By Sylvia Rodriguez Venezuela: It is extremely difficult to understand what is happening in Venezuela nowadays. Political polarization is probably the hardest thing we have faced in Venezuela ever. It is even responsible for many marriages and friendships breaking…
By Janett Chavarry Garcia PERU: This year, the Peruvian Parliament approved a controversial law that says people can have sexual intercourse with those as young as 14-years-old. Some people think that this law is illegal because it could provoke…
By Mayra Beltran de Daetz GUATEMALA: In September, Guatemala was caught up in the difficult decision of choosing a suitable political leader to govern the country. It was difficult because no one had the minimum qualifications wished by the…
By Roxana Urrutia SPAIN: Today I was in the hospital (asthma) and the waiting room was hilarious. You know, in the States, the waiting room is quiet and there is usually a TV on and every now and then…
LatinaLista — For those of us who have followed this divisive debate in Congress over immigration reform, we have always felt something was missing. Common sense? The voice of the undocumented? Employers? Industry representatives? The average American voter? (Source:…
By Maria Luisa Grimaldi CANADA: Immigrants leave their homes, families, friends, country and everything else that used to matter to them the most for a journey that could be for only a short time or turn into a lifetime….
By Rocio Arango Giraldo COLOMBIA: Ever since Eve offered the apple to Adam, every woman has had the same destiny regarding her place in the world, and more so if we are Latina women. For this reason, I want…
By Janett Chavarry Garcia PERU: When Marisa contacted me to write in Latina Lista, I thought a whole week on what topic I could share with you. I thought about talking about a controversial law where older men or…
By Sabrina De Santiago MEXICO: Mexico and the U.S. are very different. I know that should be obvious, but since I’ve grown up sharing both cultures, somehow before all I ever noticed were the similarities — hard-working, traditional, family-oriented…
By Mayra Beltran de Daetz GUATEMALA: Like everybody knows, Guatemala is located in Central America. Our topography is extremely mountainous and we have many volcanos. In fact, our area of Central America is known as the fire belt. For…
By Roxana Urrutia SPAIN: There are more bars and restaurants per square mile in Spain than in any other country in Europe, and in Madrid there are more mimes and clowns in the streets than in any other city…
By Janett Chavarry Garcia PERU: In Perú right now, we’re experiencing a particularly cold winter. It’s perhaps the strongest one we’ve had in years. Somehow, we should have seen that as an omen as to what was to come….
LatinaLista — Chances are you have not noticed that little by little Latina Lista is expanding its content. In that expansion, we are including a section called “Linking Latinas.” It’s been a quiet launch of the section because we…
By Mayra Beltran de Daetz GUATEMALA: Last month, Guatemala celebrated an annual nationally televised event. In a way, you could say it was our version of the Olympics. Not the one where athletes from all over the world compete…
By Roxana Urrutia SPAIN: Every year, Madrid celebrates the Gay Parade, but this year Spain’s capital was chosen to host the Europride Parade, making Madrid the Europride Gay Capital.
By Sabrina De Santiago MEXICO: I have a confession to make, I am a junkie.
By Mayra Beltran de Daetz GUATEMALA: I consider having a woman for president a great advance in Guatemala, since, as the same as other Latin American countries, we have characterized ourselves for the prevalence of the machismo.
LatinaLista — Over 1,000 delegates from 43 countries and 34 states in the U.S. have converged on Dallas, TX this week for the 3rd International Women’s Peace Conference. Yet, the peace conference has been anything but peaceful, underscoring the…
LatinaLista — How ironic is this: Yesterday, the Bush Administration held a conference at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia titled “A Conversation on the Americas.” President Bush speaks at the Conference on the Americas (Source: White…
LatinaLista — By now, pretty much everyone agrees that Global Warming is a fact and not some left-wing, liberal propaganda story. Global Warming temperature changes (Source: nasa.gov) Winters are getting colder, spring weather brings more violent showers and we…
The most popular television show of the past year in Mexico was a show called La Fea Mas Bella. Mexican actors Angelica Vale and Jaime Camil star in La Fea Mas Bella. (Source: esmas.com) Though it’s already ended in…
LatinaLista — Last week in Cartagena de indias, Colombia, the Inter American Press Association held their mid-year meeting where they reviewed the status of press freedoms throughout North and South America. The news isn’t good. Western Hemisphere Some of…
LatinaLista — It’s always amazed me that as many Central and South American migrants make it as far north as they do — especially after having to cross through Mexico. As Latina Lista reported last spring, Los Angeles Times’…
LatinaLista — Now before the insults begin to hurl, there is something that is not widely known on this side of the border: In Mexico and all over Latin America, today is known as the Day of the Innocents….
LatinaLista — It’s funny that in the same week a movie about an indigenous people is number one at the Box Office, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples failed to be adopted so yesterday’s International…
