MondayDecember312007

Well the final hours of 2007 are winding down and you know what that means: nothing. Time is a construct of man. But let’s play along, shall we? Let’s take a look back at the seven glorious months since...

Wearing a Christmas red thong for his girlfriend does not make Enrique Iglesias romantic. It makes him gay. [Now Magazine] Puerto Ricans to celebrate Old San Juan’s San Sebastian street festival with weeks of heavy drinking, loud music, Ricky...

It took about five minutes for a Republican presidential candidate to use the assassination of Benazir Bhutto as justification for the Mexican border wall. This time, it came from Mike Huckabee who is about as learned on the issue...

Well, it looks like 2007 is almost over; only a few hours left until it is drowned completely in a sea of cheap champagne and decisions we will come to regret when we see photographic evidence posted on Facebook...

The “Latin American Association of Entertainment Journalists” (ALPE) has named Dominican musician Juan Luis Guerra “The Brightest Star of 2007” because he’s a total kiss-ass really friendly with the press: The organization voiced their praise for the artist –...

Blabbeando has deemed this photo of a talking sausage the funniest of 2007 and, while we must respectfully beg to differ, we still think anything whispered in our ear by an anthropomorphic meat product is always really, really funny....

Furless leader Eva Mendes has been named one of 2007’s Most Stylish Women by Latina magazine. Which is nice and all, but we’re fairly certain Eva does not dress herself when she gets ready for red carpet events. As...

Former Playboy model and future Oscar winner Rebecca Reyes, who goes by the name “Reby Sky,” was stopped by cops because her tail light was out and… Oh, just watch the video for yourself. There’s no way we can...

Mexican-Argentine tattoo artist and Guanabee girl-crush Kat Von D might be joining the throngs of newly sperminated celebrities, if a promo for the new season of her series L.A. Inkand her MySpace comments are any indication. And, come on,...

FridayDecember282007

This month Reuters covers a special ceremony that took place in Ottawa honoring Argentineans who served, rather under wraps, for the Allied Forces during World War II: Many foreigners fought for the various Allied air forces, but until now...

Okay, this isn’t really Latino…except it is on the Friday before New Year’s Eve! TMZ caught Lindsay Lohan’s dad meeting her at New York’s J. Sisters salon to hand off some hockey tickets. J. Sisters, as you might know,...

Jennifer Lopez is among the richest women in the entertainment industry, according to Quien magazine. [Ed. note: Quien?]. Other women on the list include Oprah Winfrey, J.K. Rowling and… Who cares. We’re only concerned with women who show off...

A new screening strategy could help treat and prevent Chagas disease, an illness spread by parasites that’s prevalent in mostly Latin American countries: Fighting the disease has traditionally focused mainly on spraying campaigns to kill the bug that carries...

When most men are unfaithful to their wives and the mothers of their offspring, people in general are usually not chomping at the bit to venerate them. But most men aren’t Juanes and most people aren’t People en Español,...

The recent discovery of 800-year-old pyramid ruins reveals the founding of the area that is now Mexico City to be around a couple hundred years older than previously estimated: The ancient city, once a major religious and political center...

Just in time for the holiday season, while we’re all full of love for the human race, gathering round the fireplace with our stuffed caribou, we received this video entitled, “White Mexicans” in our inbox. Some Mexicans want you...

Mexican actress Itatí Cantoral is set to play Fidel Castro’s daughter in an upcoming movie about the Cuban dictator’s life. And, hopefully, about his track suits: “I already have the script. It’s about Fidel’s daughter, Alina. I don’t know...

Katherine Añez of Venezuela has won the title of Miss Bikini International 2007. Gosh, it’s like Christmas came twice this year! Right. What we’re really interested here is why, in 2007, some girls still insist on wearing frosty white...

Colombian rebels have decided to release three hostages - former Colombian congresswoman Consuelo Gonzalez, former aide Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, Clara Rojas, and Rojas’ son Emmanuel, who was fathered by a guerrilla fighter: Colombia agreed Wednesday to allow...

After several nano-seconds spent in agonized anticipation and gross speculation, we can finally rest easy knowing that Jessica Alba is indeed engaged to on-and-off boyfriend, Cash “Money” Warren aka Ca$h aka Your Name Is So Stupid, But You’re Kind...

Mexican singer and former child-molester-enabler Gloria Trevi is in trouble again, this time because of her dealings with Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón, whose father was big-time Colombian drug-lord Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. In his book El Hijo Del Ajedrista II, [Ed....

Spanish actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are rubbing their jamón, jamónes together in Penelope’s West Hollywood home. Aw, good for you, Penny. It’s nice to have a man around the house, isn’t it? Who else is going to...

ThursdayDecember272007

Did you hear about the kid who got mauled by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day? Yup, he was one of ours. Says the San Francisco Chronicle: The three victims, all young men from San...

Renowned thespian Jessica Alba has stated that she has no intentions of showing us her naked, engorged figure in a magazine spread, even though she’s received—omg—so many offers to do so. Good call, Jess. You wouldn’t want to be...

Two aid workers, one Spaniard and one Argentine, were kidnapped in Somalia by six, armed Somalis and are currently being held as hostages: Security forces pursued Somali kidnappers into a mountainous hideout on Wednesday hours after they abducted a...

We don’t watch MTV as frequently as a 13 year old girl trapped in the body of a “29” year-old should, so we were all whiplashed the other day when we walked by the television and heard Wycleaf Jean...

In Latin America homosexuals are still considered the unfortunate other. Even progressive homochummy Latinos are sometimes clueless as to how to deal with their gay friends. An issue that sometimes reflects this country’s prevailing attitudes towards Latinos in general....

Now that Miss Puerto Rico’s fifteen minutes of fame have, hopefully, faded in a peppery haze, a Mexican beauty queen has stepped up to take the crown of “Fame Whore Gone Wild.” Miss International 2007, Priscila Perales, was arrested...

A Cape Coral, Florida man has been arrested after threatening several Hispanic men at knife-point on Christmas Eve. Coal would have been preferable, thanks: A Cape Coral man who told police he was a Nazi and a member of...

Thanks to the tipster who sent us these delectable family photos they found on Facebook of Monterrey, Mexico socialite Lily Pierce Ayala, (she of the blonde locks and red top), and her family enjoying a cozy, holiday photo sesh...

Alexandra Paressant, the self-described French model who claimed to have had Nutella-drizzled sex and spicy text message conversations with basketball player Tony Parker, is kind of a huge liar. The Huffington Post’s Dana Kennedy recently called up the faux...

Benazir Bhutto was killed earlier today in Pakistan as she was leaving a campaign rally: Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday, apparently after being shot and then attacked by a suicide bomber as she left a campaign...

A disproportionate number of Hispanics in Central Florida are being killed in car accidents as a result of not wearing safety belts. Probably because a life in Central Florida is not one worth living: A lack of seat-belt-safety education,...

Query: What’s hotter than simulated incest? Answer: Simulated incest with a Spanish accent while a gross Motörheard-groupie-looking-dude pantomimes cunnilingus. Let Penelope, Monica and Eduardo Cruz take you on a sensual journey that makes your grossly overweight uncle attempting to...

WednesdayDecember262007

The city of Los Angeles is trying a new program in an attempt to cut down on transnational gangs: Last week the federal government and Los Angeles County undertook a joint attack on transnational gangs by charging 23 incarcerated...

The Washington Post has an interesting story today about the dozen murders that have taken place this year amongst Mexico’s musicians. Contrary to popular belief, whether or not a musician sings of drug trafficking, there is a fear amongst...

Jacqueline Bracamontes, who stars in the awesomely-named telenovela “Las estúpidas no van al cielo” (Stupid Girls Don’t Go to Heaven), has come down with salmonella: “I felt awful. I was shivering and had a headache, but I just thought...

A group of Hispanic young men killed a Black man in California after a disagreement with him and other Black students, but law enforcement are hesitant to label it a hate crime: With no arrests issued in Fridays shooting...

It seems that Mexican immigrants are less enthusiastic than ever to take those low-wage, labor intensive construction and service industry jobs we U.S. Americans are so eager to have: * A recent survey by Mexican authorities shows that fewer...

Diego Rivera, a Mexican muralist of which you have never heard, is finally getting some attention from the art world. We have The New York Times to thank for letting this obscure artist emerge from beneath the dark shadows...

Looks like intense hatred is a turn on for some people. Like whoever posted this creative card online for all the world to see. A tipster found it on Post Secret, the site that lets you (duh) post a...

More and more Mexican immigrants who return home to visit their families are deciding to just stay there rather than return to the discrimination and obstacles they face in the U.S: There are no exact figures, but stories abound...

Just when you think American Apparel CEO Dov Charney is a total asshole, he goes and places an ad in the New York Times that makes you realize he’s a total asshole who considers Mexicans his pet project: Over...

This past Friday, while most of you were probably, ironically, drinking Cuba Libres until you soiled your Hugo Chavez hotpants and woke up covered in body oil, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was in Cuba talking petroleum:...

A Venezuelan armed forces intelligence captain was found carrying over $800,000 in Bolivia. Suspicious… or delicious?: A Bolivian police commander said the man was carrying a contract worth $870,000, not cash. But opposition Sen. Walter Guiteras and a community...

Twenty-three bilingual police officers in Houston, Texas are suing for unpaid overtime and other compensation due to the amount of work they have to do because, they say, the department has not hired enough Spanish-speaking officers: The officers are...

Scientists have discovered that Hispanic women are more likely than patients of other ethnic or racial(ized) groups to have a cancer-causing mutation on a certain gene. Tell us why it sucks to be brown, Dr. Brown: “This is brand-new...

MondayDecember242007

Throughout Mexico and many Latin American countries, gorging on food is usually reserved for Christmas, not Thanksgiving. In this excellent video, our favorite animated huevos poignantly recreate what happened in our kitchen last night between Guanabee staffers and three...

It was a difficult job, but after forcing Gabriel to sort through all your mostly creative and occasionally disturbing entries for the Papa Guanabee Motorola Razr 2 Giveaway by denying him any egg nog poppers until he finished, we...

Did you know that there’s more to “The Monkees” than copasetic haircuts and a commitment to peace, love and other stuff? Well, that’s because there isn’t. But guess what? They can sing. In Spanish! And sing they did on...

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