fact-similies
daily dos
mon 5/26/2008

(image by Ventura Mendoza via flickr)
- Tego Calderón says Nando Boom shouldn't sue Wisin y Yandel because Boom "copied" the song Night Nurse by Jamaican reggae artist Gregory Isaac on Enfermo de Amor. Nando Boom's manager declined Don Omar's offer of one hundred thousand dollars, arguing Wisin y Yandel have made much more in album sales. He also had words for Tego: [He] shouldn't get into business that isn't his own, because we'll also sue him for defamation."
- Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama made rare campaign stops in Puerto Rico over the weekend. While Puerto Ricans are not citizens of the United States, they can participate in U.S. political party primaries.
- Mexican pop diva Thalia is reportedly considering posing nude in an ad for animal rights organization PETA.
- Rappers Kanye West, Method Man, Redman and Common are being sued by the daughter of jazz musician Joe Farrell for using uncleared samples of his music. (via Nah Right)
- The Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, is no longer granting citizenship to the Dominican-born children of Haitian immigrants. By contrast, the United States grants the U.S.-born children of all immigrants full citizenship.
- Alexis y Fido jet-set in a new video, "Sobrenatural."
- Red Hot Chili Peppers front man Anthony Kiedis announced the veteran rock band will "disband" for at least one year.
- At an outdoor fairgrounds converted into a courtroom in Iowa, 270 illegal immigrants were sentenced to prison and deportation in proceedings that lasted four days. The immigrants were detained in a raid of meatpacking plant. According to the New York Times: "Until now, relatively few immigrants caught in raids have been charged with federal crimes like identity theft or document fraud."

