Barack Obama’s Visit: As American as Arroz Con Gandules

Like every Puerto Rican I was curious of Obama’s visit an when I had a break after Obama had left the Island I decided to watch his speech. I was shocked at how superficial I found Obama’s speech to be. I guess most politicians have generic and superficial speeches but I am used to Obama…

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Not so Green Way! #Gasoducto

An issue that has me very concerned these past few weeks is the fact of how our local government is going after a project that brings huge ecological impact and risks and calling it  Green Way ( “Via Verde”) a stunt to take the word gas out of the equation. The government is offering savings in…

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Make Noise and they Will Come – Part 1

I guess noise happens everywhere but here in Puerto Rico we don’t have the laws in place to make it stop. Locally there are a set of vehicles with speakers making noise and broadcasting music or a message. There are many people that use these tactics from various walks of life to get the attention…

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Would you be in his Shoes?

Last night while I was seeing my twitter feed I caught the following Tweet by @hectorramos [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/hectorramos/status/64878145576251392″] It made me take a look at the rest of my feed and catch that Obama was about share an important message. Speculations started on twitter of information that had been leaked (showing once again that Privacy…

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Only 1 Race the Human Race #keynote @edwardjolmos #hispz11

Today is Good Friday and given the teachings I received from my religion teachers, it is a day to relax and reflect. No work is to be done in cultures like Puerto Rico where Catholicism still has some type of influence mixed with other religious beliefs. Although I was brought up around Catholic mentors which…

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