer Transfer Services, Inc.'s (BTS) extensive network of Latin American banks, will become a receiving partner for Xoom.com's money transfer servic...
My Cool New Blog - Coolpicking
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on February 23, 2007
Some personal news: Besides LatinaViva, I'm writing another blog on the Creative Weblogging Network: Coolpicking. Following the steps of Sonja, the previous "cool picker", I've...
Latinas Are Taking Too Much Amphetamines
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin News by Eliane on February 14, 2007
Hispanic women are taking too much amphetamines. 47% of women under treatment in the US for drug abuse declared that "met" is the most used one. The University of Arizona (UA) is joining...
How to Stop Teenage Dating Abuse
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on February 13, 2007
Unfortunately, teen dating abuse is common. More often than not, the abused chica thinks it's her fault, and she's so embarrassed she won't tell anybody what's going on. She forgiv...
Low Percentage of Latinos in College
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on February 9, 2007
From the San Diego Union-Tribune: "The percentage of college-age Latinos in California who are enrolled in the state's public universities is the lowest among all ethnic groups, according ...
This Blog is Haunted?
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on February 8, 2007
Strange things are happening in Latina Viva. Maybe you've seen here some posts without text, lately. As far as I know, it happened with this two entries (If you've seen more missing entrie...
Bloggers Should Have Rights as Journalists?
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on February 8, 2007
This is not a Latino issue, but I want to tell you about it anyway. Do you think a blogger should go to jail because the government says he "isn't a journalist", and therefore doesn'...
Missing Home
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin Culture by Eliane on January 24, 2007
Reading this post - Spanish radio soothes the homesick in U.S. heartland - at Hispanic Trending, this quote got me thinking: "If you're homesick and you're lonesome and it's all abou...
Free College Education for Everyone
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin Culture by Eliane on January 16, 2007
We all know education is important, and the lack of it is a big disadvantage. The problem for Latinos (and low-income workers in general) is it's hard to get a good education, if you don't h...
Big Mac Shows World's Disparity
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin News by Eliane on January 12, 2007
How much would you have to work, in order to have enough money to buy a Big Mac? Reuters answers that question trough an unscientific survey, which covers 13 countries around the world. The results s...
Tips For Immigrating To The US
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on January 12, 2007
I thought this is interesting and could be useful. Tips For Immigrating To The US Migrating to the U.S. in reality is a difficult process having no assurance of success. The U.S. today continues t...

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Latinas are Popular in Porn
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on January 8, 2007
Have you ever searched the word "Latina"? I have, several times. In fact, I do it often, looking for information and ideas to write about. And I've found something that bothers me. Mo...
Chicas, I Have a Great Blog to Recommend
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Link of the Day by Eliane on December 28, 2006
As you know, December was a bad month for me. With all that going on, I've missed many things. One of those was the kindness of Ivy, one of my blogger-sisters here at Creative Weblogging. She wr...
Should The Government Control Sex?
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin News by Eliane on December 8, 2006
I had heard the news a while ago. Joao de Souza Luz, the mayor of Novo Santo Antonio, a small town in the central state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, is distributing free Viagra for the older citizens. I ...
Meme - 17 Questions to Reflect
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on December 7, 2006
As everybody knows, the end of the year is coming, and it is time for some balance. devon, at Ink in My Coffee, is asking 17 questions for writers to reflect upon. In fact, his questions are useful fo...
Meme: 6 Things You Should Know About Me - Part 2
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on November 24, 2006
3 more things you should know about me: Thing Nº 4 - I've been married for almost 10 years. We started to date when I was 15 years old, and we got married 4 years later. He's two years older...
Meme: 6 Things You Should Know About Me - Part 1
Filed in archive Latin Chat by Eliane on November 23, 2006
6 Things You Should Know About Me: Thing Nº 1 - I'm a fanatic fan of The Lord of The Rings. In my opinion, these three movies are the most beautiful, exciting and enchanting movies ever made. I...
In The Dark - Sad Poetry
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latina Musings by Eliane on November 22, 2006
You once told me Things would be easy... You Lied. I'm strong, you see But the world is wrong: Nobody cares. And I'm lonely Among millions of faces Lonely like me. There's so much ha...
The Best Cleaning Tip Ever
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin Style by Eliane on November 16, 2006
Cleaning can be really painful; for most people, is just Boring. But it doesn't have to be that way. Would you like to have some fun while you're in your "domestic obligations"? Is t...

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Immigration History
Filed in archive Latin Chat , Latin Culture by Eliane on November 15, 2006
I've just found a really good blog: Ally Work. I read about the Very Brief Primer on Immigration they're writing (so far Part 1 is up) on Vivir Latino, and went to check it out. I was nicely...
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