Dominican Republic – Fake Flamenco

Afro-Latinos, Latinas, Life as a Woman, Sports

She’s Got Game x 7

Latin American women earned the most medals of any year this Olympics; 6 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze, for a total of 24. I’ll present what I’ve found about 7 of these great Latin American women. Their stories are inspiring, showing talent and determination. Brazil (21) and Cuba (15) won the most medals overall […]

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, 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, history, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

Celebrating Freedom

Special Friday Edition: Let’s celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in the United States! How about we look at the timeline of freedom in this hemisphere. We’ll check the history of our neighbors in the Americas. The Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Central and South America departed from our model of the […]

Argentina, Mexico, Music, Puerto Rico, Spanish Culture and Language

7 International Jazz Day Celebrations

April 30 is International Jazz Day and the virtual celebrations are online this year. The good news is you can attend several in one day without a private jet! I compiled a guide to broadcasts and videos of jazz by Spanish speakers and in the Spanish speaking world. A good primary source of information is […]

archeology, history, Latinas, Spanish Culture and Language

Could Taposiris Magna Be The Place?

The final day of the initial two month excavation permit at Taposiris Magna, the archeologists on Dr. Martínez’ team sat on the ground, refused to work, and encouraged her to give up. Martínez said she would not. She would use every minute of those eight remaining hours. The Dominican asked her excavation team to spread […]