Chinese New Year celebrations run from Chinese New Year's Eve, the last day of the last month on their calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. It is the longest festival in the Chinese calendar.
On Tuesday night, stars, media moguls, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists dressed to the nines filed New York's glamorous Cipriani Wall Street in support of Marc Anthony and entrepreneur Henry Cárdenas' Maestro Cares Foundation that benefits homeless and neglected children in developing Latin American countries.
We know that Ash Wednesday follows Carnaval, celebrations throughout the predominantly Catholic Latin America before Lent. But what does the holy day really mean for Latinos and Catholics?
"Perla," "The Invisible Mountain" and "The Gods of Tango" are fictional fragments of who Robertis is as a writer. Her attraction to exploring the histories of silenced, forgotten or marginalized voices is rooted in a need to offer underserved communities a place in literature. This is why she's chosen to dedicate her life to creating stories that have been kept private, but will resonate with the public.
The head of the Alabama court system is using a states' rights argument that conjures up "ghosts of slavery, the Civil War and the battle against desegregation" in his fight to stop same-sex marriage in the state. Chief Justice Roy Moore instructed probate judges to defy federal court rulings and refuse to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
The 2015 NBA All-Star Game has come and passed, and fans got an exciting contest. The Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference with multiple Latino players on the court. Latin Post reviews the game and honors the Latino players who contributed.
An American tourist was was savagely gored during a bullfighting festival in western Spain is recovering in the intensive-care unit of a hospital in Salamanca. Benjamin Miller, a 20-year-old from Georgia, underwent a three-hour operation to repair damage to thighs, sphincter and back muscles.
Michele Ferrero, the patriarch of the eponymous Italian maker known for its Nutella hazelnut spread and toy-filled Kinder eggs, died on Saturday in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Ferrero turned the Piemonte chocolate factory founded by his father, Pietro, into a dominant business in the global candy market.
The Carnival of Brazil, an annual festival of overindulgence and excess that marks the time before Lent, is traditionally for the masses. But the celebration, which has its roots in the pagan holiday of Saturnalia, is becoming a rich guy's game.
To welcome the 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis instructed the group to exercise pure charity and put aside other emotions, namely "pride" and "jealousy."
With Valentine's Day upon us, lovebirds across the country are giving themselves a pass to indulge in large amounts of chocolate in the name of love. In the U.S. alone, more than 58 million pounds of chocolate candy are reportedly sold during Valentine's week, making up more than 5 percent of chocolate candy's sales for the year.
At the same time, thousands of miles away in Latin America, award-winning Mexican-American Chocolatier Arcelia Gallardo is also taking her love and passion for chocolate to another level -- proving that it has the power to unify communities, empower women and ultimately change the world.
Don't worry if you waited to the absolute last minute to give your special someone a present for Valentine's Day. Fortunately, there are several ideas that you can pull off to show your sweetie how much you care.
Valentine's Day, observed February 14th, annually intersects with national heart month; a month that highlights important facts involving cardiovascular health, including the information which shows that more than 67 million Americans have high blood pressure, Hispanic women are likely to develop heart disease 10 years earlier than non-Hispanic, Puerto Rican Americans have the highest hypertension-related death rate among all Hispanic sub-populations, and so many other important factors.
Opting not to have children is "a selfish choice," Pope Francis warned at the Vatican on Thursday. The leader of the world's more than 1.2 billion Catholics noted "life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies."
"George I. Sánchez: The Long Fight for Mexican American Integration" is stationed on book shelves across the nation, and the published nonfiction work stands as a utensil for those who ache to learn more about a complex and unsung hero who dedicated himself to reform, intellect, integration, and racial and political equality.
