It's time to focus some attention on las chicas...the women who've penetrated industries and markets, offering their unique talents and perspectives, while simultaneously making enormous gains for themselves and setting the stage for the multi-generational success of Latinas. These women are power-wielding bombshells and champions of Latina sisterhood.
With the Super Bowl held in Phoenix, events hosted at Verizon Super Bowl Central had definite Latino sabor. On Thursday, January 29th, the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee sponsored a full day of Latin oriented programs and David Farca was a driving force in organizing the events.
Cisneros still has an enduring relationship with libraries. While she no longer treks to the library to find herself weighed down by borrowed literature (with much thanks to her assistant, who makes research trips for her), she continues to donate to libraries, contribute time to libraries, persuade young children to acquire library cards and patronizes the gift shop section of the library so she doesn't have to give the books back.
Reies Lopez Tijerina, a former radical leader of the Chicano movement died Monday at age 88. Reies Lopez Tijerina, a Pentecostal preacher-turned-radical-leader for the Chicano movement 50 years ago, died Monday.
Chicana novelist and poet Ana Castillo who coined the term "Xicanisma" at a time when the lives of Chicanas were finally being formalized into writing.
No, you won't have to re-gift your toaster. Instead, you're going to fish through you kitchen and bathroom cabinets, you going to search through your pantry and you're going to scour that drawer where you all the miscellaneous items that don't normally use, and you're going to use those spare things to create fierce and unforgettable gifts.
President Obama announced the U.S. will re-establish its diplomatic relations with Cuba, and open economic and travel ties between the two nations after a decades-long embargo.
The Guatemalan-U.S. partnership Cultiva Tours impresses upon foodies the charming qualities of Guatemalan The new Guatemalan-U.S. partnership Cultiva Tours educates foodies about the charming qualities of Guatemalan cuisine and artistry, by way of authentic Guatemalan food and drink producers, hotels, farms and restaurants with top chefs.
Yo-yoing between birthplace Bogota, Colombia and New York City since the age of 18 sparked an insatiable need for author Angela Lang to travel. When she wasn't able to satisfy the urge to travel physically, she did so mentally: happily ingesting highly-imaginative Colombian literature and sauntering toward the great entryway of world creation, keeping one leg in the world of journalism the other in the world of literature
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in a speech from the National Palace on Thursday revealed his new security plan for the country in response to protests against the disappearance, and presumed murder, of 43 students two months ago. In his speech he announced a series of measures to check organized crime in municipal governments.
Each holiday demands a production, particularly those that come toward the end of the year. Between the gifting, the shopping, the cleaning, the cooking, the hosting, the traveling and the general rearrangement of life simply for a 24-hour stint of high energy food production and consumption, Thanksgiving, and similar holidays, leave home entertainers mercilessly tired.
Amazon tries their luck at the smartphone market The Amazon Fire phone has not gained much traction in a crowded smartphone market with big boys like Apple and Samsung, so the company is drastically dropping the price of the phone and making it available without contract According to Android Geeks, back in the early summer, Amazon formed an exclusive partnership to offer the new phone on AT&T only.
President Obama Friday announced that Michael Greco has been nominated to be the next United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York. Greco currently serves as a lieutenant in the state police and would be the first Latino to hold the post.
Mexicans in New York held a rally on Sunday in solidarity in Mexico for the 43 students who were kidnapped by police and allegedly murdered afterwards in the southwestern town of Iguala, Mexico on Sept. 26.
"We're all mixed" or "what is race?" is often asserted by many Latinos. However, race is apparent to those who are at the receiving end of disadvantage. This was something that was illuminated by scholars, activists and cultural representatives from Latino grassroots organizations gathered at the three-day AfroLatin@s Now: Race Counts! Conference, which took place at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in late October.
Goya Foods, the United States' largest Hispanic-owned food company, has expanded its West Coast headquarters, developing a distribution center and a new facility in Southern California, a response to growing demands for Goya products among immigrant populations and Americans, as part of a $300 million expansion.
Puerto Rican-American author Anjanette Delgado wanted to know how and why love turns into hate when she wrote "The Clairvoyant of Calle Ocho." The question was formed when she was being raised by her mother and an abusive and sadistic father in a Puerto Rican "caserío" and it persisted even after she, her sister and her mother escaped to New York City during the late 1970s.
Slovenian archaeologist uncovers unique findings in Mayan cities A Slovenian archaeologist has found three sites of ancient Mayan ruins on the Yucatan Peninsula this year and last, prompting the media to dub him the real-life Indiana Jones.
