Archive for the ‘Latin News’ Category

Salsa Music Legend’s Son Arrested

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

The son of the legendary salsa music star Willie Colon has been arrested on child pornography charges, according to New York state prosecutors. The 21 year old Patrick Colon was busted at his New Roch…

Latina Girls Skew Teen Pregnancy Rates

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

53 percent of Latina girls get pregnant in their teens, about twice the national average, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. 84 percent of Latina girls and 91 …

Reggaeton Star J Balvis Bags Awards At Nuestra Tierra

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Reggaeton artist J Balvin swept all the publicly-voted awards at the Nuestra Tierra Awards 2011, which took place on Thursday, May 19th in Bogota. The reggaeton singer showed his immense popularity by…

UCF Latin American Cultural Festival

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

The 6th annual UCF Latin American Cultural Festival will arrive early September to showcase the best Latin American and Caribbean music and dance. Held in Orlando on September 12th, the festival will …

Juan Pablo Makes the Chase!

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Juan Pablo Montoya became the first non-American to make NASCAR's Chase, the 10-race "playoff" where the racing series' top 12 drivers compete for the Cup Championship.

Juan Pablo i…

The New Justice: Sotomayor

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

A number of news sources (NY Times, Agence France Press, CNN, the WaPo, Reuters, Bloomberg) this week covered the Senate confirmation and swearing in of Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme C…

Newspaper Subscription in Latin America

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Are you considering a newspaper subscription from Latin America but don't know for sure what paper you should subscribe to?

Newspapers are a great way to keep your language skills sharp – reg…

Understanding Honduras

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Honduras was much in the news for a while, and now it seems to have faded from the interests of the major news outlets.

There was a coup in Honduras. Or not, depending on your perspective and who yo…

Antigua’s Boggy Peak to be Renamed Mount Obama

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua announced plans today to rename its tallest Mount peak after the new U.S. President.

Boggy Peak, if the plan goes through, would be renamed "Mount Obama&quot…

Logo de Mexico

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

My my, Latin America is getting digital!

Mozilla's Mexican community has grown to the point that a contest is being held to find a Mozilla logo just for México.

If you want to give your idea…