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Simon Bolivar & Arsenic: Poison Killed Latin American Liberator, Says Dr. Paul Auwaerter

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 05.01.2010 | World

Read More: General, South America, Venezuela, Latin America, Paul Auwaerter, Central America, Cause of Death, Spanish, Johns Hopkins, Simon Bolivar, South Africa, Arsenic, Revolutionary, Poisoning, Simon Bolivar and Poison, World News

BALTIMORE — Arsenic helped kill Simon Bolivar, according to a Johns Hopkins doctor who is questioning the tuberculosis diagnosis given as the cause ...

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Is it Time to be a Bilingual Nation?

Steve Leveen | Posted 04.14.2010 | Impact

Read More: Miami, Linguistic Hegemony, Bilingual, Immigrants, American Culture, Spanish, Hispanic, Language Myths, Impact News
Steve Leveen

I believe having a common language unites us, but I also believe the rising use of Spanish and other languages in the United States is actually a good thing for our nation.

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A Little More Tongue

Meredith Fineman | Posted 04.03.2010 | World

Read More: Education, Spanish Language, Spanish, Argentina, Bilingual Education, Travel, Buenos Aires, Learning, World News
Meredith Fineman

How many people in the world could we meet -- potential friends, lovers, spouses, professors, if we were able to truly communicate?

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Ideology Over Facts in Prescott Arizona

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.12.2010 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Prescott Arizona, Census, Legal Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, Spanish, Politics News
Marlene H. Phillips

According to an article in Prescott, AZ's Daily Courier, a large banner in Spanish that urged community members to respond to the census was removed after some locals complained.

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Arab Countries Aim to Improve Journalism Education With UNESCO's "Model Curricula"

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: The Middle East, Europe, Russian, French, Converged Media, Unesco, North and South America, American, Asia, University of Bahrain, Chinese, Arabic, Journalism, Paris, English, Singapore, Mauritania, Un, North Africa, Spanish, Africa, Media Academic Programs, Morocco, Tunisia, World Journalism Education Congress, Media Ethics, Anglo-Saxon, Bahrain, Model Curricula for Journalism Education, Media Laws, Education, Arab, Algeria, Gulf Cooperation Council, Manama, Francophone, Rabat, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Arab countries are making strides in trying to improve journalism curricula, but still face strictures, obstacles and challenges to press freedom as w...

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Thanks for the Welcome

Raúl de Molina | Posted 03.18.2010 | Media

Read More: Hispanics, Latinos, Univision, Mexican Immigrants, 2010, Sonia Sotomayor, Lou Dobbs, Spanish, Mexico, Immigration, Immigrants, New Year's Commentary, Miami, 2009, Media News
Raúl de Molina

So as we advance into 2010, Lou Dobbs, take a moment to reflect. Remember that one of the Latinos you so systematically bash could well be your president one day. You can bet your Senate run on it.

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Spanish Royal Academy Reveals New Spanish Grammar Guidelines

AP | DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Spanish Royal Academy, Puerto Rico, Spanish, Spain, Latin America, Spanish Language, World News

MADRID — Can a Barcelona truck driver be expected to speak like a Buenos Aires banker? Can rules be imposed on a language spoken by 400 million ...

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Mario Vargas Llosa on the End of the Incan Empire at the Americas Society

Jim Luce | Posted 03.18.2010 | New York

Read More: Frente DemocráTico Coalition, Conversations in the Cathedral, Dr. Thomas Ward, Latin American Boom Literary Movement, Bogotá, Dr. Raquel Chang-RodríGuez, Dr. Juan Ossio, The Green House, Plymouth, Alfred Mac Adam, TúPac Amaru, Fidel Castro, Doris Cramer, Cuny, John Lee, Nobel Prize for Literature, Spanish, Americas Society, Dr. Margarita Zamora, The Royal Commentaries, Latin America, Incan Empire, Nobel Peace Prize, Pontificia Universidad CatóLica Del Peru, Mario Vargas Llosa, Barack Obama, Cuzco, David Rockefeller, Dania Junco, Center for Inter-American Relations, Caribbean, The Feast of the Goat, City College-Graduate Center CUNY, Pilgrims, Inca Garcilaso De La Vega, Fondo Editorial, Cuba, Jpmorgan, Mestizo, Quechua, Spanish Conquistadors, New York News
Jim Luce

Vargas Llosa speaks about Barack Obama's Nobel Prize, the state of literature, inter-American relations and politics.

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Larry Whitten, Hotel Owner, Orders Hispanic Workers To Change Names

AP | MELANIE DABOVICH | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business

Read More: Sangre De Cristo Mountains, Employees, Hotel Owner, Spanish, Paragon Inn, Paseo Del Pueblo, Hispanic Workers, Names, Los Brown Berets De Nuevo Mexico, Larry Whitten, New Mexico, Juanito Burns Jr., League of United Latin American Citizens, Racism, Kathy Archuleta, Darren Cordova, Taos, Speaking Spanish, Business News

TAOS, N.M. — Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel. The tough-talking f...

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Kelly McCormack's Inspirational Example

Al Eisele | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Spanish, Mexico, Guatemala, The Hill, Global Poverty, Poverty, Peace Corps, World News
Al Eisele

McCormack, a 26-year-old former reporter for the Hill, is completing a two-year stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.

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Spanish Speakers Targeted in Census Plan

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, Census Bureau, US Census Bureau, Spanish Language, Census Data, Bilingual, Spanish, Hispanics, Politics News

LONG BEACH, Calif. — When Teresa Ocampo opens her census questionnaire, she won't have to worry about navigating another document in English. T...

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Census Bureau Uses Spanish-Language Soap Opera to Reach Hispanics

nytimes.com | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Census, The Devil Knows Best, Census Bureau, Census Bureau Outreach, US Census Hispanic Count, 2010-Census-Hispanics, Telenovela, Spanish, Beltran, ”, “MáS Sabe El Diablo, Politics News

Ms. Beltrán, a character in the popular Spanish-language soap opera "Más Sabe el Diablo," "The Devil Knows Best," represents only one element of the...

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Newt Gingrich Starts Twittering In "Ghetto" Spanish

Think Progress | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gingrich, Republican Party, Gop, Twittering, Twitter, Nancy Pelosi, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Wise Latina, Spanish, Gingrich Espanol, Bilingual Education, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich is notorious for his active -- and sometimes controversial -- musings on Twitter. But not only does he h...

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A Father's Day Remembrance

George Mitrovich | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Finnish, Italian, Dads, The Guardian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Methodist Church, Stay at Home Mothers, Greek, Fatherhood, Father's Day, Irish, San Diego, Denver, Fathers, Family, Living News
George Mitrovich

My father taught his children to treat every person with dignity and respect, and to never lose the grace of saying, "Thank you."

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TED Announces the Open Translation Project -- Bringing Subtitles in 40+ Languages to TED.com

TEDTalks | Posted 06.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Tamil, Urdu, Language, French, Crowdsourcing, TED.Com, Translations, Tedtalks, Subtitles, Spanish, Hindi, Media News
TEDTalks

The TED Open Translation Project brings TEDTalks beyond the English-speaking world, by offering subtitles, time-coded transcripts, and the ability for volunteers to translate any talk into any language.

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West Side Story: The Original Spanish Version

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jews, Hispanics, Religion, Musicals, Latinos, Ghettos, Spring, Obama, Rebirth, New York City, Seder, Easter, Catholics, West Side Story, Last Supper, Muslims, Inquisition, Passover, Renewal, Spanish, Entertainment News
Louise Mirrer

The opening of the current hit revival of West Side Story so close to Easter and Passover is a good reminder of the twists and turns of both theatrical and world history.

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An Antidote Called Hope

Javier Sierra | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Congress, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, President Obama, Spanish, Hispanics, Hispanics and the Environment, State of the Union, Address to Congress, Latinos and the Environment, Weatherization, Voters, Environment, New Energy, Stimulus Package, Solar Power, Green News
Javier Sierra

To the environmental movement, the first month and a half of the Obama presidency has been what the New York Times calls "an astonishing turnaround."

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Logan's Journey: The University of Arizona Ravaged by Tax Cuts

Lester Sloan | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: College Students, India, Education, Money, College, Janet Napolitano, Budget, Tucson, Spanish, Guatemala, Education Reform, China, University of Arizona, Politics News
Lester Sloan

In several states across the US, our children perform well below the average of many countries that we consider under-developed.

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Don't Forget Your Mother, Barack

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 02.19.2009 | World

Read More: Bahasa Indonesia, President Obama, Urdu, Spanish, Maya Soetoro-Ng, Javanese, Collateral Damage, Peace, Obama Kenya, Barack Obama, Mothers, Unity, Russian, Obama "Dreams of My Father", Indonesia, Obama Presidency, Africa, Dreams From My Father, Obama Dreams of My Father, Stanley Ann Dunham, Justice, Multiculturalism, International, Obama's Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

A native Kansan who learned several languages, including Russian, Urdu, Spanish, Javanese and Bahasa Indonesia, Barack Obama's mother existed outside of the box of traditionalism.

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50 Years Later We Ask: When did the Cuban Revolution Die?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cuban Revolution, Yoani Sanchez, Cuba, Generation Y, Fidel Castro, Revolutionaries, World, 1968, Spanish, Black Spring, Hippies, Sierra Maestra, Politics News
Yoani Sanchez

In 1975, the year I was born in Cuba, nothing remained of the rebellion that the older people remembered. We had neither long hair nor euphoria.

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Miami's Spanish-Speaking Population Outnumber English Speakers

AP | GISELA SALOMON | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Miami, Spanish, Spanish Language, Spanish Speakers Miami, Spanish English Miami, Home News

MIAMI — Melissa Green's mother spoke Spanish, but she never learned _ her father forbid it. Today, that's a frequent problem in this city where ...

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