As the days churn towards the November presidential elections, Trump is showing his fear — of voters of color! To suppress our vote, the Trump administration is working overtime. From cutting short the US Census collection dates to a…
Today, be a witness to history and watch the House as they vote on impeachment against Trump. The Senate may not support their colleagues but the people can show we do! There’s good news for Latinos in 2020 –…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
The Persisting Impact of Racial Construction in Latin America
May 7, 2018, 12:13 PM 0
By Audrey Duc Council on Hemispheric Affairs Although racism is not a new phenomenon in Latin America, the demonstration of racism has appeared in new ways according to the development of the continent. A recent example is Jair Bolsonaro,…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunder: MUSICAUSTRAL – A musical camp for young musicians to deepen their Latin-American musical identity
Nov 4, 2015, 1:41 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Musicaustral — South American roots music camp Musicaustral is a musical camp designed for young musicians to develop and/or deepen their Latin-American musical identity during a 10-day immersion in the natural context of Frutillar Bajo,…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunder: Creating low-cost snake anti-venom for Asia, Africa and South America
May 7, 2015, 11:17 AM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Low cost snake antivenom for Asia, Africa and South America Death by snake venom in India, Africa, and South America are substantial. Traditional antidotes are prohibitively expensive ($100/dose) and have side effects. A new peptide-based antidote…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunding Campaign: Sweet Bites: Cavity-fighting gum
Aug 13, 2014, 3:51 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Sweet Bites: Cavity-fighting gum Five best friends from the University of Pennsylvania got together and came up with an idea to combat the rampant existence of tooth decay in impoverished communities. Their idea was a chewing…
Social Justice, Videos, zNew Headline
Video: Docu-Series examines Latino identity among Afro-Latinos
Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history are well-documented. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said about blacks in Latin America. In many cases, blacks south of the U.S. border have been rendered socially invisible and are…
Videos, zNew Headline
Video: Archived film takes viewers on road trip through South America via Pan American Highway — in 1945
Nov 20, 2013, 2:08 PM 0
LatinaLista — It’s been over 70 years since the 1940s. A decade dominated by World War II, the Holocaust, Hitler. It was a decade when the continent Antarctica was discovered, television stations were built bringing a new type of…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
South America offers array of language immersion programs befitting a continent of the future
Oct 29, 2013, 10:40 AM 0
Language Magazine The common language to more than 20 countries (in the Americas, Spain, and Asia), spoken by more than 400 million people, second only to Mandarin in its number of native speakers — with an additional 60 million…
Environment, Videos, zNew Headline
Intrn’l Video: The bio-diversity of South America takes center stage in continent’s unique gardens
Oct 2, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The BBC has an unique travel show titled “Around the World in 80 Gardens.” As you can guess, the host of the show travels to different countries not to take in the tourist sites, or the unusual…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
Microloan service Vittana helps impoverished students in South America and Asia pay for school
Aug 30, 2013, 11:26 AM 0
By Elaine Rita Mendus Más Wired Students in Latin America and Asia may not be able to afford a higher education on their own, but microloan service Vittana allows you to lend a hand to achieve their educational goals….
History, Videos, zNew Headline
Intrn’l Video: Uncovering the ancient bones of world’s biggest dinosaurs in South America
Aug 21, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — South America may be better known for its illustrious ancient history — the Incas, Aztecs, Mayans, the Nazca Plain and pyramids — but the region has been steadily gaining recognition for being the home of more than…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Launch of new tool ranks which Latin American countries offer best environment for women entrepreneurs
Jul 30, 2013, 12:21 PM 0
LatinaLista — According to the Small Business Administration, women-owned businesses are the fastest-growing segment of new businesses in the U.S. economy. An American Express analysis found that the number of women-owned businesses grew over the past year by 200,000,…
Global Views, zNew Headline
New report underscores Indigenous men making political progress in South America, but women not so much
May 23, 2013, 4:54 PM 0
LatinaLista — In Latin America and the Caribbean there are approximately 50 million indigenous peoples, about 10% of the total population. However, in two countries, Peru and Guatemala, indigenous peoples encompass almost half of the population, and in Bolivia,…
Videos
Intrn’l Video: Deciphering the mysterious language of Chile’s Atacama Desert
Jan 30, 2013, 10:11 AM 0
LatinaLista — The most famous example of geoglyphs in South America is found in Peru on the Nazca plain. Yet, South America is rich with examples of other types of glyphs that can be seen on the faces of…
General, Videos
Viernes Video: Veteran dra-comedy webseries has 3 gringas battling South American drug lords
Jan 18, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — While the opening fight scene in this episode of the webseries GRINGAS is a little over the top — actually, way over the top — this campy dra-comedy makes you wish these “bad-ass gringas” really did exist….
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 —…
General, Videos
Viernes Video: Documentary explores the volatile history of Latino migration to the United States
Sep 7, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The subtitle for the film Harvest of Empire is “The Untold Story of Latinos in America.” It’s a statement that begs for assumptions, especially since it seems Latinos dominate the news headlines lately and most people think…
General, Videos
Intrn’l Video: South American street artists receive recognition at home with first-ever urban art festival
Jul 18, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Latino street artists are known for marching to a different beat where they mix culture with art in their colorful murals and abstract graffiti drawings. Many talented street artists from South America have routinely participated in art…
Books, Culture, General, Global Views, Immigration, Multimedia, Online
New digital book puts a Human Face to Transnationalism
Jul 28, 2009, 1:22 PM 0
LatinaLista — What is transnationalism? The Merriam-Webster definition says it’s “extending or going beyond national boundaries.” Yet, for the purposes of a new digital, virtual coffee table-type book, transnationalism, as it pertains to the United States, has a much…
Global Views, Guest Voz, Linking Latinas, Women
Guest Voces: South American Latinas “link” their voices on International Women’s Day
Mar 8, 2009, 9:27 AM 10
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…
LatinaLista —Today, something to be admired and emulated happened in the European Union — nine more European countries, mainly ex-Communist countries, became part of what is known as the Schengen Zone. The European Union’s Schengen Zone allows its residents…
