Emilio Estefan Jr.

Thousands of laid-off government employees in Puerto Rico will be doing the conga for free, thanks to Gloria Estefan. The Cuban-born singer bought some 2,000 tickets for her weekend concert and they will distributed by raffle among the nearly 17,000 workers who learned last month that they will lose their jobs beginning Nov. 6. Stefan bought all the remaining upper-level tickets — at $40 each — as a gift to those who were affected, said Harold Rosario, the singer's spokesman in Puerto Rico, said Thursday. Officials have begun distributing the tickets to various government agencies, which will raffle them. The government announced the layoffs ... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Latin singer Marc Anthony has acquired a minority interest in the Miami Dolphins football team, joining entertainers Jimmy Buffett and Gloria Estefan who also are associated with the storied sports franchise. Anthony, who has sold more than 10 million records in his career and is married to actress and singer Jennifer Lopez, said on Tuesday that he grew up in a sports-oriented family and dreamed of being part of a franchise. "It's just a dream come true, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and a no-brainer," Anthony said in a conference call with reporters. The Dolphins, whose majority owner and general partner is ... Read Full Story

Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo García; September 1, 1957) is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide,26.5 million of those in the United States alone. She has won seven Grammy Awards, placing her among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date. Gloria Estefan Sound Machine Official Music Video Gloria Estefan Birth name Gloria Maria Fajardo García Born :September 1, 1957 (1957-09-01) (age 52) Havana, Cuba Origin ;Miami, Florida, United States Genres :Latin pop, dance-pop, pop dance, electronic dance Occupations :Singer-songwriter, actress, ... Read Full Story

Gloria Estefan Ans Michelle Yeoh, Hot Music Video Gloria Estefan Early life and family Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo was born September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba, to Jose and Gloria Fajardo. Her mother's father Leonardo Garcia emigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain where he married a woman from Logroño, Spain. The family fled to Lafayette, Indiana, during the Cuban Revolution. A few years after they moved, Jose joined the US military during the Vietnam War. Her father had been a Cuban soldier and bodyguard of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Read Full Story

This photo was taken during Cinco de Mayo at the White House. Which does not bode well. President Barack Obama has named Emilio Estefan to the “Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino.” Doesn’t calling it “National Museum of the American Latino” make us sound more like some rare species of reptile than “National Museum of American Latinos” would have? The purpose of the commission will be, as its highly descriptive name implies, to study and determine how this new national museum, based in D.C, would serve in portraying the history and culture of Latinos in the ... Read Full Story