By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva VENEZUELA: “Venezuelans, check yourself, you are way too fat” Those were the — once again — wise words of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez on his very own 5 hour-long TV Show “Alo Presidente” broadcast every Sunday…
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…
By Sonia Villar U.S.A.: When I learned that the U.S. and Mexico signed an agreement to reinforce security along the border to fight weapons and drug traffic, I asked myself: Why now? So I decided to analyze the situation…
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…
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…
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…
By Mayra Beltran de Daetz GUATEMALA: The Government of Guatemala has decided to make changes to the mobility of two people on a motorcycle. Since May 9, 2009, two people caught riding together on a motorcycle are fined Q1,000.00,…
By Rocio Arango Giraldo LatinaLista Colombia: All meetings about social policy are always full of women in attendance. In each one of the neighborhoods from Latin America, the women are the leaders of the community organizations. But this potential…
LatinaLista — Today the world celebrates International Women’s Day. While the official theme for today is: “Women and men united to end violence against women and girls,†the day should also be marked by women sharing their voices to…
By Martha Ramos LatinaLista MEXICO: As it turns, cutting jobs is “in”. I mean, the real crisis in this world crisis is the not-so-global-effect of losing our jobs. In Mexico, sadly, it’s a phenomenon that’s affecting more women than…
By Anahi Parra LatinaLista MEXICO: If you surf the internet looking for some information about Mexico, the first data that comes up from newspapers and websites is inevitably related to drug trafficking, violence, and corruption as constant characteristics of…
by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista VENEZUELA: We dont know who the perpetrarors were, we still are thinking and trying to figure out what happened here. This been the most horrific thing someone can experience ever!!!!! Hours after living through every…
By Ana Maria Hanssen LatinaLista ARGENTINA: I want to tell you about the first Argentine female I met in my life. Her name is Mafalda and I am sure many of you have met her too. Growing up in…
LatinaLista — March is Women’s History Month. In this month, we also celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8). When it comes to having a voice, too many women still have to fight to be heard, recognized and respected. Yet,…
By Valerie LatinaLista PUERTO RICO: As my first Post at Latina Lista, I want to set the record straight about my island’s status. Not only half of the World doesn’t understand this, but some puertoricans don’t either. This is…
By Janett Chavarry Garcia LatinaLista PERU: It’s difficult for a person not to be curious about the lives of others. It could be the life of a favorite entertainer you want to know about or a friend’s personal life…
by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista VENEZUELA: Venezuela, the land well known as the territory where beautiful women are born, the land of oil — and the land of political controversy for the last ten years. This is the most ridiculously…
By Mayra Beltran de Daetz LatinaLista GUATEMALA: On January 14, 2009, Guatemala received a report by President Alvaro Colom pertaining to his first year in office. The report came after one of the country’s newspapers released the results of…
By Rocio Arango Giraldo LatinaLista There’s a proverb that says “nobody is a prophet in their own land,†but this expression doesn’t relate to Juanes, the Colombian Grammy-award winning singer. More than 140,000 people sang his songs on December…
