The Americas – Fake Flamenco

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

Spanish & Portuguese on the Podium

Latin America and Spain have many top tier athletes this year at the 2020 Olympics. Talented men and women from the Caribbean and South America are proudly bringing home medals. Gold! Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela broke the world record for the triple jump, 15.67 meters = 51 feet! Country Bronze Silver Gold Argentina Rugby against […]

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, Indigenous Peoples, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

Khipus: Tied Up in Knots

The Inka were a very sophisticated culture located in what we now call South America. Their empire went from modern day Ecuador and Peru south to Chile, and also included parts of Colombia, Bolivia and Argentina. Until recent times, archeologists thought that they did not have a writing system. However, new research has revealed the […]

Nature, photography, The Americas

Slowly Hiking a Flower Filled Forest

The cool of the woods with the beauty of the prairie. That is Governor Nelson State Park. Feels like a whole day’s outing, when it’s twenty minutes away from our house. The taller flowers that are about to bloom are called Joe Pye Weed or Eutrochium purpureum. The yellow ones are sunflowers Helianthus montanus, as […]

Art, Immigration, Mexico, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

Choose Duct Tape Prom Winners

For 20 years, Duck Tape has awarded scholarships to winners who make the best prom clothes out of duct tape. Ingenious idea, great marketing, and spectacular results. Ten finalists were announced today for the 2021 competition; 5 in the prom dress category and 5 in the tux category. The outfits are fantastic. One student from […]

Chile, history, Indigenous Peoples, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

155: The Joy of Representation

Fake Flamenco Exclusive: Chileans have waited a long time to open the door to a new democratic Constitution; 48 years. Decades after the dictatorship they’ve lived in electoral democracy without the founding document to support it. Dictator Pinochet poisoned the foundations with a constitution of his design. On Fake Flamenco, we have followed the Chilean […]