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archeology, history, Indigenous Peoples, Latinas in the News, Life as a Woman, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

Who is Ruth Shady Solís?

The BBC named Dr. Shady Solís one of the 100 most influential women in the world in 2020. Her outstanding work conserving an ancient Peruvian archeological site, Caral, caught their notice. Since 1994 she and her team have excavated at Caral. From carbon dating, it was proven that it was the oldest civilization in the […]

archeology, history, Latinas in the News, Spanish Culture and Language

Dr. Martinez on Cleopatra’s Secrets

This is the long-awaited sequel to the post about who will find Cleopatra’s tomb! I have been chewing my nails and searching the internet for any further clues lo these many months. Ten to be exact. The trail was cold. No updates on Dr. Martínez’ website or Facebook page, no online newspaper articles, no more […]

Afro-Latinos, Latinas in the News, Music, Puerto Rico, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

West Side Story Reborn; Rita Moreno Executive Producer

59 years after the movie musical won 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Steven Spielberg is remaking West Side Story. In 1961, Rita Moreno won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in this famous Romeo and Juliet story set in Manhattan. Rita Moreno brought authenticity to her role as she was a Puerto […]

Chile, history, Latinas in the News, Life as a Woman, Spanish Culture and Language

Biggest Chilean 8M Protest Ever

On Sunday, the largest number of protesters ever in Santiago, Chile turned out for the International Women’s Day march! The march is called “8M” in Chile, for 8th of March. The carabineros (police) admit there were 150,000 people downtown. Funny thing is, the organizers estimated 2 million people. Something doesn’t quite add up. Even the […]

Latinas, Latinas in the News, Mexico, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

First Latina Poet Laureate of Madison

Thursday night I was fortunate enough to attend a reading by Angela Trudell Vasquez, Madison’s new poet laureate. She read from In Light, Always Light. Her poems are elegant and sparse. Word-by-word they lodge themselves in our hearts. Angie is an engaging speaker who builds rapport with her audience through personal anecdotes, a warm presence […]

food, Immigration, Latinas in the News, Spanish Culture and Language

Super Bowl Chef, What’s on the Menu?

I read an article that convinced me I should attend Super Bowl Sunday LIV just for the food. Dayanny De La Cruz, executive chef for Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium has delicious menu plans for the 60,000 football fans this weekend. Her style is influenced by her Dominican childhood combined with her culinary degree from Grand […]