Monthly Archives: April 2007

Of marketing and “Hispanic food”

Posted on April 30, 2007 by

Marketing is so powerful that it can turn a small, humble kind of spice into the main component of thousands (yes, thousands!) of “Hispanic foods” in the U.S. At least that is what marketers want you to believe. An article … Continue reading →

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Why we love …

Posted on April 28, 2007 by

You might think whatever you want of Univision, but one thing is indisputable: It has perfected the art of marketing itself. Univision Communications is one of the nation’s largest buyers of Spanish-language media, promoting its properties on TV, radio and … Continue reading →

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Here we go: Now it’s ‘Cinco de Mayo Barbie’

Posted on April 27, 2007 by

I was really hoping to ignore the “holiday” altogether, but a recent announcement by Mattel was just too good to be true. Turns out that this year the giant toy maker is launching a new -revised- version of a Cinco … Continue reading →

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People, pomp and circumstances…

Posted on April 25, 2007 by

Ok, I didn’t make it to People en Español‘s 50 Most Beautiful People issue (again!) so I might as well bitch a little bit about it … oh well, not that much. Actually, the June 2007 looks quite nice, with … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg goes to Mexico

Posted on April 24, 2007 by

Where does New York City turn to learn how to deal with lots and lots of poor people? Mexico, of course: we have a solid 50% of the population living in poverty, and one fifth living in extreme poverty, according … Continue reading →

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Latinas of the world, misbehave!

Posted on April 23, 2007 by

Latinas, feel free to misbehave. As it turns out, our bad habits, misdeeds and pecadillos are all rooted in our traditional, patriarchal, Catholic rearing which makes us naturally submissive and subordinated to men, and therefore prone to fall into their arms no … Continue reading →

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Hispanics eat gratis in Carpentersville

Posted on April 22, 2007 by

I love the Web and I love having a blog, because this gives me a legitimate (if somehow morbid) reason to go hunting for Latino-related stories on the Internet. And thanks to this perpetual search, I learned today that there … Continue reading →

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