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Posts in category "Latin America"

Remembering Carlos Fuentes: 1928-2012

Remembering Carlos Fuentes: 1928-2012
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By Teresa Puente,
May 15, 2012 at 10:50 pm
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12 things to watch in 2012

12 things to watch in 2012
2012 The Year Ahead 1. The Latino voter – How will Latino voters influence the 2012 presidential election? Latinos are key voters in many states. Obama got 67 percent of the Latino vote in 2008 but those numbers could slip as many Latinos are upset over his immigration policies that have resulted in more than... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 9, 2012 at 3:42 pm
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Shakira appointed to education commission by President Obama

Shakira appointed to education commission by President Obama
Pop singer Shakira was given an appointment in the Obama Administration Wednesday. ¿Qué? What? At first I thought this was a Hispanic Heritage Month joke. But seriously the Colombian-born singer was appointed to serve on the president’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, according a White House press release. I first wondered what makes... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 5, 2011 at 3:33 pm
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Remembering Facundo Cabral

Lovers of Latin American music are mourning the murder of Facundo Cabral, the Argentine folk and protest singer shot and killed in Guatemala Saturday. It’s not clear why he was gunned down and his concert promoter may have been the target, according to some news reports. Still it’s a terrible and ironic death for a... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
July 10, 2011 at 7:17 am
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Mexico bus travel marred by killings

I’ve ridden the bus all over Mexico. I’ve taken a bus down the curvy roads of Oaxaca, making me so dizzy that I could barely feel my feet beneath me after a six- hour ride. I’ve ridden along the coast of Jalisco going from one beach town to another. And I’ve taken the bus from... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
April 27, 2011 at 4:55 pm
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Finding faith on Day of the Dead

Photo by Mark Butkus Once I drove through Michoacan, Mexico, where night vigils in the cemeteries lit up the town. I took the road around Lake Patzcuaro stopping where flowers and candles decorated the graves. In one home, a life-size altar had been built and family members greeted neighbors and strangers alike with food and... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
November 2, 2010 at 2:11 pm
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Lila Downs and Buika pay homage to Chavela Vargas

Lila Downs I first saw Lila Downs perform almost 15 years ago at a party in Mexico City. She performed jazz standards at the house of the American ambassador. Over the years, I’ve seen her perform at least a dozen times in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Chicago. Her best performance I’ve ever seen was Friday... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 18, 2010 at 12:27 am
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For 33 Chilean miners, hope never dies

The area above ground where the relatives of the 33 Chilean miners waited for them more than two months is called Campo Esperanza, or Camp Hope. They never lost it. And as they began pulling out the miners early Wednesday there were shouts of thanks, tears and hugs. As of this posting the 17th man... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 13, 2010 at 12:11 pm
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Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa is the fifth Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Who else should win?

Mario Vargas Llosa courtesy nobelprize.org Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday. The Swedish Academy said he won “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat.” Vargas Llosa fuses art and politics. He unsuccessfully ran for president of Peru in... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 7, 2010 at 8:47 am
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World Cup: Adios Diego. Uruguay is out, so I'm cheering for Germany and its diverse team.

The Americas is out of the World Cup with Uruguay losing to the Netherlands in a dramatic 3-2 game. The hopes for a Latin American team in the final are dead. It will come down to two European teams. Diego Forlan photo from FIFA.com One player who I will miss seeing is Uruguay’s team captain... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
July 7, 2010 at 7:44 am
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