Thread: How Latinos Will Use Social Media to Change the World

How Latinos Will Use Social Media to Change the World

By Adrian Carrasquillo
Published January 11, 2011

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A Peruvian teen rushes home after school, jumps online and is connected with his popular Facebook fan page and his hundreds of fans. Hispanics on Twitter use the “#latismâ€

"How many satellites has Mexico launched in the past 20yrs.?"
"If it ain't free, don't try to sell it to me!"

wow, big deal! Foxnews ought to stop pushing an ethnic agenda!

It's a big world out there Adrian, and everyone, not just "latinos" are using social media to change the world.

Too bad they can't seem to change their home countries, always take care of your home first then perhaps I will listen to your advice.

One of my sisters went to a mehican resort and had a cab take them around the town close by to see how the locals lived , the cab driver was telling them how they lived , a lot of the poor people did not have a bathroom or even an outhouse , they simply went to their back yard and urinated and defecated in the yard , this is how their " advanced civilation " lives , speaks volumes to me how mehico takes care of their own ...

Originally Posted by FedUpinFarmersBranch

One of my sisters went to a mehican resort and had a cab take them around the town close by to see how the locals lived , the cab driver was telling them how they lived , a lot of the poor people did not have a bathroom or even an outhouse , they simply went to their back yard and urinated and defecated in the yard , this is how their " advanced civilation " lives , speaks volumes to me how mehico takes care of their own ...

I've taken a ride on a local bus taking the resort workers home and have see the same. In the resort I was at, they live in shacklike structures, but had all the bells...big screen tvs, expensive electronics, washing machines, etc. I could see all this from the inside of the bus, since their doors/windows were open.

Instead of spending money on improving living conditions, money was spent on "stuff". Made no sense to me at all.

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