By Ana Maria Hanssen ARGENTINA: Evita Peron is probably the best known Argentine woman in recent history. She has become an international icon to the point that women in beauty pageants often mention her name, along with Mother Theresa’s,…
LatinaLista — With Christmas just over two weeks away, toy drives are going into overtime to fulfill the wishes of children. Safe to say, there will be a large group of children who won’t be asking for any new…
By Sabrina De Santiago MEXICO: Mexico has taught me that there are as many opportunities out there as you are willing to find. So when I moved down to Mexico last year, I looked for an opportunity to keep…
Disclaimer: The word “illegal” is denoted in quotation marks in solidarity with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ call to end media usage of the word as a noun or descriptor of undocumented immigrants. Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes may…
LatinaLista — Last month, the FBI released their annual report on hate crimes. If you didn’t hear, hate crimes against Latinos is up. In fact, 62.8% of hate crimes were categorized as being perpetuated by an offender who had…
LatinaLista — Today, Venezuelans are going to the polls to cast their votes regarding the changes President Chavez wants to make to his country’s Constitution. Venezuelan referendum ballot to change country’s Constitution. (Source: El Universal) To the poor of…
By Hilda Solis LatinaLista Democratic Congresswoman Hilda Solis has represented the 32nd district of California in the House of Representatives in Washington since the year 2000. During that time, she has spearheaded Congressional inquiries into issues that especially impact…
LatinaLista — As the presidential debate deepens, or gets more desperate, it won’t be surprising to hear more and more candidates who are scared of the immigration issue spouting off just plain WRONG information. What’s sad is that they…
LatinaLista — The “Coming of Age” of young Latina girls has always been a big deal in Latino families. Now, it’s also big business. Known as a Quinceañera, the celebration marking the transition of a young girl into womanhood…
LatinaLista — According to the U.S. Census, Texas is home to the second largest Hispanic population in the country. Not surprising since Texas roots can be traced back to when the state was part of Mexico. Texas has historically…
LatinaLista — It used to be ABC books were just for pre-schoolers learning the letters of the alphabet and growing their vocabulary with very simple words. A for apple. B for bus. C for cat — you get the…
LatinaLista — It is said that the first printing press in the United States was a Spanish-language press that arrived almost 80 years before the first recorded arrival of the English-language press. Yet, because the press was in Spanish,…
LatinaLista — Why do Mexican migrants spend thousands of dollars, and almost always, risk their lives just to illegally enter the United States? The full answer is complicated but in the book Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream: True Tales…
LatinaLista — A disturbing event happened at an elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona this month. A 9-year-old boy was suspended for committing a hate crime — he is accused of using the term “brown people.” Whether or not he…
LatinaLista — When it comes to waffling on the issue of security in this country, presidential candidates aren’t the only ones doing it. There is one particular Republican who seems to have multiple personalities when it comes to being…
By Samantha Contreras LatinaLista The following blog post provides insight into how young people can realize their dream of affecting change in today’s society through learning about the world of public policy. The Drum Major Institute, a non-profit think…
LatinaLista — With news today that yet another high-profile Latino politician has endorsed Clinton, there is bound to be a new wave of attacks targeting the only female presidential candidate. (Source:nyobserver) Candidate attacks are part of the game but…
LatinaLista Who was Pancho Villa? Savior or outlaw? Saint or sinner? One thing is certain. Francisco (Pancho) Villa is synonymous with the Mexican Revolution and a leader whose notoriety crossed borders. Whether he was working the fields as a…
LatinaLista — By the time a reader brought the story of Jesus Manuel Cordova, a Mexican national who was crossing the Arizona border illegally and found and cared for a 9-year-old boy involved in a car accident that killed…
By Luis J. Echarte LatinaLista The Azteca America television network has a presence in 60 markets across the United States and currently ranks fourth among Spanish-language networks broadcasting in the country. Recently, Azteca America has been in the headlines…
LatinaLista — It’s a chapter in history that historians have known about since 1965 but nobody likes to rock the boat especially when that boat is the esteemed Mayflower. In 1965, historian Michael Gannon revealed that 56 years before…
LatinaLista — In a rare move that made international headlines, the Mexican Consulate issued a travel warning to its citizens to avoid Irving, Texas. The Consul noted that an excessive amount of Mexican nationals were being picked up and…
LatinaLista — When the term indigenous is used, first thoughts travel to foreign countries. For some reason, indigenous is equated to people who are of low education, speak in their own tongue, dress differently from the mainstream, live in…
By Janett Chavarry Garcia PERU: I can still remember that afternoon. I was studying with two partners for a university exam. We watched on TV that our questionable President, Alberto Fujimori, had left Perú and delivered his resignation by…
LatinaLista — When Guadalupe “Lupe” Valdez won the election for sheriff of Dallas County, Texas in 2004, it was a milestone on several fronts. It wasn’t enough that Lupe was a Latina (a daughter of migrant farmworkers from Mexico),…
