LatinaLista — Julian Leyzaola Perez takes the law in Mexico seriously. This former police chief of two of the most law-breaking Mexican border towns — Tijuana and Juarez, felt it was his public and moral duty to confront the…
LatinaLista — The life of a migrant farmworker may be one of the darkest blemishes on the U.S. labor market. As if it wasn’t bad enough that migrant workers, and their families, are exposed to dangerous pesticides, abusive employers,…
LatinaLista — While the majority of voters view Donald Trump's grossly insensitive declarations about what he will do when he is president as nada más than political rhetoric, it's come to the point that he must be taken seriously. …
LatinaLista — In 2013, Latina Lista shared the story of a feature-length documentary about to be released that dealt with the femicide epidemic in Guatemala. Justice for My Sister followed one Guatemalan woman, as she battled a machismo culture and a gender-biased…
LatinaLista — Elisa Goodkind worked for over 20 years as a New York fashion stylist. Over time, she saw that commercial fashion was less about exhibiting a bold individuality but more about fitting a predetermined mold. At the same…
LatinaLista — Undocumented students, better known as DREAMers, have both a unique and common story. Each of their stories is unique because each has a family history unique to themselves. Yet, their stories share a commonality in that each…
LatinaLista — Mexico is a country under siege by rampant impunity and corruption. From small time gangs and organized cartels to local police forces, the military and politicians, powerless Mexicans are subjected to levels of personal violence that easily…
LatinaLista — The term “natural life” refers to those sentenced to life without parole. It is a merciless sentence reserved for those criminals whose crimes were ruled as the most heinous acts committed against their fellow man. The natural…
LatinaLista — Saying undocumented immigrants are here in the United States only for handouts and to take advantage of the system is nothing more than rhetoric by desperate politicians who want to capture votes on the tailwind of manufactured…
LatinaLista — September 26 marks the one-year anniversary when more than 100 young students, from the Escuela Normal Rural of Ayotzinapa, were attacked by local police, resulting in the deaths of 3 students, more then 20 injured, and the…
LatinaLista — The one stereotype about Latinos that is true to the core is how family members care for one another. There’s no greater example of that truth than in the film Strike One. According to the film’s website,…
LatinaLista — The name Carlos Varela is quickly becoming known among festival theatergoers thanks to the award-winning music documentary The Poet of Havana. Though mainstream audiences are just now discovering Varela’s story and music and his constant censorship battles…
LatinaLista — In 1961, Jim Tracy, F.W. “Mike” East, and Larry C. Morris were three young Marines assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. Their final duty, before the U.S. Embassy shut its doors for what would be…
LatinaLista — Undocumented students, otherwise known as DREAMers, have been signing petitions, staging hunger strikes, marches, rallies and risking arrest for several years now. They risk exposing their legal status in the United States for one common goal —…
LatinaLista — In December 2014, the Nobel Women’s Initiative launched a three-part mini documentary series spotlighting the women of Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico who have committed their lives to fighting for human rights. Women Crossing the Line, provides the…
LatinaLista — The murder of Mexican photojournalist Rubén Espinosa has galvanized the international journalism community to demand justice from the Mexican government. In a country rampant with crimes that go unpunished, coverage of the murder has been widespread —…
LatinaLista — The emotional distress of a child having a parent incarcerated has been documented enough in film and books to understand that there is trauma felt by members of the family, but what about when a sibling or…
LatinaLista — Bless Me, Ultíma catapulted author Rudolfo Anaya onto the national literary stage in 1972. His magical plot weave of Hispanic tradition with modern-day challenges, a mix of both English and Spanish text and portrayal of Chicano culture…
LatinaLista — Given the recent disparaging remarks by Donald Trump about Mexican immigrants, it’s always good to be reminded of the long history Mexicans have with the United States. Included in that story, is the diverse growth of the…
LatinaLista — The word “cartel” has become synonymous with Mexico. The term conjures a morbid game of word association: blood-thirsty, femicide, murderers, brutality, depravity, rapists, drugs…fear. For anyone who is involved with cartels, it’s pretty much assumed to be…
LatinaLista — Veracruz, Mexico has been described as possibly the most dangerous place in the world for journalists by Dario Ramirez, director of Article 19, an organization that keeps global track of aggressions against journalists. According to Ramirez, in…
LatinaLista — This fall, the nation will remember the 50th anniversary of one of the most controversial wars in our lifetime — the Vietnam War. It was a war that for the first time caused Latinos to question the…
LatinaLista — Phil Jimenez has been drawing for as long as he can remember. He’s been drawing popular comic characters since at least the age of 7 when he drew a pretty darn good Wonder Woman. Little did he…
LatinaLista — More and more people around the world raising the alarm over humankind’s impact on the environment. Whether it’s overdeveloping land for new homes and disrupting the natural habitats of animals or draining underground water tables or polluting…
LatinaLista — On January 18, 2015, Argentinian special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment. It just happened to be the day before he was scheduled to testify against President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and some members…
