The Puerto Rico Day Parade will be held this year on June 14 on Fifth Avenue between E. 44th and E. 77th streets in New York City. It will also host a legend as the Parade's Grand Marshal.
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was a creative genius, an intellect who was ahead of her time, a strong woman who was unabashedly herself and unafraid to show her true colors, her rawness and vulnerability with the world.Yet the same time, there was another piece to her beautifully complex artistic realm where the enlightened yet tormented muse intensely connected with the natural world. A place where plants and animals represented innovative scientific, worldly and personal themes and personal connections.
This past Saturday Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced that he would be putting a stop to the use of herbicide that has been a fundamental part of U.S.-financed attempts to kill coca crops.
Since Obama’s decision to reopen ties with Cuba, Airbnb Inc -- a website designed to help travelers share their rooms -- has become the communist country’s fastest-growing market.
The socialist country is about to be making more news locally though as, with an approximately 25,000 violent deaths estimated for 2014 and 90 violent deaths reported in Caracas in the first week of 2015,
Paola Mejía lives in one of Honduras' most disadvantaged communities, but that has not kept the 14-year-old from becoming an Internet sensation with her viral "How to be Poor" videos.
More than 1,000 people marched in Havana this weekend in what the Associated Press called a "colorful gay rights march" led by Mariela Castro, the daughter of Cuban leader Raúl Castro.
As a result of protests from students, alumni, and community members, the University of Northern Colorado lifted the suspension on Mexican American studies on Friday.
Helen Chávez, a first generation Mexican-American, former labor activist for the United Farm Workers of America and wife of Mexican-American Latino Civil Rights activist, César Chávez knows firsthand the importance of mothers - after all she is a treasured mother to eight children.So on Mother's Day, Sunday May 10, not only should Chavez be honored, but she's paying it forward and recognizing the many strong women farm workers at Gerawan Farming -- many who are also mothers themselves.
Childlessness is so passé. There have been increases in large families among highly educated women. Yet, there has been a decrease in the number of large families within the Latino population.
If you have visited Spain, you can attest to its flavorful wines and tapas pairings and relish in its impressive varietals that seduce and reawaken your taste buds to savor la vida buena (the good life)
Mexican painter and fierce fashionista Frida Kahlo showcased an assemblage of stylish fashion as frequently as she displayed provocative artwork. Fifty years after her death, Kahlo's sealed wardrobe has been pried open, revealing pieces: beautiful Tehuana dresses, cat-eye glasses, contoured corsets and much more.
Angela Cervantes, author of "Gaby, Lost and Found," has employed her love of writing to pen the influence of friendship, animals, immigration and hope in the lives of children, by use of diverse and strong characters.
Venezuela has been one of the leading drivers among international baseball talent over the years, but domestic issues could halt their scouting program. Latin Post takes a look at the status of Venezuelan baseball.
Cinco De Mayo is one of the most celebrated holidays in North America. Latin Post celebrates and honors the great Mexican holiday by observing the 10 greatest Mexican-born athletes of all-time.
Despite the Governor of Puerto Rico signing an executive order to legalize medical marijuana this past Sunday, smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes will not be allowed in the U.S. territory.
Residents of Mexico City and the surrounding state of Mexico on Tuesday celebrated Cinco de Mayo with re-enactments of the 1862 Battle of Puebla - the origin of the holiday that celebrates Mexican culture.
Marllory Chacon Rossell, a Guatemalan woman who was in charge of one of the most widely spread drug trafficking and money laundering rings in Central America has been sentenced in secret in the United States.
