Modern Latin American History course for New College of Florida. Our resource for current issues pertaining to Latin American culture, politics, society, education, government, etc...
As you know, Puerto Rico is not an independent nation but a Commonwealth of the United States. This means that the chief of state would be the current president of the United States but that the he...
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/5147 This article is an updated overview of why people are unhappy with the current situation in Venezuela. It also tells about revolutionary and counter-r...
China's deputy trade minister has announced that Chinese companies have invested $1.4 billion in Peru so far - more than any other country in Latin America. "Peru has become the principal destina...
Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori gave away his daughter Saturday in a small wedding ceremony at the chapel of the Peruvian police's Special Operations Directorate headquaters. The ex-presi...
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64331J20100504
Earlier this week, dozens of armed men raided two hotels in the center of Monterrey, the industrial capital or Mexico, early Wednesday morning, hauling away four guests and as many as three staff m...
Thanks to the country's close proximity to the US, Mexico has seen a rise in obesity. It now rates 4th in fattest countries in the world, after it's northern neighbor. Most of the problem is in ...
Eight people were killed yesterday afternoon and ten injured when the truck they were riding in went off the road at high speed. The truck landed upside-down in the Cochoc River between Calca and S...
According to data released by the Ministry of Energy and Mines yesterday, Peru's electricity production rose 8.5 percent between April 2009 and last month. Hydroelectric stations are the main sourc...
A young girl raped by her step-dad in the Yucatan peninsula is only a month too late for the 90-day cut off after which abortion becomes illegal in cases of rape. Her step-dad now in jail, the girl...
In the Andean Huancayo Province, sports promoters invited mothers to spar with one another for three rounds while wearing traditional pollera skirts. Ten women participated with about two hundred ...
The island of Vieques is plagued with chemical and toxic residue of the US Navy. The US denies even that it is the cause of extremely large percentage increases in the amount of cancer and other me...
March 20: Infrastructure may be a key issue in election campaigns throughout Brazil due to outcry in northeastern regions. Dilapidated roads and ports inhibit trade throughout the predominantly ag...
Notice how in the very first sentence of this article the author refers to Puerto Rico as the "51st state…" http://seekingalpha.com/article/202975-fdic-takes-a-hit-in-puerto-rico-are-the-agencies-...
Chilean, Andrea Lira, living abroad in New York City decided to use her talents as an artist to keep the word out about the Chilean disaster. The visual image, in her opinion, is much more appeali...
