The Loisaida Times

Loisaida is a term derived from the Latino (and especially Puerto Rican) pronunciation of "Lower East Side", a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. Loisaida Avenue is now an alternate name for Avenue C in the Alphabet City neighborhood of New York City, whose population has largely been Hispanic (mainly Puerto Rican) since the late 1960s.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Castro on Obama


He may be bedridden and deathly ill, but Fidel Castro is still railing against American Imperalism. He recently weighs in on Barack Obama's support for the Embargo...
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