Colombia President Will Donate Nobel Peace Prize Money to Victims
Colombia President Will Donate Nobel Peace Prize Money to Victims
*Juan Manuel Santos managed to broker peace with the FARC guerillas. Now he’s working on a peace deal with the National Liberation Army (ELN). VL By Associated Press (2.5 minute read) […]
Colombia And FARC Rebels Reach Historic Peace Deal After Bloody War
*I was at a gathering last night when the news of the peace deal buzzed on mobile devices.It’s what most people talked about the rest of the evening. VL By […]
Music From Colombia, Mexico City, LA And More At SXSW
Tuesday was the first day of SXSW music, a day in which I realized that you couldn’t avoid watching performers even if you tried. Wander the streets surrounding the Austin […]
Being An Agent Of Change In Colombia
By Armando Rayo This SXSW coverage is sponsored by Univision News. Panelists: Andrés Traslaviña & Daniel Medina Great panel discussion regarding how social media has allowed citizens to engage in the […]
Thousands Protest HS Valedictorian Facing Deportation In Miami
North Miami Senior High gained national attention Friday when more than 2600 students and teachers walked out of class in the biggest immigration protest in South Florida since 2004. Colombian sisters […]
Big Agriculture’s Latin American Exploits
By William A. Collins, otherwords.org You may wonder why President Barack Obama is so intent on passing a free-trade agreement with Colombia. One answer is simple enough: Big Agriculture. Without any […]
News Taco To Go: Teachers, Jokes, Colombia, Salsa Y Politics
Wanted: More Good Latino Teachers Racist Jokes At Work: ‘Oh, But I Didn’t Mean You’ Controversy Surrounds Colombiana Film For Stereotyping Refreshing Watermelon Salsa Bien Hecho: Latina Journalist Runs In […]
Controversy Surrounds “Colombiana” Film For Stereotyping
Some colombianos are a bit upset about the upcoming Zoe Saldaña film “Colombiana” for portraying Latinos in a negative light, according to Univisión: Members of the non-profit group PorColombia, among other […]
Copa America: Argentina Vs. Colombia
All the stress was on the Argentines as they came out to meet the Colombian Copa América squad in Santa Fe, Argentina at the Estinaslao Lopez stadium. As the host […]
31.7 Million Mexicans, Millions More Latinos In The U.S.
The Pew Hispanic Center released an interesting report last year, finding based on 2009 and 2010 Census data that there are 31. 7 million Latinos of Mexican origin in the […]