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...
I'm skeptical that people can participate as full citizens if they don't understand the language that federal laws and documents are written in; not to mention our Constitution. There's a strong ca...
Legalize it - problem solved.
UPDATE: Apparently, 4,000 kg of cocaine hydrochloride is worth more than $320 million in the U.S. market. The articles were unclear as to whether it was four tonnes of pure cocaine or four tonnes T...
Sterilization? Wow; they're not kidding around.
UPDATE: Further reading at http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/trex-leech-enormous-teeth/
He-heh - kind of like the U.S. backwards.
Fifteen people were killed this morning and at least twenty injured when a bus fell 100 feet into Lake Titicaca after going off the road at the edge of a ravine. The bus had been driving along one ...
Did your parents ever tell you to finish your dinner because there were starving children in Africa who would love to eat it? Well, Puerto Rican parents can no longer guilt their children into fini...
March 26: The Brazilian national currency, the Real, rose 0.5 percent against the US Dollar, to a ratio of 1.81:1. Source: Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=aeH5MAHldbMg&pid=206...
The International Monetary Fund has projected that Peru's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow more than twelve percent over the next two years - more than any other country in Latin America or t...
this seems like a good idea but only 30min? is that enough time to get to your destination?
http://www.hondurasweekly.com/press-releases/Monsanto-Provides-Job-Skills-for-Poor-Teens-in-Honduras.html The Monsanto Fund has approved a major grant to provide job-skills training through Childre...
Mexico has become one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. In most cases reporters have been targeted for their coverage of organized crime and corrupt officials. According to...
Those silly socialists. :P
February 15. Julia Lira, the seven year old selected to be the Carnaval drum corps queen from Viradouro, unable emotionally cope with her public performance, was reported to have cried throughout ...
Up to twelve Peruvian mining companies are under investigation for buying gold from wildcat miners to avoid paying taxes. At least four of the companies - Titan, Dynacor, Laytaruma, and Colibri - w...
woooohooo! i was definatly thinking about this just yesterday.....confirmed! sucks he had to live like that for so long...he was my first love! (besides Freddy Prince Jr.)
