"Reforming the nation's health care system will be the topic of a town-hall meeting Sunday afternoon, with representatives from the McCain and Obama campaigns participating. “There is something very wrong out there in the system when you have Latinos not only working one...
"A leading Hispanic organization is demanding assurances from the two major presidential candidates that they'll push for comprehensive immigration revisions and dramatically increase Hispanic representation in the federal government. ...
Panama has ruled out hosting a U.S. military base to replace one in Ecuador which is being reclaimed by the Quito government, a senior Panamanian official said on Friday. " Panama -- along with Peru and...
At this year's AnimeExpo 2008, running through July 6 in Los Angeles, Anime Expo® has teamed with Bang Zoom!® Entertainment to offer free voice acting workshops that will give participants a taste of voice acting with insiders’ tips, general discussions and chances to dub...
Chavez maybe sidelined but he will not sit idle while Colombia's Uribe is hailed a hero and Commander in Chief of the best military in the region. The great ego of Don Hugo will not tolerate such invasion. He will most likely begin instigating trouble in the next few days....
"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...
"The new Obama seal -- inspired by the real presidential seal--debutted in Chicago on Friday June 20, 2008 at a meeting presumptive nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) had with Democratic governors. The seal -- with...
" Throughout history, intelligence has often been considered a quality unique to humans, but that conventional wisdom has been shattered over the years as research continues to turn up examples of animals, birds and fish that can develop vocabularies, communicate and even...
" In a sale described as "historic" by Christie's auction house, Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo's Troubadour sold for $7.2 million US in New York on Wednesday.It set a world auction record for Latin American art,...
"The fast-changing modern world is raising the living standards of billions in the South – China alone has lifted 400 million people out of poverty since the 1980s - but it is also risking the loss of many rich cultural traditions. One of them is storytelling. Oral...
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Some of Latin America's biggest stars are performing in joint concerts in Buenos Aires and Mexico City, raising money for America in Solidarity Action."Dozens of Spanish-speaking pop stars, including Shakira and...
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Hugo Chavez has committed $365 million of Venezuela's oil income to establishing a global fund to provide food and medicine to the poor and urged other nations to help raise that total to $1 billion. Will other...
"More than three million Latin American immigrants in the United States, responding to the economic downturn and new uncertainties about their future, have stopped sending money home to their families in the last two years, according to a survey released on Wednesday by the...
"President Hugo Chavez joined with his leftist allies on Wednesday to create a $100 million program to fight the rising cost of food for Latin America's poor.Chavez and leaders from Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua also...
"President Hugo Chávez said that tons of seven extended-consumption food will be shipped and recalled the terrible situation of Latin America’s and the Caribbean’s first independent nation“We are providing...