Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico to Vote . . . on What?

P.R. Independence Figure Nabbed

Incredibly Cheap Eats--Mondongo

I'm a sucker for Spanish American lunch counters. I like the wobbly stools, the linoleum counters, the no-nonsense ladies and the way they hack at the roast pork shoulder to loose hunks of meat for a pernil plate. Even if the food isn't (always) the image of perfection, I like it anyway.Borin Queya ... More >>

Meet Charles Juhasz-Alvarado's Giant Termite

The Puerto Rican sculptor gets buggy at Exit Art

!Ask a Mexican! Another Pinche Column!

More definitions, and credit given to Matt Groening for his Mexican love

Riddims by the Reggaetón

Puerto Rico's hip-hop hybrid takes over New York

Don't Cast Away Puerto Rico

The little island that could is still a vacationer's paradise

La Mala Rodríguez's Malarisimo

Spanish castle magic, though slightly lost if there's no translation

Libertad? Maybe

Puerto Rican independence activists rally 'round an FBI crackdown

Letters

Puerto Rican independence activists rally 'round an FBI crackdown

Saturday 7/29

Puerto Rican independence activists rally 'round an FBI crackdown

Mano a Mano

Trinidad­De La Hoya— Boxing Showdown in Latino Land

Tales From the Lower East Side

Trinidad­De La Hoya— Boxing Showdown in Latino Land

Hot Times in a Forest Hills Mango

Trinidad­De La Hoya— Boxing Showdown in Latino Land

Mangosteens: The New "It" Fruit?

Trinidad­De La Hoya— Boxing Showdown in Latino Land

Twice Soaked

For Women of Central Park, Official Outcry Obscures Unmentionables

Turn Off the Hot Stove

Winter League Béisbol in Puerto Rico

Colonyoscopy

Winter League Béisbol in Puerto Rico

The Young, the Hot, and the Horny

Winter League Béisbol in Puerto Rico

The Gnome of the Ring

Winter League Béisbol in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican reggaeton rapper rocks the neighborhoods

Winter League Béisbol in Puerto Rico

Global Warming: Queens Heats Up With a Down-Home Fest

Winter League Béisbol in Puerto Rico

Wedding Day Culture Clash: Romance Drowned Out by Deafening Drama

Winter League Béisbol in Puerto Rico

Vale of Cashmere

My father carved animal soaps. Every month there was a new animal

A Restaurant With Balls

Mofongo comes of age in Inwood and Washington Heights

DRAMATICO

Not lost in translation

New Yorkers Use Classic Salsa to Fight Gentrification

New York's salsa scene, still going strong in Spanish Harlem, valiantly beats back the McCondo purge

Clip Job: Coffee House for Gang Members Only

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesApril 25, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 27Mobilization for Youth Launches Coffee ShopBy Susan GoodmanClub 169, a coffee shop-nightclub-settlement house on Allen Street, had its "shake-down" last Saturday night. An exclusive operation, it is open only to c ... More >>

Freud 101: Pinpoint The Defining Moments Of Your Childhood

Ever wonder just how you got to be the creature you are, in all of its crystalline complexity? Ever wish you could just look back at transitional moments in your past and realize how they helped shape you, rather than throw money away on a therapist who'll take month after overpriced month to figure ... More >>

It's Piragua Time Again

As we thaw out from what seemed like the longest winter ever, warm weather foods are reemerging from hibernation, and that means that piragua vendors are heading out to peddle their Puerto Rican-style shaved ice and syrup concoctions from festive carts all over the city. The carts' big shiny blocks ... More >>

Incredibly Cheap Eats--El Castillo de Jagua

At $8 for an order of roast pork, you might say, "Hey! I have had cheaper!" But the heaping pile of tender meat including several glistening crunchy skin-on pieces, can easily feed two. In fact, I got three meals out of mine. The free sides of crazy-buttery yellow rice and black beans are just as pl ... More >>

Puerto Rican Day Parade Rocks Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn

The Puerto Rican Day Parade was Sunday, and the clouds seemed not to dampen the traditional high spirits. Sonya Sotomayor didn't make it, but given Republican concerns with her heritage, we can understand why. Neither did Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate attend. But the mayor and the governor and ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican! Sonia Sotomayor's No Mexican, But We Love Her All the Same

The Puerto Rican Day Parade was Sunday, and the clouds seemed not to dampen the traditional high spirits. Sonya Sotomayor didn't make it, but given Republican concerns with her heritage, we can understand why. Neither did Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate attend. But the mayor and the governor and ... More >>

Bum's Rush: City Sends Homeless to Paris, Florida, Etc. to Save Money

​Remember when the city was shipping homeless men to the Catskills -- and the homeless indignantly returned and demanded shelter in Manhattan, which they found more exciting and convenient to drugs and crime victims? We sure have come a long way since then. Now we're sending homeless people to ... More >>

The Media's Ignoring a Brutal Hate Crime!

​This letter just came in about a murder that's only getting local attention in Puerto Rico, but which desperately needs to be heard about worldwide: "Dear Michael Musto, "I am writing to you about a tragic murder that has happened here in Puerto Rico. On November 14, the body of a gay 19-ye ... More >>

Vigil for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado on Sunday

​An email has gone out asking people to bring candles and some soul to a rally this Sunday for the gay guy murered in Puerto Rico, whom I wrote about here the other day. Here's the message:

Incredibly Cheap Eats: El Nuevo Bohio on East Tremont in the Bronx

​Have you even seen such a glorious and amazing pile of pig? Bronzed skin, moist succulent flesh, and a carving expert who goes to great lengths to provide a perfect and fair portion...

La Isla's Cuchifritos

Cuchifritos ​There's no better window-shopping than gawking at a craggy pile of cuchifritos, a golden-fried peep show facing the street.

Yomo Toro & Roswell Rudd

Cuchifritos ​There's no better window-shopping than gawking at a craggy pile of cuchifritos, a golden-fried peep show facing the street.

Where Am I Eating? -- La Taza de Oro, in Chelsea

​Yes, it's a bowl of Puerto Rican mondongo, the celebrated tripe soup. It took Harold Turkoman about an hour after the contest went up to identify the origin of the chunky yellowish soup as Chelsea's La Taza de Oro (96 Eighth Avenue, 212-243-9946) one of the city's few remaining Puerto Rican ... More >>

Miguel Zenon

​Yes, it's a bowl of Puerto Rican mondongo, the celebrated tripe soup. It took Harold Turkoman about an hour after the contest went up to identify the origin of the chunky yellowish soup as Chelsea's La Taza de Oro (96 Eighth Avenue, 212-243-9946) one of the city's few remaining Puerto Rican ... More >>

Girls Who Say No To Boys Who Say Yes

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 19, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 36 Girls Who Say No To Boys Who Say Yes by Sybil Claiborne A cab or shabby old car draws up. A boy gets out. He is Puerto Rican or black or a white boy with short hair. He is carrying an overnight bag. It i ... More >>

El Museo del Barrio to Host Ninth Annual Coquito Contest (That's Nog to You, Gringo)

Coquito Fest '08.​It's December 1 and, thus, time to start thinking about nog. Maybe you're thinking, "God, I hate nog." Or maybe, "How early is too early to start stocking my fridge with cartons of Silk nog without looking like a psycho?" But if you're Puerto Rican or have spent much time wit ... More >>

MAD DECENT

Wear your bling and flaunt it

No. 13: Brandade at Gottino

​The perfect wine bar meal -- salt-cod brandade and some char-striped toasts. Brandade is one of my favorite dishes. Its full name is brandade de morue, and it originated in Provence, though similar dishes can be found in many southern Mediterranean cuisines.

Today in El Diario: Puerto Rican Protesters and Liz Taylor's Latina Peers

​Today in El Diario, that newspaper at your bodega you always wondered about... Puerto Rican governor upsets Puerto Ricans   A group of mostly Puerto Ricans gathered Wednesday outside the New York Athletic Club to protest Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuno's fundraising dinner, according to the ... More >>

Davila 666

​Today in El Diario, that newspaper at your bodega you always wondered about... Puerto Rican governor upsets Puerto Ricans   A group of mostly Puerto Ricans gathered Wednesday outside the New York Athletic Club to protest Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuno's fundraising dinner, according to the ... More >>

Coppelia Wants to Cuba Your Peru

Julian Medina's new place invents the Pan-Latin diner

Puerto Ricans Demand Cancelation of Work It

​For 30 year-old Puerto Rican Antoni Jimenez, being "boricua" and being a drug dealer are not synonymous, much less something to joke about, according to the Spanish-language daily. Evidently angry, the man joined dozens of protesters Thursday to demand that ABC have more respect for Puerto ... More >>