Topic: Rene Perez

<div id="subtitle">Cubans flock to Havana waterfront for Calle 13 show; band braces for Miami political backlash</div><div><p>Puerto Rico's Calle 13 brought its edgy mix of reggaeton and hip-hop to Cuba's capital on Tuesday, rocking thousands ...

Calle 13 tops Latin Grammy awards

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Puerto-Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13 won five Latin Grammy awards on Thursday, including the coveted Album of the Year, helping cement their reputation as being among the vanguard of alternative reggaeton music.Singer Rene Perez, who calls himself " El ...

Colombian town cancels concert over Uribe T-shirt

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian mayor canceled a Calle 13 concert on Monday after the lead singer for the Puerto Rican rappers wore a T-shirt appearing to link President Alvaro Uribe to illegal paramilitaries.Colombia's government last week complained after singer Rene ...
Puerto Rico mayor cancels Calle 13 concert after lead singer insults island's governorPuerto Rican officials said Saturday they have canceled a concert featuring Grammy-winning band Calle 13 after the group's lead singer insulted the governor and other Latin American politicians ...
Los Premios MTV host Residente talks politics on his T-shirts, Panda and Wisin y Yandel winMexican rock bands and reggaeton artists were big winners at Los Premios TV in Los Angeles, where the political leanings of the host, Calle 13's Residente ...
A police officer indicted in the death of a Guatemalan immigrant found gravely hurt on a suburban road side called the incident "appalling" in a television interview and said he was deeply troubled by implications that he was racially insensitive.Hispanic advocates ...
A suburban police officer was charged with manslaughter Thursday after a drunken, homeless Guatemalan immigrant was found dying four miles (6.4 kilometers) from where the officer had answered the man's emergency call less than an hour earlier.The indictment did ...
NY Officer Charged in Death of Homeless Immigrant Found Dead After 911 Call Was AnsweredA suburban police officer was charged with manslaughter Thursday after a drunken, homeless immigrant was found dying four miles from where the officer had answered the man's ...
A suburban police officer was charged with manslaughter Thursday after a drunken, homeless immigrant was found dying four miles from where the officer had answered the man's 911 call less than an hour earlier.The indictment did not specify what actions ...
Federal authorities will join the investigation into the killing of a Guatemalan immigrant, a county prosecutor announced Friday, following skepticism by Hispanic advocacy groups that local police would handle the investigation impartially.The Bedford Police Department is leading the investigation into the ...