By Mayra Beltrán de Daetz LatinaLista GUATEMALA — As almost everyone knows, the official currency in Guatemala is the Quetzal. I would like to do a small review of Guatemala currencies. At the moment, the currency in cents are: one, five, ten, twenty-five, fifty and one quetzal, all in circulation. The coins are made from [...]
Mexico: A nation mourns for lives lost and a country under siege by corruption and violence
By Martha Ramos LatinaLista MEXICO: It’s raining again… in October. Heaven is crying. During the last week of October 2010, the worst loss of life this year in Mexico occurred — 48 young mexicans died in events related to drug traffic. Multiple victims of Juarez drug violence await burial. Yes, 48 families are still in [...]
USA: Making Latinos the boogeyman of the 2010 midterm elections
By Mary Moreno LatinaLista USA — In Louisiana, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and across the country, politicians in heated races have turned to vilifying immigrants and Latinos to appeal to their white base. Some, like Sharron Angle, have tried to create distance between the immigrants their ads say are out to destroy everything their constituents hold [...]
Bolivia: The Adoption Culture — One of hope and frustration
By Angie Washington LatinaLista COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA — Ages ago in the United States children were shipped long distances on trains in order to be adopted. Many of them grew up as little more than servants in the homes of their patrons. This was a dark time for the States. As the economy improved these methods [...]
Puerto Rico: A personal mission creates a new life experience for student journalist
By Natalia A. Bonilla-Berrios LatinaLista ISTANBUL, TURKEY — The tourist guide never mentioned the humid hot air of Istanbul, Turkey. It made a difference when stepping out of the Ankara airport after 34 hours by air from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the 2010 World Youth Congress hosted by the city of Istanbul in August [...]
Puerto Rico: Istanbul felt the Puerto Rican Rhythm
By Natalia A. Bonilla-Berrios LatinaLista ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Probably, people heard them singing or talking out loud in the commons areas after midnight. Or they saw them dancing a couple of salsa steps in almost every corner of the Yildiz University Technical Campus in Istanbul, Turkey, without any particular reason. Either way, it wasn’t long [...]
