Adventures of the Coconut Caucus

It is that time of the year…. when “First Babies” are all over local news headlines… and so many are Latinos!!!! and possible future orgullos hispanos… and in so many towns we haven´t even heard of….and obviously most of the parents haven’t heard of the Real ID law, and have given them nice long names that will inevitably cause problems at the DMV…

We won´t stop until we reach U.S. Census prediction of 102 million by 2050.

Brian Alexis Rodriguez Villanueva

Olivia Noelle Velazquez (New Iberia-LA)

Her mother says: “It doesn’t really matter what Olivia grows up to be as long as she grows up knowing God.”

Velazquez compared their first birthing experience in Orlando to their experience at Iberia Medical and said this time around was much better.

Anthony Israel Tavera Rojas… only the forth child in his family.

Javier Velazquez Jr. in Grant County, Washington, also the 4th child… the other first baby of the year in a close by hospital? Brianna Ramos, born to Alex Ramos and Cecilia Guijosa.

In Third World Country Miami area there were 2

Rivera, 25, gave birth to Alexandria Marie Rivera at 1:19 a.m. Monday at Hollywood’s Memorial Regional Hospital, making the 7-pound, 4-ounce girl Broward County’s first baby of 2007.

In Miami-Dade, Alesia Vollmer gave birth to Ana Guadalupe at 3:15 a.m. Monday at Mercy Hospital. Also weighing in at 7 pounds and 4 ounces, baby Ana was the first baby born in Miami-Dade in 2007.

Jullian Rome Williams in Denver, nice picture.

Frances Jay Dominguez the first somewhere in Connecticut.

Mira Sol Hernandez starts her life with a $10,000 scholarship to Incarnate Word University.

Anthony Israel Tavara also the forth and yes named after the Bible.

Andrea Alejandra Valdes and yes there are a bunch more…

One of our favorite Latinas, and as far as we can tell the highest ranking Hispanic ever, has graduated from the prestigious London School of Economics.

Yes, in case you didn’t know, and you probably thought you knew everything about her, Miss Mónica´s father is from El Salvador and was like one of the first Hispanic oncologists in Beverly Hills.

He has also been recognized by Guanacos online, need I say more… And then they say Hispanics don´t go do education…

And BTW her thesis was entitled “In Search of the Impartial Juror: An exploration of the third person effect and pre-trial publicity.”

So what is La Raza waiting for to give her an award?

I have no idea what Gerald Ford ever did for Hispanics, except for this.

But he must have done something really important, because the only high ranking anythings that showed up at one of his like 5 official funerals, his State Funeral, were AG Alberto Gonzales and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutiérrez, and according to the Washington Post, that was like if no one had shown up.

One of the few former members of Congress that did show up, ended up in a wheelchair Read the rest of this entry »

Yes… Even bloggers in pajamas need holiday breaks… but we are back and with a new category, because we can´t leave out the few but powerful Hispanics in the Bush Administration…plus the obvious Bush connections to tex-mex, Cubans in Florida and Columba.

So Happy 2007, a year we expect will be full of new coconut adventures…