Archive for the ‘Latin Music’ Category

Ultimate Video Music Awards Weekend – Win a Trip to Las Vegas and See the Show Live

Wednesday, August 29th, 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

Wednesday, August 15th, 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

Tuesday, April 24th, 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

Monday, April 16th, 2007

The following is a statement from Russell Simmons, Chairman, and Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network:
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"Hip-hop is a worldwide cultu…

The Spanish Language Needs Our Help

Friday, April 13th, 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

Thursday, April 12th, 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

Thursday, March 22nd, 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

Wednesday, March 21st, 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

Wednesday, March 21st, 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

Monday, March 19th, 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…