By Cristina Avila-Zesatti Global Press Institute Once barred from mines by an ancient myth, women here make up an increasing percentage of the mining industry’s labor force as they try to support their families and fill in for men who have migrated north. The women of Mexico’s mines say they are convinced they can transform [...]
MEXICO — The Pope came to Mexico & left unnoticed in USA
By Dr. Jacqueline Zaleski Mackenzie LatinaLista GUANAJUATO, MEXICO — On Friday, March 23rd at 4:30pm the local church bell began to chime loudly as I was packing up my laptop to head home from my new office space in Puentecillas, Guanajuato, Mexico. It took about 12 minutes to pass through Cienega and into my home [...]
A short homage to Argentinian poet Jorge Luis Borges
LatinaLista — His full name was Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo. Yet the world knew this prolific Argentine poet and writer simply as Jorge Luis Borges. Born in Buenos Aires on August 24, 1899 and died in Geneva, Switzerland on June 14, 1986, Borges remains a source of pride for Argentina and inspiration for [...]
Renown Spanish sculptor coaxes the souls of his subjects into masterpieces
By Leslie J. López LatinaLista SPAIN — Jesús Méndez Lastrucci has his sculpting workshop in Seville close to Imaginero Castillo Lastrucci Street – the street named after his great-grandfather for whom more than one thousand religious images are attributed. Castillo Lastrucci is credited for “repopulating” many churches with his works after the Spanish Civil War, [...]
Marathon fever comes to the shores of Guatemala’s Atitlán
By Dwight Wayne Coop REVUE: Guatemala’s English-language Magazine GUATEMALA — What would make people want to run barefoot uphill for eight kilometers? The answer: a 1958 foot race departing Panajachel for nearby San Andrés Semetabaj. Scores of participants could not afford shoes, but they would not let this keep them out of the race. The [...]
El Salvador: The confusing good news from El Salvador
Tim’s El Salvador Blog The murder rate is down dramatically in El Salvador in the past two weeks. The rate has fallen from an average of 13 murders a day to only 5. But the reasons why are murky and confused. In my last post, I mentioned a report by the online periodical El Faro [...]
