LatinaLista — Not everybody learns at the same rate. Depending on a number of issues — a student’s interest, comprehension, access to supplemental resources — some students just learn faster than others. Two Colombian university friends and engineering majors,…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista The name Christian Rossell has long been synonymous in Guatemala with fine Italian dining: in 2005, the half-American half-Guatemalan chef opened the doors of his first restaurant, Pecorino, in Guatemala City, before unveiling a chain…
By Gene Bolton Council on Hemispheric Affairs The ambiguity between the role of military forces and the police is a growing concern in Central America’s Northern Triangle countries, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. In all three countries, underpaid, outmanned,…
LatinaLista — While the debate over the value of unskilled immigrant labor threatens to drag on indefinitely, there’s no issue over skilled immigrant labor. Anyone who has the type of high-tech skills needed for a future global economy based…
LatinaLista — England may have had the Olympics and the Special Olympics this past summer but a country much closer to home had an equally thrilling international sporting event. For nine days, from October 6-14, Mexico City was host…
By Ivonne Jeannot Laens Global Press Institute A new field hockey program for girls in underprivileged areas surrounding Argentina’s capital aims to remove gender inequalities by increasing girls’ access to sports. The older girls also participate in chats with…
By Manuel Vigo Peru This Week Former presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has warned that the Peruvian capital could run out of its supply of natural gas unless the government takes steps to secure the Camisea natural gas pipeline…
By Cassandra Atlas MADRE The stage is set for a new round of peace talks to begin in the seemingly intractable internal armed conflict that has gripped Colombia for nearly fifty years. In the fifth attempt since the 1980s,…
LatinaLista — There’s no denying that Che Guevara has an interesting impact on U.S. Latinos. Cuban Americans, who know Guevara’s history with Fidel Castro, consider him a traitor and a killer. Other Latinos who only know the iconic figure…
By Nick Rosen Peru this Week In little more than a month, millions of Americans will head to the polls to select the next president of the United States. What would the election of Mitt Romney or the re-election…
By Ivan G. Marte LatinaLista The Dominican Republic (DR) has a new president, Danilo Medina. Medina is very much interested in projecting a new image for the country. He wants the DR to be seen as a place of…
By Geoffrey Ramsey InSight Crime Authorities in Mexico believe that the next leader of the Gulf Cartel could be a woman, an unusual development in the macho world of drug trafficking, but which might unite the badly splintered group….
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista Ever thought about quitting the 9-5 and going out in search of fame and fortune? Most musicians give up the day job well before they have had a number one hit. But in Guatemala, a…
By Shannon K. O’Neil LatIntelligence CFR’s Renewing America initiative just released a new report by Alexandra Starr, a fellow at the New America Foundation, titled “Latino Immigrant Entrepreneurs: How to Capitalize on Their Economic Potential.” Through statistics and personal…
LatinaLista — Where there are civil wars, cartel violence, dictatorships and rampant social corruption, there are journalists being killed. According to Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign, a non-governmental organization founded by journalists, there have been 92 journalists killed around the…
By Ivonne Jeannot Laens Global Press Institute In recent years, Buenos Aires has become a “graffiti-friendly” city, where artists have converted many old and peeling walls into massive outdoor murals. In some cases, the owners of houses and…
By Trent Boultinghouse Council on Hemispheric Affairs As President Barack Obama made the case for reelection last week at the Democratic National Convention, he launched himself as a calculated defender of Washington’s foreign policy interests who has grudgingly won…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista “Last year I helped with a Christmas gift delivery to a school in El Hato and it was an amazing experience. But I noticed as we drove away that there…
By Angie Washington @ngie Children and infants show up as subjects in Cochabamba street art rather frequently. I would be interested to know why they have chosen these particular faces for their pieces. Angie Washington, born and raised in…
By Diana Duarte MADRE We often hear the claim that the only way to improve healthcare, at home and around the world, is through free trade, privatization, and corporate deregulation. Yet Cuba demonstrates that high standards of health and…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista It’s no secret that Guatemala is a dangerous country. Its precarious positioning, on the main corridor for US-bound drugs, makes it one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman and…
By Catie Duckworth Council on Hemispheric Affairs Affecting 0.3 percent of the population, HIV is only half as prevalent in Mexico as it is in the United States. However, experts have noted an increase in cases in Mexico following…
By Anna-Claire Bevan LatinaLista I want to start a revolution,” says Sergio Raul Gonzalez, before clarifying: “an artistic revolution.” Having spent more than 20 years in the U.S., Guatemalan-born Gonzalez recently returned to his homeland with the aim of…
by Christopher Looft InSight Crime As cocaine use in the US falls, prescription drug abuse has been on the rise, a phenomenon that Mexican drug traffickers may seek to exploit in the future to offset losses from a dwindling…
By Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente Global Press Institute With two laws passed this year giving citizens more control over legal decisions about their bodies, a campaign is advocating for legal, safe and free abortion in Argentina in order…
