La Diva Latina on Broadway
asking the
cast of
Latinologues
the question:


An international survey ranked
Puerto Rico & Mexico
the happiest places on Earth.

Why do you think
Puerto Rico & Mexico
are the happiest places on Earth?
They just don't get the whole picture!  
No really- they live and let live.  We, Mexicans
have an expression: ¡
Jodido pero contento!

Cheech Marin, Director of Latinologues
¿¡Wow?! Es la mentalidad del mejicano.  
Siempre tienen la mente muy positiva.  
Todo malo que pasa, se dice- Asi lo quizo
Dios. Todo lo que va a pasar... Si lo quiere
Dios.

Eugenio Derbez
I lived in both.  Being Cuban I didn't know the
vastness of Mexico.  There is a magic there- in the
people, its history, its culture.  In Puerto Rico, they
treated me as one of their own.  For those that are
not in their country there is always that
añoranza.

René Laván
It's all in the culture- la música, familia,
los chistes.  We have something called
Bomba
.  When someone says a joke
you say
¡Bomba!  The next joke has to
top it and you say
¡Bomba!  Puerto
Ricans have a love of life.   

Shirley Rumierk
Probably because they are both so close to the
US.  Both can come to the US  and live
Latino.  
We're in the midst of a cultural revolution.  We
have a good sense of humor.  No one laughs
more.  We love life and we love this country!  

Rick Najera, Creator & Writer of Latinologues
La Diva Latina
What makes Puerto Ricans
the happiest people in the world?
La Diva Latina asks people in

Puerto Rico
the Bronx
the Cast
of the Broadway show
Latinologues

La Diva Latina knows the answer!
Latino-ness
Vol 3  Issue 3
Oct/Nov 2005
Latin American countries that made
list of the happiest in the world:

Puerto Rico #1
Mexico #2
Colombia #8
El Salvador #12
Venezuela #13
Argentina #28
Chile #30
Dominican Republic #33
Brazil #34
Uruguay #40
Peru #47

full list