Talk:Enrique Iglesias
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==I find lots of this as being dealing in mere trivialities!
The notion of arguing about whether Spaniards and Portuguese are Latinos is very specious and unscientific: Of course, they are Latinos, because they are the ORIGINAL LATINOS.
A small minority of Filipinos are also Latinos (people of Spanish descent), and so, it is unscientific to argue about whether they are or they are not. It is a fact that the Philippines were a Spanish colony for centuries. It is also true that for a long time, the Philippines where not ruled directly from Spain, but rather via the Spanish Viceroy in MEXICO, or all places. The Spanish made lots of trans-Pacific voyages to maintain contact and trade between Mexico and the Philippines.
It is also notable that there is a sprinkling of Spanish words in the Filipino national language (such as the word for "ice"), but there are far more English words in it, from the American influences. The US took a much more active role in the Philippines, with the active goal of preparing the Philippines for independence, which was established on July 4, 1946, a date that had been promised well-before even the Japanese occupation of 1942-45. The Philippines and the USA agreed that the original plan could be carried through on schedule, in spite of that interruption in progress.
People who argue about his citizenship obviously do not understand the BIG difference between a U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. a holder of a so-called "green card") and a U.S. citizen. Also, someone can be a Permanent Resident who is applying for U.S. citizenship, or a Permanent Resident who intendends to hold that status indefinitely, e.g. until the end of his/her life, and to remain a citizen of another country forever. Both of these are quite allowed under the laws of the United States of America.
I also find it foolish to discuss whom he does or does not date, becasue that is his own personal business. When he marries someone, that becomes a public, legal fact.
==Enrique's mother is not a Spanish Mestiza. She is a Filipina of Spanish Descent.
===I agree, she is not technically a mestiza because according to her website, she is not half-Malay, half-Spanish, because her father is a filipino of spanish descent, and her mother is a mestiza of malay-spanish descent, which in colonial times, would classify her as a castiza, and Enrique, Chabeli, and Julio Jr. as espomolo, but of course nowadays nobody uses those terms anymore...
Changed 'married to' in 'currently dates' since this is a gossip rumor. It is not confirmed that Enrique married Anna Kournikova.
Enrique is a Hispano Filipino not a American Filipino! (And he is NOT a Latino (-;)
I actualy agree with you that Enrique is not Latino. He is from Spain and Spain is not a Latin-American country. Most people however mistakenly view Spanish people as being "Latino" including Enrique himself in recent years. Rather than rock the boat I think it'd be best to just keep his desription as being Latin. (Someone would come change it back anyway.) Besides Enrique is far more popular in Latin America than he is or ever will be in Spain and arguebly spent more time in South and Middle America, plus he often used to say he considered himself to be more Mexican than Spanish.
Somebody ask about his passport, because I think it's Spanish rather than American, regardless of where he lives. (If you keep the bread in the garage, does it become a car?)
Enrique is a legal US resident. (Despite claiming otherwise in a few interviews). He's legaly lived in the US since he was six years old. After he returned to the States after recording his first album in Canada there was some trouble at the border. It was all sorted out and his passport was supposedly been said to have been a US one. [This is questionable]
A legal resident of any country does not carry a passport of that country, as this would mean he is a citizen of the country, and therefore no longer merely a "permanent" legal resident, but rather, and actual citizen of that country.
How is the relationship from Enrique Iglesias to the Philippines?
--Intramuros 14:39, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
His mother, Isabel Preysler, is from the Phillipines, although she has lived in Spain for a very long time. She's noted for marrying well and Ferrero Rocher chocolate adverts.
Should Enrique's genre be changed to just read "Pop"? I don't want to sound strange but does Enrique's music really qualify as latin? His first three Spanish albums were simply pop albums sang in Spanish. Ironicaly Enrique first started incorporating some latin styles on his first English album but it was still mostly what most would describe as pop. He also included some more traditional latin sounds on some of the songs from Quizas but again it was still mostly pop.
Just because Enrique is Spanish and has dabbled in Latin music does it make him a Latin artist? After all, Whitney Houston has recorded some Gospel songs but is she then classed as a Gospel singer?
[edit] Citizenship
What is the proof that he is a U.S. citizen?? Ciociabasia 21:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
That question is what drew me here and it has not been answered. Is this hottie an American or not?????--69.37.3.59 20:59, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Label Change
Has Iglesias changed to Geffen Records? His offical site has a Geffen logo, and he is on the offical Geffen Records site. Has he changed? User:Beagle5589 4:09 P.M., August 14, 2006.
It's not a label change per se, Geffen is part of the Universal Music Group and is owned by Interscope. For a while it was dissolved completely into Interscope but for various business reasons now acts more independently from Interscope. So I guess we can either leave it as Interscope or change it Geffen (or put something like Interscope/Geffen). - 2006 82.42.209.144 03:55, 3 December 2006
[edit] Mole
The mole needs to have it's own section. 207.172.222.90 21:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
