Traveling Latina It’s that time again to celebrate love, friendship and all the reasons why you are still with that special person. For all of you love birds, like myself, I have put together a list of some of the most romantic places to spend Valentine’s day with your loved one. Some of these locations [...]
Men’s Movements Worldwide Declare Peace between the Sexes
By Mary Liepold, Editor in Chief Peace X Peace According to UNWomen’s first annual report, gender violence is legal in one-third of the world’s nations. Though women routinely suffer abuse in countries that criminalize it, impunity for abusers is all but certain where the culture accepts violence as normal. Fortunately for us all, Secretary General [...]
Aztatlan artifacts found in Sinaloa
MIKE RUGGERI’S THE ANCIENT AMERICAS BREAKING NEWS SINALOA, MEXICO — Three 1000 year old urns with offerings placed in them, including canine figures and burnt shells have been found in Sinaloa. This represents the first artifacts of the Aztatlan culture found in Sinaloa. The urns date to 900-1200 CE. The Aztatlan culture settled in Nayarit, Colima, [...]
Review Finds Flaws in Houston’s Bilingual Education Program
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat A report evaluating the Houston Independent School District’s bilingual programs found that children are not being taught enough English in elementary grades and that some teachers themselves are not proficient in the language. Ericka Mellon of the Houston Chronicle reports that school superintendent Terry Grier is now pledging [...]
Guest Voz: Caliente (or Hot)! English-Language Hispanic Media Heats Up Because 30+ million = $600,000,000,000!
By Tomás Custer HispanicTips With the recent announcement that another Spanish-language TV network is launching (MundoFox). I thought it pertinent to take a look at the other side of the coin, the seemingly forgotten English-language Latino media. In case you didn’t know, the English-language Hispanic media arena has heated up a lot. New media sites [...]
Our Hispanic Cuisine: hearth of eccentricities
By Juan Miret A Hispanic Matter The monumental variety of the Hispanic cuisine kitchen would overwhelm even the most indulgent gourmet. For culinary experts such as the renowned Catalan chef Ferrán Adria and his Venezuelan counterpart, Sumito Estévez – who are considered at the vanguard of the deconstructive movement – have pegged the expectations of [...]
