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Adviser to Puerto Rico’s Speaker of the House Slammed for Racist Tweets About Obama
Update: Wys Toro finally offered apologies on August 2 for these tweets, and her account is now private on Twitter. They say that politics in Puerto Rico can be a bit like kindergarten. As much as the island's politicians aspire to a higher standard, they are just not ready for the big time. When politicians […]
After Getting Hacked on Twitter During #OcupaTelevisa, Network’s Twitter News Feed Functional Again
On July 27, during #OcupaTelevisa and around the time the broadcast of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics was being televised in Mexico, the official Twitter account of Televisa's news division was hacked and a tweet calling Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico's President-elect, a "pendejo" was published. Here is the screen capture: The tweet was publicly visible […]
News Feed of Televisa’s Twitter Account Gets Hacked: Tweet Calls EPN a “Pendejo”
UPDATE: The Televisa news feed account went back up live around 5:00 PM EST on July 28. The hacked tweet was removed. Talk about taking a protest to Twitter. Yesterday, the official Twitter account of Televisa's news division, Noticieros Televisa, was allegedly hacked around 3pm EST during the start of the Olympics's opening ceremonies, according […]
Univision Apologizes on Twitter for Puerto Rican “Independence Day” TV Spot
Last night, Latino Rebels was the first English-language outlet to report the "oops moment" by Univision, which had broadcast a July 25 video wishing Puerto Rico a Happy Independence Day on what is Constitution Day to some (the 60th anniversary of Puerto Rico's Commonwealth government) and Occupation Day (when US troops invaded the island in […]
On Puerto Rico’s Constitution Day, Univision Wishes Puerto Ricans a Happy Independence Day
Maybe some of Univision's affiliates need a little history lesson about Puerto Rico. Today, July 25, Puerto Rico celebrates Constitution Day, the day that commemorates Puerto Rico's Commonwealth (some would say "Colonial") relationship with the United States. Puerto Rico's Commonwealth government was established 60 years ago in 1952, and for those that really need to […]
Sprint’s Bilingual User’s Guide Once Again Proves That US Companies Still Have No Clue
This is pretty simple. If you are going to start providing manuals and instructions to your Spanish-speaking customers, get a human editor. It Is amazing what would happen if you just had someone who knows the nuances of Spanish actually review your copy before you print your materials. It isn't the end of the world, […]
Latino Rebels Founder Julio Ricardo Varela Censored from Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi’s Public Facebook Page
Word out of Puerto Rico is that the local media is now starting to report and get comments from the players involved in a bizarre Facebook incident that had the office of Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner Pedro Peirluisi—a non-voting member of the US House of Representatives—block and censor LatinoRebels.com founder Julio Ricardo Varela, an active […]