By Diego M. Ortiz Peru This Week Earlier this week, in our annual April Fool’s Day newsletter, we told you about a miracle plant from the Amazon that helped you to easily shed unwanted pounds. Well, for everyone who didn’t pick up on it, the article was an April Fool’s Day joke. As a “thank [...]
Latina UC Berkeley professor lends her voice to Guatemala’s indigenous in genocide trial of former dictator
LatinaLista — UC Berkeley anthropologist and professor, Beatriz Manz, is spending her Spring Break south of the border but it’s not for fun in the sun. Rather, it’s to provide testimony in a court case that is riveting international human rights watchers. Manz, an anthropologist and expert on Guatemala’s Mayan community and the abuses they [...]
Guatemalan gallery doubles as research center sharing the history of the country’s art from la Conquista to the present
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista It’s not just technology that has changed since El Attico first opened its doors in Guatemala in April 1988. Back then it was an antique shop that doubled as an art gallery, now it’s an art gallery that doubles as a research center. “The antique shop was dwindling, while the art [...]
The Other Honduras: Garifuna Culture on the North Coast
By Jody Paterson Honduras Weekly It’s crazy-hot in the little casita where Garifuna women cook. It’s even hotter over by the wood cooking stove, where they grill ground yucca into the giant wafer-like tortas that are a mainstay of the Garifuna diet. Mirna Ruiz is chief cook and president of the Binadu Uwenedu women’s cooperative [...]
Mexican journalists create Change.org petition to ask new government for help in protecting them from cartel violence
LatinaLista — One of the deadliest occupations in Mexico is that of a journalist. Journalists and media outlets have been under constant mortal attack by drug cartels and corrupt public officials who don’t like the truth exposed. The country is routinely ranked among the top five in the world as being a deadly place to [...]
Cleaning up Lima’s air — The most polluted in all of South America
By Diego M. Ortiz Peru This Week Lima is a beautiful city, there’s no denying that fact. It’s got a vibrant day-to-day life comparable to any metropolitan capital in the world. From the hills of Cieneguilla to beaches of Costa Verde, the people of Lima, if nothing else, are on the move. But there’s a [...]
