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Intrn’l Video: Ethnographic filmmakers act as mediators between Incas struggling to preserve historical sites and moving into 21st Century

Sep 5, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — The world knows Peru as the guardian of the history, culture and archaeological sites of the great Inca civilization. Like the pyramids in Egypt and Mexico, the remnants of the Inca civilization — from the Nazca lines…

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Video: Democrats’ mobile app brings national convention to smartphones and tablets

Sep 4, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — There’s no debate that in the 2008 presidential election Democrats owned cyberspace when it came to tapping into its full potential to harness support for then Sen. Barack Obama. Since then, as we saw last week with…

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Viernes Video: Black Latina is latest actress breaking down Hollywood barriers by creating her own web series

Aug 31, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Actress Reagan Gomez knows how hard it is to break into Hollywood. This daughter of a Puerto Rican mother and African American father is a black Latina and with Latina acting roles relegated to stereotypical parts such…

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Video: Author Erasmo Guerra relives his past to create a haunting memoir

Aug 30, 2012, 2:26 PM 0

LatinaLista — Author and journalist Erasmo Guerra has come a long way from his roots in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley — both geographically and professionally. An award-winning writer, Guerra splits his time between covering issues in the Latino…

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Intrn’l Video: Alternative Mexican band sings about Mexicans’ exhaustion and impatience with their government

Aug 29, 2012, 1:27 PM 0

LatinaLista — “Natural as velcro and synthetic as leather” is the description of the alternative Mexican music group Mexican Institute of Sound. The band has steadily been growing in popularity not just because of their skillful creations featuring electronic…

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Video: The futility of separating Latino identity from Latino culture

Aug 28, 2012, 3:21 PM 2

LatinaLista — “Being Hispanic is cool.” It’s the heart of the message that Glenn Llopis, founder of the Center for Hispanic Leadership, shares in his first episode from the new web series, “Lessons From My Father,” created in partnership…

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Video: GOP creates companion convention site “without walls”

Aug 27, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Though Hurricane Isaac has delayed the start of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, organizers of the now three-day conservative political event have made sure that the convention doesn’t miss a day — in cyberspace….

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Video: From wood to strings — creating the flamenco guitar

Aug 23, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Vassilis Lazarides has been making classical and flamenco guitars since 1995. Some might think it strange for a Greek to be making such an iconic symbol of Spanish culture but to Lazarides it’s all about the art….

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Intrn’l Video: Bringing clean water to a slum in Peru

Aug 22, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — There are all kinds of poverty. Mostly, the impoverished are those with little money. In turn, these poor can’t buy the basic necessities of life — food, electricity, clothes, etc. Yet, climate scientists tell us that before…

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Video: Latino social entrepreneur maximizes the online space delivering relief to disaster victims and access to education and literature for the underserved

Aug 21, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — “Society is made by people and so why does society fail so miserably meeting the needs of people?” That is the question social entrepreneur Carlos Miranda Levy asked his audience during a TEDx talk in Chicago in…

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Video: Latino student recognized for “Beat(ing) the Odds”

Aug 20, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — High school is tough enough but when a child has to deal with hunger, homelessness, parents who are either not around or too caught up in their own addictions to be there for their children then it’s…

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Viernes Video: A sneak peek of a thriller with a twist on suspense

Aug 17, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — We always like getting sneak peeks to upcoming films and this one is definitely ‘piquing’ our interest. Still in production and due for release in 2013, Everlasting is about a high school filmmaker who documents his journey…

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Video: Mexican American artist creates art out of illegal guns

Aug 16, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Victor Hugo Zayas is an award-winning sculptor and recognized painter. Yet, for some, this Californian artist is a miracle worker — of sorts. Zayas takes illegal guns that the Los Angeles police department receives in their community…

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Intrn’l Video: Discovering the serenity of today’s Colombia amid country’s fast-pace life

Aug 15, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Timelapse video isn’t anything new but when it’s combined with meditative music and images that reflect both a hustling city with serene images of nature the end result is a piece of cinematography that transports the viewer…

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Video: DREAM Activist infiltrates detention center to expose youth still being detained by US government

Aug 13, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — In two days, thousands of DREAM-eligible youth will begin filing the necessary paperwork to take advantage of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that the Obama administration has put into place. Though immigration lawyers are issuing…

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