LatinaLista — The November 6 election has many anxious — not just as to who will win but if voters will be harassed when casting their ballots. The biggest fear comes from Democrats who feel that in such a tight race between President Obama and Gov. Romney, there will be some in the GOP who [...]
Video: A coming-of-age story that highlights the angst of teen gays
LatinaLista — Coming-of-age stories are defined by a plot that progresses the main character(s) from youth to adulthood. These types of stories are nothing new but what is new is that a different voice is beginning to be heard in this genre of literature — gay and lesbian writers. One such writer is Charles Rice-González. [...]
Video: In honor of his dad, Latino artist creates portrait without brushstrokes — just 3.2 million dots
LatinaLista — For being so young, Miguel Endara has the patience of a saint or at least an artist — and that’s exactly what he is. From Miami, Florida, Endara describes himself as a “non-stop thinker.” It’s a trait that explains why this multi-talented artist, web designer and film director has created such an impressive [...]
Viernes Video: Spaniard’s sci-fi short ROSA to bloom on the big screen
LatinaLista — A rose by any other name would still be ROSA to Spaniard Jesús Orellana and for good reason. This Barcelona-based young comic book artist surprised the world, and safe to say, himself, when his sci-fi short, Rosa, caused a global sensation last year. Creating it on his home computer over the course of 12 [...]
Video: An undocumented young artist envisions a life where she can dream in color
LatinaLista — There are coming-of-age, teen angst stories and then there are stories like INOCENTE: Homeless. Creative. Unstoppable.. An unlikely story that combines youth, today’s politics, art and survival. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be caged by her life as an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless for [...]
Intrn’l Video: Paraguay’s campesinos engage in “Raising Resistance” to corporate greed
LatinaLista — Technology doesn’t always equal progress or profit for all. There’s no better proof of that than in developing countries where rural, disadvantaged people find themselves taking on corporate giants. One such place where this is happening is in Paraguay. The small farmers of Paraguay are battling the large agricultural corporations over their aggressive [...]
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