A Very Latin Christmas News

 
Remembering Carlos Fuentes
Examiner.com
I was always going to be a writer; as a child, my favorite Christmas gift from my parents was a typewriter. I sold my comics to the other kids beginning in the first grade, started writing short stories as a boy, completed a hilariously bad science ...

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Blue Peter belongs on BBC1
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
“If so, how much can it cost to send three Geordies up Ben Nevis every week?” When I was growing up (and remember, everything was acceptable in the eighties – even this), Blue Peter was the acme of children's programming. Every Christmas my mother ...

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Principled, persistent Wayne Kublalsingh stands firm for T&T's well-being
Trinidad Guardian
“I was observing what was happening in Latin America at the time. Millions were killed in Vietnam and Latin America during the Dirty War.” Kublalsingh said this troubled him greatly, but all he could do was fantasise about how he could stop it.


 
Frontline
NGUGI WA THIONG'O
Frontline
I did not grow up in a Christian home, but we celebrated Christmas, everybody did; it was a time of carnival, with children, in their very best, trooping from house to house to indulge their fancy in terms of food. We were vegetarians throughout the ...

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My Quest for a Good Malasada in Brazil
Maui News (blog)
With 200 million citizens, this largest country of Latin America with a booming economy and strong currency (and investors flocking to Miami and New York City) is a vast melting pot, like the US, with an indigenous population, a minority of African ...

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The Pinay in J. Lo
Philippine Star
Did you get the Christmas Card, Valentine Card and many other cards that I've sent you?” Then, she broke away from her companions and rushed to plant a kiss on both my cheeks. Well, I've interviewed her thrice before — in 2000 for The Cell with Vince ...

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OnMilwaukee.com
Zamudio crafts handmade piñatas
OnMilwaukee.com
Enjoy a week of sizzling stories that will leave you craving Milwaukee's Latin offerings. Olé! Piñatas are a traditional way to mark a celebration by distributing fruits and sweets in Mexican culture. The idea of a piñata goes back centuries; ...