Orlando’s Confederate statue, known as “Johnny Reb,” will be moved ...
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The giant Latino company Goya Foods has left some in the Puerto Rican community stewing ...
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If there is one public institution in the Orlando-area that Latinos have had trouble ...
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A newly revitalized Puerto Rican parade, led by Cong. Darren Soto (D) and ...
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I’m experiencing a case of the Puerto Rico “bailout blues” after ...
Read more »Orlando’s Confederate statue, known as “Johnny Reb,” will be moved to a new home watching over the dead in Greenwood Cemetery, in the Confederate section appropriately enough. There is no timetable for moving the statue, which has been stationed at Lake Eola for about 100 years. Ironically, Johnny Reb is in poor […]
The giant Latino company Goya Foods has left some in the Puerto Rican community stewing after it pulled its 59-year sponsorship of New York City’s National Puerto Rican Day Parade, apparently over the parade’s honoring of Oscar López Rivera, officially freed today after serving 35 yeas in federal prison for alleged ties […]
If there is one public institution in the Orlando-area that Latinos have had trouble penetrating it is the Orange County School Board. There are Latino(s) on the Orlando City Council, the Orange County Commission, in the State House, the State Senate and last year a Hispanic became a member of […]
A newly revitalized Puerto Rican parade, led by Cong. Darren Soto (D) and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and his black labradoodle, packed the heart of downtown Orlando Saturday with hundreds of Puerto Ricans waving their treasured flag. The parade, in its second year, ended at the public plaza at the […]
I’m experiencing a case of the Puerto Rico “bailout blues” after a recent conversation with a friend went like this: “Well, you guys want a bailout but you don’t pay federal taxes and you can’t have it both ways.” Pause. After the rant dust settled down, I concluded: Must we always start […]
Puerto Rico businesses continue to follow their flock of customers to Florida as island economic conditions squeeze Puerto Ricans. Ana G. Mendez and Polytechnic universities established themselves in Orlando several years ago. Most recently, wholesale food distributor Titan, home decor retailer Casa Febus and El Mesón restaurant have opened for […]
April Fools Day is a good time to get for real about the issue of fake news. You’ve seen it. I’ve seen it. But it’s not always easy to recognize – or even admit – it’s fake news, especially if it checks all the boxes that readers may want to believe. […]
Welcome workshops for Puerto Rican migrants will return to Central Florida in a series of classes starting in May after a year-long hiatus in 2016. Samí Haiman-Marrero and others created the welcome workshops, known in Spanish as Talleres de Bienvenida, in 2014 to help Puerto Rican migrants learn the ropes of Central Florida. Puerto Rico’s economic […]
