Last Surviving Sister Who Inspired Julia Alvarez’s ‘In The Time Of The Butterflies,’ Dede Mirabal, Has Died
Last Surviving Sister Who Inspired Julia Alvarez’s ‘In The Time Of The Butterflies,’ Dede Mirabal, Has Died
By Fox News Latino The last surviving sister that inspired Julia Alvarez’s award-winning novel “In the Time of the Butterflies” has passed away. Belgica Adela Mirabal died on Saturday, Feb. […]
Is The Dominican Republic Legalizing Ethnic Cleansing?
By Louis Nevaer, New America Media The Dominican Republic’s Constitution Court ruling on September 23 to strip thousands of individuals born in that Caribbean island nation of citizenship has met […]
How Will an Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador Fare in the Dominican Republic??
By Estelle Gonzales Walgreen, Hispanically Speaking News President Obama has announced James “Wally” Brewster, Jr. as his choice for U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. It is an interesting choice that […]
Victor Gonzalez, Jr. To Make NASCAR History As First Caribbean Driver
MEDIA RELEASE Sonoma, CA – Victor Gonzalez, Jr. will make NASCAR history on Sunday, June 23, 2013 in Sonoma, California when he becomes the first Caribbean driver to drive in a […]
Exploring Indigenous Legacies
By Eduardo Diaz, Director, Smithsonian Latino Center In 1662, William Sanderoft, the Archbishop of Canterbury, approved the Jamaican coat of arms, depicting an “Arawak” couple: she holding a food basket, […]
Our Holiday Tradiciones
By Joe Ray, Latinovations Growing up near the Mexican border and having spent a few of my first few Holiday seasons in Sonora as well as Arizona, provided me the […]
Thoughts On The Dominican Republic And Its Diaspora
By Ambassador Raul Yzaguirre [Editor’s note: This is the text of the keynote speech given by the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Raul Yzaguirre, to the 14th Annual […]
All Latinos Should Come Together For Immigration Reform
Recently, blogger Julio R. Varela became incensed over comments that Puerto Ricans cannot understand other Latinos when it comes to immigration, due to their automatic U.S. citizenship. For several reasons, […]
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 […]
