By Cecilia Mansilla ARGENTINA: Milan has La Scala. New York City has the New York Metropolitan and then there’s the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, the Munich National Theater and the Paris Opera. In Buenos Aires, we have the Colon…
By Martha Ramos MEXICO CITY: A dear friend of mine says that the problem with us, women, is that we have a lot of “accessories” and, of course, after our 40th birthday everything needs, at least, maintenance. That happened…
By Cecilia Mansilla ARGENTINA: The death of the “voice of Latin America,” Mercedes Sosa, was an Argentinean story. As a result, October 2009 was a really sad month for us. It was…
By Mayra Beltran de Daetz GUATEMALA: At the end of August 2009, the people of Guatemala found out, through the media, that there were towns that were suffering from the damage caused by a winter without rain. Because there…
LatinaLista — Ever since Honduran President Mel Zelaya was unceremoniously removed from office by a military junta, the Obama administration has joined with other world leaders in demanding the Honduran government reinstate Zelaya. Nominee for Mexico’s Attorney General Arturo…
LatinaLista — Suicide. It’s a single word identifying a single act by a single individual that impacts an array of people and invokes a multitude of emotions — disbelief, sadness, anger, puzzlement and guilt. The Centers for Disease Control…
LatinaLista — Everyone, or most everyone, has heard about the G-20 Summit taking place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Sept. 24-25, attended by the world’s most powerful leaders to discuss the state and future of the global economy. Yet, there’s…
LatinaLista — Summer may be winding down but there’s still time for one more getaway with the amigas — and to get started all you need is a Facebook account. Las Brisas Ixtapa The Mexican chain of fabulous Brisas…
By Cynthia Mazariegos LatinaLista — Second-generation Guatemalan-American, Cynthia Mazariegos, dreams of becoming a lawyer one day and championing justice for immigrants as an immigration attorney. Her dreams are fueled by the ongoing debate in the United States over comprehensive…
LatinaLista — What is transnationalism? The Merriam-Webster definition says it’s “extending or going beyond national boundaries.” Yet, for the purposes of a new digital, virtual coffee table-type book, transnationalism, as it pertains to the United States, has a much…
By Mariana Llamas-Cendon Latinalista MANZANILLO, MEXICO: The city of Manzanillo, the main tourist destination of the Mexican state of Colima, houses a very unusual attraction. Something a visitor or a resident would never expect to see in a beach…
LatinaLista — The Grand Canyon. The Amazon. The Dead Sea. The Galapagos Islands. These are just a few of the 28 natural wonders of the world that a new campaign is asking people to decide from to create the…
LatinaLista — Tomorrow, July 18, is the 91st birthday of South Africa’s Nelson Mandela. It is also the first global observance of Mandela Day. Nelson Mandela The day isn’t just to honor the legacy of one of the world’s…
By Rocio Arango Giraldo LatinaLista Colombia: These days, I have been thinking what is the reason the Technology Park, where I work, has both the Government Secretary’s Competitiveness Department and the Agency for Development. I think I know. Last…
LatinaLista — The issue of undocumented immigration and its consequences is not unique to the United States. Countries throughout the world are grappling with the same problem. Sometimes, their approaches to solving this universal dilemma is worse than what…
By Mayra Beltran de Daetz GUATEMALA: On Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 9:15, three bullets hit the body of 47-year-old lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg while he was riding his bicycle in a residential area of Guatemala City. Like all crime…
LatinaLista — Earlier this week, Latina Lista published a post opining how the “coup” in Honduras didn’t have all the earmarks of traditional Latin American military takeovers. Honduran protesters march against the referendum. (Source: El Heraldo newspaper) Yet, many…
By Martha Ramos LatinaLista MEXICO CITY: Every now and then comes a woman with a terrible story that includes violence, injustice, rape, kidnap, abuse. Each one seems so personal it really hurts. Being a reporter for 23 years makes…
(The following is written by a regular contributor to Latina Lista’s Linking Latinas section.) by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva Venezuelans are about to say good-bye for good to democracy and freedom of speech. The only independent TV Station is about to…
by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva VENEZUELA: Venezuelans are about to say good-bye for good to democracy and freedom of speech. The only independent TV Station is about to be closed by Hugo Chavez’s regime. Radio Caracas Televisión (the first TV Station…
By Martha Ramos MEXICO CITY: Next july the 5th is election day in Mexico. It is middle term, we are voting for a new Congress, so it’s a big deal. Or so I think. Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks…
LatinaLista — It’s long been known, over the last ten years, that women and girl immigrants were arriving in the United States in increasing numbers. It’s also been known among mental health officials who service the Spanish-speaking population that…
LatinaLista — This past weekend, 130 invited women from 50 countries began arriving in Antigua, Guatemala for a special three-day conference. Sponsored by the Nobel Women’s Initiative (a group comprised of all female Nobel Peace Prize winners), partnering with…
By Mariana Llamas-Cendon LatinaLista It seems that the health emergency in Mexico City is totally under control since no new deaths have been reported, and infected people are being treated. Apparently everything has returned to normality: Public places such…
(The following article is by Mexico City-based freelance journalist Mariana Llamas-Cendon who has been providing Latina Lista, along with other news clients, reports and articles of the current situation in Mexico. In this article, the subject of the story,…
