Papi – The Latino Dads Club
On July 4th, of 2008, I got news that my father had passed away. It was also the weekend we were celebrating my daughter’s 2nd birthday. It was an intense and surreal experience celebrating life while preparing...
Oscar Lopez Rivera Shows That United We Stand, Divided We Fall
The Puerto Rican Day Parade is the largest ethnic parade in the United States. Hence the importance of the event. Hence further the reason so many unfortunately look to politicize and use the parade as a means ...
Biggest Moments of the Puerto Rican Day Parade
It’s June, which means only one thing for many Latinos in New York City - the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. I grew up with the parade. As a child in the Bronx I was a drummer in a neighborhood “Batutera” ba...
Albert Pujols – Faith, Family and Others
These days it seems as if athletes are suffering from a crisis of character. Whether it’s questionable conduct related to the game, such as deflate-gate and biogenesis, or off the field transgressions ranging f...
How to Travel to Cuba
As immediate gratification seeking Americans we have always had a problem with having zero access to things or places. So it was a bit orgasmic when President Obama lifted the trade embargo with Cuba which, amo...
Paraguayan Men You Need to Know
Paraguay may be small in size, but this South American nation has made a major impact over the years in everything from sports to classical music. Smacked down in the center of Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Ur...
If You Build It They Will Come…Mountain Bike Course Builder Sammy Mercado Knows Firsthand
This April, Sammy Mercado, 28-year-old bike-jump-aficionado, invited mountain bike professionals, Carson Storch and Darren Berrecloth, to Riverside, CA to joyride through his handmade mountain bike dirt-jum...
Mexico’s Message to Silicon Valley in the Age of Trump…Come On Down
At a time when anti-immigration and protectionism positions in the U.S. are at levels not seen in decades, and with these positions focused largely upon Mexico, the country of Mexico has begun to take matters i...
Trump Starts His Rollback on Immigration…Read the Executive Order Here…
And so it begins. President Trump took his first actions on immigration today. Issuing an Executive Order, which temporarily stops the U.S. refugee program and suspends some visas, other reported action i...
The Release of Oscar Lopez Rivera Gives Puerto Rico Hope
Drums sounded and tears flowed in Chicago, New York, Florida and Puerto Rico on January 17, 2017 when a page in our history was turned and a painful chapter ended: Oscar López Rivera, the last Puerto Rican poli...