Condor Musings By now, many of us have heard that the body that carried our People’s Poet, Pablo Neruda, was exhumed on April 8, 2013 from his home grave at Isla Negra. This is an occurrence that has left…
Culture
Selection of First Latin American Pope has Spanish-speaking world celebrating
Mar 13, 2013, 3:10 PM 0
LatinaLista — Latin America has the highest percentage of the world’s Roman Catholics — 39 percent. Overall, Latinos are credited with sustaining a religion that sees its numbers dwindling in some parts of the world. So the election of 76-year-old…
General, Videos
Intrn’l Video: For 35 years, Argentina’s abuelas have been searching for missing grandchildren taken during La Guerra Sucia
Feb 20, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — In the 1970s, thousands of young people disappeared in Argentina during what is most commonly referred to as the Guerra Sucia or Dirty War. Young couples were spirited away to never be seen or heard from again….
Global Views
In Absence of Formal System, Thousands Earn a Living Recycling Trash in Argentina
Jan 4, 2013, 3:18 PM 0
By Dina Gonzalez Global Press Institute Thousands of people in Buenos Aires work independently or with the government to collect and resell recyclable materials in the absence of an institutionalized recycling system. The business offers a chance to make…
Videos
Intern’l Video: Argentina to China — two countries connected by their oppositeness
Dec 26, 2012, 2:28 PM 0
LatinaLista — The term ‘antipodes’ refers to two geographical locations that are diametrically opposite from each other. In other words, these two places could be connected by a straight line running through the center of the Earth. The documentary…
General, Videos
Intrn’l Video: Embracing the beauty of South America in six minutes
Dec 5, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Good video is always appreciated, especially when it’s used to document the haunting scenery of countries that don’t get nearly enough attention from world travelers. Such scenery lies particularly close to home to the United States —…
By Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente Global Press Institute With two laws passed this year giving citizens more control over legal decisions about their bodies, a campaign is advocating for legal, safe and free abortion in Argentina in order…
General, Videos
Video: Argentine author relives horror of political imprisonment through fiction
Jul 26, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Alicia Kozameh is an author, an editor, a college instructor and a former political prisoner. From September 1975 to December 1978, Kozameh was held at Sótano (“basement”) of police headquarters in Rosario, Argentina as part of the military…
Videos
Intrn’l Video: Small-town Argentinian firefighters take duty, honor and service to new heights as volunteers
Jul 11, 2012, 2:34 PM 0
LatinaLista — Volunteer firefighters are the backbone of any small community fortunate enough to have them. In the small town of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, on the border with Brazil and Paraguay, there are a group of volunteer firefighters who…
Global Views
Legislative Proposals Highlight Divide Between Sex Workers and Prostitutes in Argentina
Jun 29, 2012, 11:02 AM 1
By Dina Gonzalez Global Press Institute BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – Elena Reynaga, a thin, olive-skinned woman, says she chose to become a sex worker at age 19. Today, Reynaga is 60 and retired. “My body can’t anymore,” she says…
Global Views
Women Wield Community Radio in Argentina to Promote Gender Equality
Jun 12, 2012, 10:32 AM 0
By Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente Global Press Institute In the suburbs surrounding the city of Buenos Aires, three women use community radio to broadcast a weekly segment that gives voice to stories concerning women. They aim to increase…
Global Views
Popular Street Drug Cuts Across Class Lines, Demands Social Strategies in Argentina
May 9, 2012, 2:17 PM 0
by Dina Gonzalez Global Press Institute Although paco, a drug derived from cocaine, has a reputation of being a lower-class drug, it has extended to affect middle-class families as well. Families of people addicted to the popular street drug…
Education, General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final
Time is fast running out for Honors Student, Walter Lara, scheduled to be deported July 6
Jul 1, 2009, 11:10 AM 7
LatinaLisa — It wasn’t that long ago that we featured the story of college graduate, Benita Veliz, a honor student who had been arrested by San Antonio police and sentenced to start deportation proceedings. We learned last month that…
Global Views, Politics, Women
Women from South America voice their views on U.S. presidential election
Nov 3, 2008, 4:46 PM 0
LatinaLista — With only 24 hours to go before one of the most historical elections in recent memory comes to a close, it’s interesting to put this election into perspective. This picture underscores how the election has taken hold…
Global Views, Human Rights, Photography
Powerful photo exhibit highlights the 30,000 who disappeared under Argentine military dictatorship
Aug 14, 2008, 2:38 PM 0
LatinaLista — Whoever coined the old saying “A picture is worth a thousand words” never imagined a haunting photo exhibit as the one titled Ausencias. Otherwise, the saying would have been “A picture is worth a thousand words unsaid…
Global Views, Linking Latinas, Social Media, Women
Latina Lista links Latinas from south of the border
Aug 2, 2008, 3:50 PM 0
LatinaLista — Visitors to Latina Lista know that this section of the site is all about my perspectives. But everyone should know that all Latinas, wherever they live, have a perspective to share. I’ve tried to do my small…
Global Views, Linking Latinas, Media
Argentina: A grass-roots radio station that keeps the mentally ill in touch with outside world underscores who are the real crazies
Aug 2, 2008, 2:27 PM 1
By Ana Maria Hanssen ARGENTINA: These days in Argentina, the news headlines involve the government and the farmers. Since March, all we hear and read about is the taxes that Cristina Kirchner’s government wants to keep applying to the…
