Rafael López is an artist and children’s book illustrator. Rafa, as he’s known to family and friends, credits his upbringing in Mexico with inspiring his artwork, which is described as a fusion of a strong graphic style and magical…
Stand up paddle surfing known as SUP, or as Wikipedia informs us, in the Hawaiian language it’s known as Hoe he’e nalu, is an emerging global sport with a Hawaiian heritage. The sport is an ancient form of surfing…
By Slyvia Longmire Mexico’s Drug War A little over a year ago (maybe more, maybe less…my memory is like a sieve), I was asked to serve on the Board of Advisers for an organization out of Stanford University called…
Dr. David A. Shirk of the University of San Diego conducts research on Mexican politics, U.S.-Mexican relations, and law enforcement and security along the U.S.-Mexican border. In this TedX lecture delivered at the San Diego TEDxChange lecture, Shirk reviews…
LatinaLista — In 2004, when I created Latina Lista, blogs were the epitome of social media. For the first time, people could share what was happening in their lives, what they thought about politics, give their professional insights, speak…
Anastacio Hernández-Rojas died entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico in 2010. But it wasn’t the high-risk journey into the U.S. that has historically taken so many lives of desperate immigrants that claimed Hernandez-Rojas as its victim that day two…
LatinaLista — Claudia Cifuentes appreciates good movies. A graduate of New York University’s film program she noticed that there were no modern-day, coming-of-age love stories that portrayed young marriages in an honest but hopeful way. A newlywed herself, Claudia…
Tropical colors, geometric shapes and floor-to-ceiling heights are the three main characteristics that distinguishes Federico Herrero’s thought-provoking artwork. The Costa Rican-born artist is globally famous for his artwork but he only held his first U.S. showing recently, in February…
EJKEI may look like a strange word but it’s the phonetic pronunciation of the word “skate” used by Puerto Rican skateboarders. It also happens to be the title of the first documentary about the history of skateboarding in Puerto…
In 1987, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) was looking for a program that would help migrant farm children keep up with their school work while they were away helping their parents earn money by picking crops across the nation….
Based in Austin, Texas, The Latino Comedy Project troupe learned long ago that the nation’s anti-immigrant hysteria was fertile fodder to poke fun at people who discriminated against Latinos and to highlight the absurdity of Washington’s policies in dealing…
Tito Jimenez is a widower, father of two girls, works two jobs and still can’t provide for his family. He’s on the verge of losing his faith but is presented with a second chance at love. It forces Jimenez…
GOOGLE is bringing the art museums of Latin America to the world via its GOOGLE Art Project. Journalist Brian Andrews reports how GOOGLE is using its famous 360-degree, high-definition camera to create online tours and spotlight ten museums in…
At one time, Coco Solo was a busy naval base in Panamá. Its claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of John McCain, who was born there in 1936. However these days, Coco Solo is a far…
Dr. Derek Cabrera leads the Cabrera Research Lab, is the author of five books, numerous journal articles, and a US patent. Cabrera discovered when teaching Ivy League students at Cornell University that his students were smart in every way…
Diabetes, whether Type 1 or Type 2, is a serous health issue, especially for Latinos. Of all Latinos, Mexican Americans suffer the most from the disease that can rob a person of their limbs, their eyesight and eventually their…
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos was a professional trumpet player in his native Puerto Rico. Yet, he did more than just play music. He lived a clandestine life as a revolutionary and became a strategic leader of groups known for their…
In December 2012, the documentary “Eduardo Carrillo — A Life of Engagement” will be released introducing this now deceased artist to a whole new generation. In the short promo for the upcoming film, Eduardo Carrillo is memorialized via the…
Discrimination and racism against the indigenous and those dark skinned is rampant in Mexico and other South American countries. Greg Brosnan, a documentary filmmaker based in Mexico City, noticed that racism against Mexico’s indigenous population is clearly evident in…
Is it women who will decide the 2012 vote? Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto is a Fellow at the Center for Politics and Governance at the University of Texas’ (UT) Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She studies…
Rodolfo Francisco Acuña has been called the “father of Chicano Studies.” It’s a topic he knows well. Acuña is a historian, professor emeritus, and the author of Occupied America: A History of Chicanos, which tells the history of the…
During a week that saw the Pew Hispanic Research Center release a survey about how Latinos identify themselves — more prefer the term “Hispanic” versus “Latino,” this first installment in a planned series of documentaries about Latino identity is…
Who says Latinos don’t play the violin or the harp? Obviously, they’ve never heard of Carlos Reyes. Born in Paraguay and considered a child music prodigy, Reyes has traveled the world performing and producing. These days, he lives in…
LatinaLista — Just what would it mean for the nation if our educational system continues to fail to deliver even basic education to students, especially it’s most vulnerable? The predictions border on the apocalyptic. A film by Literate Nation…
LatinaLista — A thesis film by University of Southern California graduate film student Paloma Martinez begins with a disturbing statistic: “It is estimated that 30,000 minors have been recruited by (Mexican) drug gangs…” These children are recruited to complete…
