WednesdayJune042008

We know pop stars have a lot of gifts to contribute to the world, like their talent and gentle morning news show advice on how to improve our grotesque, plebeian, mutant selves. So it’s totally forgivable that they have...

TuesdayDecember182007

This just in: A survey from the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization in Washington, D.C, says that while the general population of America largely supports workplace raids and opposes driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants, a majority of...

WednesdayDecember122007

According to a poll (but not a Pole because, seriously, come on) sponsored by New American Media, minorities mistrust and stereotype one another: The poll found that friction between ethnic and racial groups, which at times has erupted into...

TuesdayAugust282007

The above is a stylized version of the opinion expressed by Fresno Bee political columnist María Elena Salinas, and we tend to see some truth in it. This, kiddies, is how you piggyback onto expertise: It now seems to...

FridayAugust242007

Bushwick, Brooklyn-born actor Rick González admits to fulfilling one of our favorite stereotypes—A Latino from the hood who’s a mama’s boy? You don’t say!—by sitting with his mother and his grandmother at the New York premiere of gangster schlockfest...

ThursdayAugust232007

A mini round-up of labor crises throughout the country stemming from President Bush’s “immigration crackdown” appears on a blog dedicated to (what else?) race and politics. Our favorite bummer is this tasty bit it highlighted from the Chicago Tribune:...

FridayAugust172007

The horror! The horror! Credit Page Six with this account of the inexcusable behavior that broke out at something called the Ozone Awards in Miami this week: MALE rappers have become even bigger divas than their notorious female counterparts...

MondayJuly302007

In the wake of news that branding whore / rapper Chingo Bling has landed his own record imprint, we bring you his oldie, but goodie music video for “Taco Shop”. The closest we’ll ever get to a Chicano “Weird...

WednesdayJuly252007

As law of the land, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has announced a new way to deal with any foreigner who visits and publicly criticizes his government—immediate deportation. Huey explains: No foreigner, whoever it is, can come here to attack...

TuesdayJuly242007

In a truly bizarre story from Reuters, reporter Ed Stoddard spends four pages explaining that, “U.S. agriculture is utterly dependent on migrant labor.” Um, yes? Either we’ve been grossly overestimating the knowledge of the American public on this subject...

TuesdayJuly172007

Remember when we posted news of Penelope Cruz delaying a flight from Newark to Barcelona because she suffered a panic attack and deplaned? The “Volver” star denies that was the case, saying she left only because other passengers did...

MondayJuly092007

Apparently, the largest fighting bulls in all of Spain are also the nation’s bitchiest. Yesterday, these so-called Miura bulls were unleashed on throngs of tourists at the San Fermin Festival’s second of eight bull runs in Pamplona, where they...

WednesdayJune202007

Illegal immigrants who gamble feel cheated out of their winnings when lotto companies and casinos refuse to pony up without proof of papers. The gamblers claim that nowhere on a lottery ticket do the rules say the winner must...

TuesdayJune122007

The latest study from D.C.-based think tank Pew Hispanic Center unleashes the following conclusion on an unsuspecting America: Latino Catholics favor a “distinctively ethnic” experience at Mass, which apparently means attending it with other Hispanics and carrying on in...

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