By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista With its striking landscape and picturesque vistas of rolling mountains and erupting volcanoes, it comes as no surprise that Guatemala is a haven for aspiring photographers. This month, November, the country’s capital has been transformed by the international photography festival Guatephoto, which has converted a number of Guatemala City’s warehouses, cinemas [...]
Latin America’s Working Women
By Stephanie Leutert LatIntelligence Over the last decade, poverty, and inequality have fallen throughout Latin America. Behind these positive trends are external factors, such as high global commodity prices and substantial foreign direct investment flows, as well as internal influences, including Latin America’s growing middle class, increased consumption, and successful government-run conditional cash transfers (which [...]
Commentary: Whatever the outcome, Puerto Rico forges new political path
By Ada M. Alvarez Conde LatinaLista San Juan, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico spent a long night on Election Day waiting for an outcome that didn’t just determine the island’s next four years, but it’s entire future. Filled with tension mixed with many different emotions, Puerto Rican voters were subjected to slow results and a [...]
Peruvian shamans back Obama in presidential election
By Manuel Vigo Peru This Week A group of self-described Peruvian shamans carried out a ceremony at Lima’s Cerro San Cristobal on Monday, where they expressed their support for President Barack Obama, ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election, RPP reported. The shamans, dressed in ponchos, sang and danced around photographs of President Obama, and Republican presidential [...]
Teaching a new generation in Latin America math and science via free online tutorials
LatinaLista — Not everybody learns at the same rate. Depending on a number of issues — a student’s interest, comprehension, access to supplemental resources — some students just learn faster than others. Two Colombian university friends and engineering majors, who were tutoring younger students in math and science for extra money while in school, discovered [...]
Guatemalan-American chef creates mini food empire in Guatemala while winning country’s Chef of the Year
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista The name Christian Rossell has long been synonymous in Guatemala with fine Italian dining: in 2005, the half-American half-Guatemalan chef opened the doors of his first restaurant, Pecorino, in Guatemala City, before unveiling a chain of deli’s, and then launching a pizzeria, which introduced Guatemala to thin-crust pizzas. But this year, [...]
