Latino Rebels

We need to take a little break.

Rita makes a connection between the latest track about a passionate love so strong it’s scary and the feeling of fear the LGBTQ community overcomes and conquers daily.

Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomed L.A. Taco’s Memo Torres, who has been covering the story since the beginning, and Latino Rebels special correspondent Melinna Bobadilla, who covered the Sunday #JusticeForAndrés protest.

Sandy Guardiola was killed in her home on October 4, 2017 by a Canandaigua (NY) police officer. She was a mother who proudly identified as a Black Puerto Rican woman.

“It was said without wanting to harm anybody but one needs to say that it can be offensive. If I hurt anybody by that, I apologize. My track record is clear,” Yulín Cruz told David Begnaud of CBS News.

The letter was also sent to several members of Congress, the National Association of Secretaries of State and the head of the Federal Election Commission.

“Upon investigating his broadcast, Univision has immediately terminated its contract with Mr. Colon and canceled his program. We deeply regret the utterance of this slur on our air in Puerto Rico,” a Univision Communications statement said.

“There should be a way for them to stay in the country legally, if certain requirements are met” was the top answer in the poll.

‘La Comay’ has a long history of spreading racist, homophobic and transphobic propaganda, the HRC statement said.

Latino Rebels Radio: June 14, 2020

“George helped me carry my Bomba Drum after many shows  in Minneapolis,” Maria Isa said in an email to Latino Rebels.

“We appreciate the open conversation and listening, but more importantly, we are awaiting action because we have been here before. We demand change,” CHC Chair Joaquin Castro said in a statement.

What real solidarity looks like.

National activist collective says “our families deserve accurate and educational news coverage from our Spanish-language television networks.”

“Rather go out standing, than down on my knees,” Rah Digga raps at one point.

On this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela talks with Damali Vidot, a Chelsea City Councilor and 2020 candidate for State Representative.

The picture in the post exhibited a caravan of people protesting the murder of George Floyd with an accompanying caption that read: “For all the white washed latinos, they’re chanting no killer cops, no ICE! So, y’all can stfu already trying to cause division among people of color.”

It’s been a week since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis.

Latino Rebels Radio: May 31, 2020

Organizers set a new goal at $2 million.

“There are 120 of us in a small space and that’s how the pandemic spreads faster,” one part of a letter said.