Home > Topics > Latin America

Subtopics: Argentina (66) | Bolivia (45) | Brazil (72) | Chile (80) | Colombia (99) | Costa Rica (3) | Cuba (133) | Dominican Republic (13) | Dominicans (24) | Ecuador (24) | El Salvador (8) | Guatemala (21) | Honduras (4) | Mexico (376) | Nicaragua (7) | Panama (3) | Paraguay (11) | Peru (44) | Puerto Rico (105) | Uruguay (8) | Venezuela (164) |

Advertisement

~ Latin America ~

This is a primary topic including results from related subtopics

Showing 1 - 20 of 1213 news (61 Pages):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 » >

Fri10Oct2008

Calle 13 featuring Cafe Tacuba : Nadie Como Tu Video

Porque it's Friday!!!!! Caro was blessed enough to see Calle 13 here in NYC the other night. Via / Remolacha... Read more »

Friday, October 10 2008 | 10:05 H

Tue07Oct2008

Martes Musica : Direct from Colombia Monareta

Today, directo de Bogota, Colombia, Monareta drops their latest, Picotero, on planeta earth via Nacional Records. The duo, made up of composer, producer and vocalist Andres Martinez and keyboardist Camilo Sanabria, bring cumbia and dub beats together with an electroshock... Read more »

Tuesday, October 07 2008 | 14:03 H

Politics in the Rican Realm : Musica and Fashion

With Daddy Yankee's endorsement of John McCain, suddenly there is a revival of mixing Rican politics with popular music and fashion especially with the rap/reggaetonero culture. To counter Daddy Yankee's move to the right with McCain, Fat Joe publicly is... Read more »

Tuesday, October 07 2008 | 09:17 H

Fri03Oct2008

Latin American Movie Makers Contemplate Bigger Picture

Felipe Calderon is taking a break from fighting corruption to focus on movie making. He met with big gun movie makers/actors Antonio Banderas and Manoel de Oliveira (amongst others) to talk about how Latin America and Spain/Portugal could start... Read more »

Friday, October 03 2008 | 12:20 H

Wed01Oct2008

Mexico Continues to Struggle with Violence

In another attempt to deal with the ever increasing drug related violence in Mexico, Mexican president Felipe Calderon, is campaigning to create a "department to monitor and tackle corruption among Mexican police." ... Read more »

Wednesday, October 01 2008 | 13:25 H

Tue30Sep2008

2nd RBD World Wide March : Because the World Doesn't Have Better Things to March About

Seriously, people are taking the RBD thing too far. It was bad enough they had to exist in the first place, make a bad novela and market products with the novela. We thought it was over, but like a bad... Read more »

Tuesday, September 30 2008 | 18:06 H

Ecuador Passes New Constitution

Ecuador's voters approved a new constitution by about 70%. In the new constitution, there are certain provisions that are more progressive and protect more rights than the U.S. Constitution.The new constitution guarantees civil rights for gays and lesbians, including civil... Read more »

Tuesday, September 30 2008 | 16:06 H

Mon29Sep2008

Monday Morning Miedos : Chavez Says Venezuela Will be Nuclear Power

Wanna scare 'mericans into voting McCain? Easy. Create a new brown menace to go with Ahmadinejad. As we saw in the debate last week, all it takes is saying Ahmadinejad, Castro, Chavez in one breath. "In Venezuela we are interested... Read more »

Monday, September 29 2008 | 07:42 H

Wed24Sep2008

Miercoles Musica : The Perfect Pair Calle 13 y Cafe Tacuba Nadie Como Tu

Today Calle 13 and Cafe Tacuba's tag team cancion Nadie Como Tu hits the radio airwaves. The single is the first official release from Calle 13’s highly anticipated third album: Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo. You can listen to the... Read more »

Wednesday, September 24 2008 | 15:07 H

Latin American Leaders at UN Summit and Palin Will Only Speak to One

The UN General Assembly is bringing Latin American leaders and has them speaking on a diverse range of topics of interest to their country people and the world at large. Evo Morales of Bolivia criticized the United States and it's... Read more »

Wednesday, September 24 2008 | 13:07 H

Tue23Sep2008

The "Soybean Wars" is Highlighted on Speaking Tour

Just read on the Rainforest Action Network blog that they are sponsering a U.S. speaking tour featuring Leticia Galeano, a campesina youth leader from Paraguay. According to RAN: Leticia Galeano is an inspiring youth leader from the Movimiento Agrario y... Read more »

Tuesday, September 23 2008 | 17:02 H

El Grito (de Lares) En Mi Boca

Today marks three years since Rican liberation leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios was murdered by the FBI. It was no coincidence that the FBI chose September 23 as the date of his execution. September 23, 1868 the date that Don Emeterio... Read more »

Tuesday, September 23 2008 | 13:23 H

New Spanish McCain Attack Ad Links Hugo Chavez and Obama

The above ad, released late last week by the McCain camp, is supposed to appeal to Latinos.The McCain campaign said Hispanic voters are particularly open to the message because many of them are immigrants who came to the U.S.... Read more »

Tuesday, September 23 2008 | 11:23 H

EZLN Announces First Global Festival of Dignified Rage. Sign Me Up!

The Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional aka the EZLN announced via communiqué the First Global Festival of Dignified Rage. Communiqué from the of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command, of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation Sixth Commission—Intergalactic Commission of... Read more »

Tuesday, September 23 2008 | 09:23 H

Martes Morning Musica : Kinky Barracuda Preview

Earlier this month, we told you about Kinky's new album, Barracuda, set to be dropped on September 30. You can get a sneak preview listen over at MTV's The Leak. I've been bouncing to it all morning and you should... Read more »

Tuesday, September 23 2008 | 07:23 H

Mon22Sep2008

Ecuadorians Number 4 Latino Group in NYC (Especially in Queens)

As a born and bred Queens, NYC Latina, I sure don't need statistics to tell me that the Ecuadorian population is steadily growing. It's the reason there are more Ecuadorian food trucks and carts from Jackson Heights to Flushing. It's... Read more »

Monday, September 22 2008 | 14:24 H

Mexicans Talk About Violence and Drug Trafficking

In a continuing conversation about the ever increasing levels of violence in Mexico, the BBC News has released a survey showing that Mexicans feel less safe than they did before and 80% of them feel that the government should look... Read more »

Monday, September 22 2008 | 13:18 H

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 » >