House GOP, Tweeting in Spanish

House GOP, Tweeting in Spanish

Mary Mata February 12, 2013

By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino A Spanish-only Website. A Twitter account aimed at Latinos. New staff members focused uniquely on building relationships with Hispanics. It’s all part of a new […]

Defensores Del Migrante En Texas: El DREAM Act Vuelve Al Frente

Mary Mata June 18, 2012

Deb Courson Smith, Texas News Service AUSTIN, Texas – Vuelven los problemas de migracion por el posible cambio de juego en esta epoca de elecciones. Mientras la Suprema Corte evalua […]

Are Your Tastes Latino Enough?

Mary Mata April 17, 2012

By Ulisses Sanchez, Our Tiempo Recently, I found myself working out of a local coffee shop in Downtown Los Angeles.  That is something that I do quite often, as I […]

Texas Sen. Carlos Truan, A Living Legacy

NewsTaco April 12, 2012

If you venture too far from South Texas or the mired halls of Texas’ state capitol politics you may not not run into too many people who’ve heard of Carlos Truan. But […]

Benedetti: The Well Loved Poet The U.S. Should Come to Know

Mary Mata April 10, 2012

The Uruguayan poet Mario Benedetti is relatively unknown in the United States, but in Latin America the name Benedetti is synonymous with Poetry. Even though the work of Chilean poet […]

Surnames In English And Spanish: What’s In A Name?

NewsTaco April 9, 2012

By D.C. Basset To name everything, to name it all, is the endless task humankind has endeavored to accomplish since the beginning of language. Flora, fauna, activities, qualities, science, the divine, the […]

Sesame Street Hires Latino Expert

NewsTaco April 4, 2012

I’m curious to see exactly how Sesame Street is going to portray Latinos. The iconic children’s television show recently hired an expert to guide them in their effort to accurately include the […]

Hablo Y Hablas: Chiflado

Mary Mata March 23, 2012

The word “chiflada” has followed me around for most of my life. In my family it means “spoiled” or “bratty,” but with an endearing context. Of course my family is […]

Hablo Y Hablas: Culeco

Mary Mata March 1, 2012

“Culeco” is a word I remember my grandfather using when he would describe either his chickens or his children. When he used the word to describe his chickens, he would […]

Hablo Y Hablas – Colorín Colorado

Mary Mata February 23, 2012

Anyone who’s taken high school Spanish should recognize this phrase. The entire phrase is, “Colorín, colorado, este cuenta se ha acabado.” Taken literally, the first part doesn’t mean much, but […]