Speaking Boricua

As I'm sure you've heard, the famous merengue-singer Elvis Crespo is in trouble for masturbating on a plane. That said, I must call ...

Tonight I was outside, enjoying the breezy dusk we were having here. It's summertime, of course, and the cool nights nearly make up for ...

Daddy Yankee has had quite a lucrative career so far. He basically introduced reggaetón to North America and, consequently, the world with h...

And now for something completely different (I'm sick of this elections stuff). I wrote a post earlier about bananas on the island (and ...

So Walter Mercado , the Latin world's favorite astrologist , is apparently releasing a CD and going on a 23-city tour . If you don'...

So tomorrow are the primaries in Puerto Rico. Real quick I thought I'd leave a few articles on Hillary's visits there, since I have...

So I just happened to catch on iTunes that Sie7e has released a new CD called Para Mí . But wait... who is Sie7e? Okay, I have to admit that...

Nothing to say right now, since I'm swamped with work, so I thought I would leave you all with this. Have a nice night...

So, I know it's been a while (papers and illness have taken me down) but I do have exciting things to share! First though, I have to say...

Not that "oy vey" is a Puerto Rican expression (for most anyhow), but that is how I felt and so it had to be written. It's get...

Bomba is a dance created by African slaves in Loíza , although it is danced all over the island, especially in the West (like Mayagüez) and...

This is a video of Gabriel Rios, called "Broad Day Light". I kind of stumbled on him by accident. He's Puerto Rican from the i...

Why is understanding Puerto Rican politics so important? Politics are everything in Puerto Rico. First off, even in the last election 70% of...

San Juan's San Sebastián parties start tomorrow night, and Ricky Martin is making an appearance for the first night. If you're goin...

What, you didn't think your holiday would go without a present from me? I thought, in time to finish up the parranda season, I'd do ...

New Year's... okay, it isn't so exciting, the celebration is about the same in PR as it is in the U.S. So I don't want to spen...

If you thought now it was time to throw out the tree, take down the lights, and move on from Christmas, think again! Puerto Rico celebrates ...

For those of you not familiar with José Feliciano, he is indeed Puerto Rican! ¡Feliz navidad a todos!

I swear this is the last time I will write about lechón . Anyways, if you have iTunes , they're offering the contemporary salsero Vict...

So, in the same thread as yesterday's post , here's El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico singing "La Fiesta de Pilito", one of the...