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James David Rodríguez Rubio, commonly known simply as James, is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Everton and the Colombia national team. He has been praised for his technique, vision and playmaking skills, and often referred as the successor to his compatriot Carlos Valderrama.

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In Colombia, a famous common food we eat is Empanada.

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In Colombia, a famous common food we eat is Empanada.

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Sandra is a hispanic writer who wrote a book called the house on mango street, the book is about the challenges of a girl named Esperanza. - Analia.O

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AOC is from Puerto Rico. She has contributed so much to Going Green projects and cleaning up our Earth. She always speaks out for those in need. -Chiara O.

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There are different types of tamales in Latin America. In Puerto Rico tamales are called "pasteles" but in Honduras they are "nacatamales". 

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The holidays are still about a month away, but it's never too early to start thinking about tamales. And the best part is that there is way more than just one type of tamal you can enjoy.
Check out how these tamales are made differently in these Latin American countries.
1. Oaxaca, México

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Rather than being wrapped in corn husks, tamales Oaxaqueños are wrapped in banana leaves. As pictured above, they are a bit larger in size and are stuffed with chicken and mole negro.

2. Michoacán, México

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In Michoacán, México, these tamales are known as corundas. They are wrapped in green corn plant leaves and are much smaller in size. Usually they don't contain any sort of filling, so the flavor comes from the masa.

This is what corundas Michoacanas look like:

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3. Puerto Rico

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In Puerto Rico, these tamales are referred to as pasteles. Similar to tamales Oaxaqueños, they are wrapped in banana leaves. These pasteles are prepared with different fillings, including pork, beef, chicken and vegetables.

4. Guatemala

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Tamales Guatemaltecos are referred to as paches or chuchitos. As you can see by the color of the masa in the picture above, what makes these tamales unique is the sauce that is used to make them, called recado. In some stores you can find this sauce already prepared, but to make it at home, you need chiles, tomatoes, pumpkin seeds, sesames seeds and other spices based on your preference. These paches or chuchitos can be stuffed with chicken, pork, raisins or peppers.

5. Colombia

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This specific style of tamales in Colombia are known as bollos. There are different styles of bollos you can prepare, including bollos de queso, bollos de angelito, bollos de yuca and bollos de mazorca.

6. Belize

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Tamales are referred to differently depending on which region of Belize you're in. In the western part of Belize they're usually referred to as 'bollos,' whereas in Corozal, a city near the border of Belize and Mexico, they're referred to as tamalitos. Bollos are wrapped in plantain leaves, whereas tamalitos are wrapped in corn husks. These Belizean tamales are filled with either chicken, pork, vegetables, or if they're made with sugar, they don't include any filling.

7. Nicaragua

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In Nicaragua, you would refer to tamales as nacatamales. These nacatamales are wrapped in plantain leaves, which is why they turn out larger in size. As shown in the photos above, they are filled with rice, potato, tomato, onions, bell peppers, olives and chile.

8. Honduras

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In Honduras, this dish is also referred to as nacatamales. What makes these nacatamales Hondureños different from other tamales is the filling. They are stuffed with rice, peas, olives, potatoes and raisins.

9. Chile

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In Chile, these tamales are known as humitas. They are wrapped with corn leaves and are commonly seasoned with basil. Since these humitas are not filled with meat, the main focus is the sweet, starchy taste of the freshly prepared corn masa. As shown above, humitas are sometimes topped with pieces of onion and tomato.

And now I can't wait to have my abuela's tamales in November and December. ?
READ: Here Are 13 Antojitos People Bring Back After Traveling To Colombia
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You May Know Them As Tamales, But In These Countries They're Known As Something Else

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"Honduras has pretty good food.  A baleada is a traditional Honduran dish composed of a flour tortilla, filled with mashed fried red beans, thick cream mantequilla Hondureña, and crumbled hard salty cheese. It originates from the north coast of the country; Aside from beans, there is a whole variety of ingredients that can be added to the Baleada." (Wikipedia)
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Vida American:  Mexican Muralists Remake American Art 1925-1945 

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Check out this incredible exhibit at the Whitney, featuring some of the greatest muralists of our time. On exhibit until January 31, 2021.

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Mexico underwent a radical cultural transformation at the end of its Revolution in 1920. A new relationship between art and the public was established, giving rise to art that spoke directly to the people about social justice and national life. The model galvanized artists in the United States who were seeking to break free of European aesthetic domination to create publicly significant and accessible native art. Numerous American artists traveled to Mexico, and the leading Mexican muralists-José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros-spent extended periods of time in the United States, executing murals, paintings, and prints; exhibiting their work; and interacting with local artists. With nearly 200 works by over sixty Mexican and American artists, this exhibition reorients art history by revealing the profound impact the Mexican muralists had on their counterparts in the United States during this period and the ways in which their example inspired American artists both to create epic narratives about American history and everyday life and to use their art to protest economic, social, and racial injustices.

This exhibition is organized by Barbara Haskell, curator, with Marcela Guerrero, assistant curator; Sarah Humphreville, senior curatorial assistant; and Alana Hernandez, former curatorial project assistant.

The lead sponsor for Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945 is the Jerome L. Greene Foundation

This exhibition is also sponsored by Citi; Citibanamex, its Mexican affiliate; and Delta and Aeromexico.

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Major support is provided by the Judy Hart Angelo Exhibition Fund, the Barbara Haskell American Fellows Legacy Fund, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, and the Whitney's National Committee.

Generous support is provided by The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Ted and Mary Jo Shen.

Significant support is provided by the Alturas Foundation, Paul Arnhold, Wes Gordon and the Arnhold Foundation, the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, Blair and Cheryl Effron, Garrett Moran and Mary Penniman Moran, and Laurie M. Tisch.

Additional support is provided by Tony Bechara; Estrellita and Daniel Brodsky; Jeanne Donovan Fisher; the Garcia Family Foundation; the Judy and Stanley Katz Family Foundation; and the Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc.

Curatorial research and travel were funded by the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation.

New York magazine is the exclusive media sponsor.

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Amazing Cuban singer
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Sonia Sotomayor's auto biography is an inspiring book about everything that made her, her.
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Ted Cruz, born on December 22nd, 1970 in Calgary, Canada is a US Senator for Texas. His father immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba. He has a law degree from Harvard Law School and a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.

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Born on December 22, 1970, American conservative politician Ted Cruz grew up in Houston, Texas, earning his bachelor's at Princeton University and going on to Harvard Law School. Working as an attorney for some time, Cruz later served as an adviser on the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush. In 2012 he won election to the U.S. Senate with the support of the Tea Party and took office the following year, going on to orchestrate a governmental shutdown in opposition to Obamacare. In 2015, he announced that he was running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

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Early Life and Education

Born on December 22, 1970, in Calgary, Canada, conservative politician Ted Cruz first rose to national prominence in 2012 with his surprising win of a U.S. Senate seat. Then in 2015, he became the first Republican to throw his hat into the 2016 presidential election. His father, Rafael, came to the United States from Cuba in the late 1950s. His mother, Eleanor, was born in the United States and met his father when she was a student at Rice University. Cruz's parents split up for a time, but they reunited after Rafael developed a newfound interest in religion.

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Cruz demonstrated his gift for public speaking at early age. He joined an after-school program run by the Free Enterprise Institute, which introduced young people to free market economics. The institute had created a youth group that focused on the Constitution. Cruz joined the group, and he and his fellow Constitutional Corroborators gave speeches around Texas on related issues.

The valedictorian of his class at Houston's Second Baptist High School, Cruz went on to Princeton University. There he became an award-winning debater. He also found a mentor in professor Robert George, a well-known religious conservative. After graduating from Princeton in 1992, Cruz continued his education at Harvard Law School. There he challenged the liberal ideals of lawyer Alan Dershowitz, one of his instructors. After law school, Cruz worked as a law clerk for several judges, including Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist from 1996 to 1997.

Senate Seat

Cruz worked as a lawyer for a few years before jumping into politics, eventually serving as a policy adviser to George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign. Cruz explained to The New Yorker, "I essentially had responsibility for all the policy that touched on law" during the campaign. He also acted on Bush's behalf during the fight for a recount of Florida's election results.

After a stint as associate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice, Cruz became director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission in July 2001. His time at the FTC was marked by successful defeats of collective bargaining proposals between physicians and health care programs, as well as legislation that aimed to curb below-cost gasoline sales.

In 2003, Cruz became the solicitor general of Texas. He argued a total of eight cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during his five years in the post, among his victories a case from 2008 in which he advocated for the preservation of the death penalty for a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls.

Cruz then returned to private practice briefly before launching his own campaign for the Senate. He initially appeared to be an underdog, taking on fellow Republican and Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst. But his ultraconservatism won him the support of leading Tea Party figures like Sarah Palin and Rand Paul, who campaigned for him. Cruz came in second to Dewhurst in the first round of voting, but he won in the run-off election.

Government Shutdown

After taking office in 2013, Cruz made a name for himself with his speeches and tactics. He was instrumental in bringing about the government shutdown that year after his 21-hour speech against President Barack Obama's healthcare plan. Holding the Senate floor, Cruz tried to convince his colleagues to cut funding for the program. He also used his time to read a story to his daughters and share passages from one of his favorite books, Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.

Cruz's actions have drawn the ire of some of the more seasoned "establishment" Republicans. According to The Huffington Post, Senator John McCain said that Cruz, along with fellow ultraconservatives Rand Paul and Representative Justin Amash, were "wacko birds" who got the most media attention. "I think it can be harmful if there is a belief among the American people that those people are reflective of the views of the majority of Republicans," said McCain, adding, "They're not."

Presidential Ambitions

In 2014, Cruz renounced his dual Canadian citizenship, though his eligibility to run for president was not in jeopardy.

In March 2015, Cruz officially announced his candidacy for president over Twitter. He then appeared at Liberty University, a Christian college founded by Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell, to rally the faithful to his side. "Today, roughly half of born-again Christians aren't voting," he said, according to CBS News. "Imagine instead millions of people of faith all across America coming out to the polls and voting our values." His words struck a chord with many on the religious right, and the day after his announcement his campaign brought in approximately $1 million in donations.

On social issues, Cruz is pro-life and has stated his belief in "marriage between a man and a woman." He opposes abortion and same-sex marriage. "Instead of a federal government that works to undermine our values, imagine a federal government that works to defend the sanctity of human life, and to uphold the sacrament of marriage," he said in a speech announcing his run for president.

As the son of a Cuban immigrant, Cruz says he "celebrates legal immigration," according to his official website. In 2014, Cruz proposed legislation to prevent President Obama from expanding amnesty, and he is a vocal critic of the Obama administration's immigration policies. As a 2016 presidential hopeful, he has called for more "boots on the ground" to increase security at the border.

Cruz is also in favor of abolishing the IRS and instituting a flat tax system. Regarding the issue of climate change, the presidential hopeful acknowledges that climate change is real, but he has questioned the scientific evidence of its causes and impact as presented by what he calls "global warming alarmists."

In February 2016, Cruz scored an important victory in his pursuit of the presidency. He edged out fellow Republican hopeful Donald Trump in the Iowa Caucus, picking up eight delegates and 27.7 percent of the votes. Trump and Marco Rubio were close behind Cruz in the final results, however, with Trump at 24.4 percent and Rubio at 23.1 percent, according to the Wall Street Journal. In March, after Rubio lost his home state of Florida to Trump, he dropped out, making it a three-way race between Trump, Cruz and Ohio governor John Kasich.

In April 2016, Cruz announced Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate. Fiorina, the former Hewlitt-Packard CEO, had dropped out of the presidential race in February and endorsed Cruz in March. After losing the Indiana primary to Trump in May 2016, Cruz suspended his campaign. "From the beginning, I have said that I will continue on as long as there is a viable path to victory," Cruz told his supporters. "Tonight, I am sorry to say, it appears that path has been closed."

Controversy at the Republican Convention

On July 20, 2016, Cruz delivered a controversial speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, a day after his former opponent Donald Trump officially won the party's presidential nomination. Addressing the convention in primetime, Cruz congratulated Trump, but did not endorse him, drawing boos from the audience of delegates and chants of "Vote for Trump!" and "Go Home!"

"If you love our country, and love our children as much as you do, stand, and speak, and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom, and to be faithful to the constitution," Cruz said, eliciting jeers and chants of "Endorse Trump!," particularly from the delegation of Trump's home state, New York.

Near the end of Cruz's speech, Trump arrived in the arena and television cameras cut away to show the presidential nominee. Trump reacted to Cruz's controversial speech on Twitter, criticizing Cruz for not honoring his pledge to support the party's nominee. "Wow, Ted Cruz got booed off the stage, didn't honor the pledge! I saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway. No big deal!" Trump tweeted.

The next day Cruz addressed delegates from his home state of Texas, many of whom were angry about his unwillingness to back Trump. "This isn't just a team sport," Cruz defended his position. "We either stand for shared principles or we're not worth anything."

On September 23, 2016, Cruz finally endorsed his former rival just days before Trump's first presidential debate with his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. In a Facebook post, Cruz wrote: "After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump."

In his long explanation supporting his endorsement, Cruz wrote: "Our country is in crisis. Hillary Clinton is manifestly unfit to be president, and her policies would harm millions of Americans. And Donald Trump is the only thing standing in her way."

Trump responded in a statement to CNN: "I am greatly honored by the endorsement of Senator Cruz," he said. "We have fought the battle and he was a tough and brilliant opponent. I look forward to working with him for many years to come in order to make America great again."

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Born on December 22, 1970, American conservative politician Ted Cruz grew up in Houston, Texas, earning his bachelor's at Princeton University and going on to Harvard Law School. Working as an attorney for some time, Cruz later served as an adviser on the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush.

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I love this museum. Check out the exhibit below that features diverse artists across Hispanic cultures.

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Popular Painters and Other Visionaries examines the contributions of 30 schooled and self-taught artists who worked in different parts of the Americas and the Caribbean between the 1930s and 1970s.

The exhibition departs from the term popular painters to identify artists working on the margins of modernism and the mainstream artworld. Popular visual sources provide the narrative thread of the exhibition, which is divided into thematic sections around labor, daily life, festivities, religion, vernacular architecture, and bodily representations. In addition to these themes, four artists are presented in monographic sections: Andrés Curruchich, Martín Ramírez, José Bernardo Cardoso Jr., and Felipe Jesus Consalvos.

The artists featured in this virtual exhibition share the common experience of diaspora - whether as African populations in the New World, Latin American and Caribbean people in the United States, or in reference to the displacement of Amerindian populations within their own territories. This is reflected in the impact of migration, exclusion, marginalization, cultural resistance, indigeneity, self-determination, and autobiography that is present in their works.

Most of these artists and their aesthetic languages have been described as "naïve" or "primitive," labels that the organizers of this project reject as pejorative and reductive in that they implicate racial and social bias and prejudice. This exhibition reflects El Museo's continued commitment to redefine art beyond Eurocentric limitations.

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Originally planned as a Permanent Collection-based exhibition scheduled for the summer of 2020 in El Museo's galleries, this online presentation - the museum's first - was reconceived during the quarantine imposed by COVID-19 and expands its original scope to include "virtual loans" from other institutions and private collections.

Click the menu below to explore the exhibition's sections, view the works, and access artists' bios.

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Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny stopped traffic on the streets of NYC with a live performance from his moving bus.

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Bad Bunny Concierto Virtual 2020/Ecenas del concierto virtual de Bad Bunny

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Colombian born, Carolina Giraldo Navarro, known as Karol G, this singer songwriter is enjoying some crossover success with her hit Ay, DiOs Mío. Click here also to hear the acoustic version of this song.

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KAROL G - Ay, DiOs Mío! (En Vivo Desde Premios Juventud 2020)

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Some of you may know her from Ugly Betty back in the day, but America is more recently know as  Amy, store manager on the show Superstore.  Check out some clips on YouTube.

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Anna Maria Francesca Enriquez Perez de Tagle-Kline is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.

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Anna Maria Francesca Enriquez Perez de Tagle-Kline is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.

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America Ferrara, actress and director who starred in Ugly Betty and Superstore. She was born in Los, Angeles California to Honduran parents.  Click on the link to learn more about America.

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America Ferrera: My identity is a superpower -- not an obstacle

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Hollywood needs to stop resisting what the world actually looks like, says actor, director and activist America Ferrera. Tracing the contours of her career, she calls for more authentic representation of different cultures in media -- and a shift in how we tell our stories. "Presence creates possibility," she says.

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Cool intro to a mix of Latinx artists!

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Cover Image: Marta Minujiín, La Menesunda, 1965. Photo via Wikimedia Commons; Artist Maria Sol Escobar, known as Marisol, photographed in 1968. Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images; Unknown Photographer, Tarsila do Amaral, ca. 1925. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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11 Radical Latin American Women Artists You Should Know

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Did you know Basquiat was of Haitian and Puerto Rican ancestry?

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Edo Bertoglio. Jean-Michel Basquiat wearing an American football helmet, 1981 | Photo: © Edo Bertoglio, courtesy of Maripol. Artwork: © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York

Brace yourself for the first large-scale exhibition in the UK of the work of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), one of the most significant painters of the 20th century.

Kicking off today at Barbican Art Gallery and running until 28 January 2018, Basquiat: Boom for Real is an unprecedented exhibition that brings together an outstanding selection of more than 100 works from international museums and private collections for the first time.

Engage in the explosive creativity of Basquiat who came of age in the late 1970s during the post-punk underground art scene in downtown New York, and later worked with Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Blondie, among others.

His vibrant, raw imagery, abounding with fragments of bold capitalised text, offers insights into both his encyclopaedic interests and his experience as a young black artist with no formal training. Since his tragic death in 1988, Basquiat has had remarkably little exposure in the UK; not a single work of his is held in a public collection.

More than any other exhibition to date, Basquiat: Boom for Real focuses on the artist's relationship to music, writing, performance, film and television, placing him within the wider cultural context of the time. Paintings, drawings, notebooks and objects are presented alongside rare film, photography, music and archival material, capturing the range and dynamism of Basquiat's practice over the years.

Basquiat: Boom for Real runs until 28 January 2018 at Barbican Art Gallery. Tickets cost £16 and can be purchased online at barbican.org.uk.
Main image: Edo Bertoglio. Jean-Michel Basquiat wearing an American football helmet, 1981 | Photo: © Edo Bertoglio, courtesy of Maripol. Artwork: © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York

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Basquiat: Boom for Real - Barbican celebrates the pioneering prodigy of 1980s New York

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The House of Spirits! Beautifully written book by Chilean author Isabel Allende.  Click here to read a summary and to learn more about her other books.  Click here to get a free PDF version of this novel.

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Buena Vista Social Club!

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Ibrahim Ferrer - Boquiñeñe (2020 Mix) (Official Audio)

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Enrique Olvera is the executive chef at Pujol in Mexico City, Mexico. In 2019, Pujol was declared the world's 12th best restaurant, a testament to Olvera's lifelong dedication to proving that robust Mexican flavors deserve just as much attention as any other fine-dining cuisine out there.

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Mexico City, Mexico

The Best Restaurant in North America 2019

Mexico's most famous chef filters his country's deep-rooted cuisine through a contemporary lens

Enrique Olvera

What makes it special: Celebrity chef Enrique Olvera is credited with proving that rustic Mexican flavours deserve as much attention as any other haute cuisine in the world. And Pujol has been his pedestal to make that point via a tasting menu of refined and elegant plates built from indigenous ingredients that pay tribute to Mexico's rich culinary history. This year, his vision is brilliantly justified as he wins the award for The Best Restaurant in North America 2019.

A new home: In 2017, Olvera relocated his 17-year-old Polanco restaurant to a stunning, mid-century home within the same neighbourhood, building a comfortable space that's aglow in natural light. Beyond expansive windows, the new Pujol involves a wood-burning oven, terrazzo floors and a long dining bar that offers a separate taco tasting menu.

Most famous dishes: While Pujol's menu changes seasonally, the restaurant's signature Mole Madre, Mole Nuevo will always grace the menu. Think a perfect circle of fresh mole surrounded by a larger ring of mole that's aged for more than 1,500 days, beside a basket of warm tortillas - a taste of Mexico's past.

Other projects: Olvera commands not one but two dining engagements on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list. Cosme, the modern Mexican restaurant in New York that he opened in 2014, made its debut onto the list in 2017 and this year has risen to No.23 under the stewardship of The World's Best Female Chef 2019, Daniela Soto-Innes.

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Sonia Sotomayor – the fearless federal trial court judge who saved Major League Baseball from a ruinous 1995 strike – entered the record book as the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the High Court. Sotomayor was born in the Bronx on June 25, 1954 to Juan Sotomayor and Celina Baez, both native Puerto Ricans. Her father worked in manual labor and her mother was a nurse.

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Salsa legend!

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3 Afro Dominicana Writers Reflect On Their Truths

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The Dominican Republic has the historic distinction of being the landing spot of Christopher Columbus in 1492 after he sailed the ocean blue, but that European invasion set off a series of historical and social events that reverberate to this day.

As we've discussed here on Alt.Latino many times, the Dominican Republic is also a musical hot house. Countless musicians have sailed beyond the beautiful island environment to spread sounds like merengue and bachata throughout the Spanish-speaking world.

It's also the source of a distinct literary tradition. Writers from the island and from the Dominican diaspora, such as Julia Alvarez and Rita Indiana to name just two, have blessed us with stories, essays and deep thoughts about the effects of colonialism and the beauty of the indigenous Taíno culture as well as everyday life on the island.

Which brings us to this week's show. On this episode, we'll talk to three Afro Dominicana writers who are part of a recent wave of authors who use literature, poetry and even social media to reflect the contemporary Dominican experience. Danyeli Rodriguez del Orbe, Amanda Alcantara and Elizabeth Acevedo join us as does NPR Kroc Fellow and current Alt.Latino contributor Jessica Diaz-Hurtado.

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3 Afro Dominicana Writers Reflect On Their Truths

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subscribe to Alt.Latino podcast The Dominican Republic has the historic distinction of being the landing spot of Christopher Columbus in 1492 after he sailed the ocean blue, but that European invasion set off a series of historical and social events that reverberate to this day.

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Mexican pop-rock folk singer, songwriter will make you swoon with her lyrical soprano tunes.

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Natalia Lafourcade: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

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Join Marcus Vega as he learns about the Puerto Rican side of his family on a special journey with his mom and special needs brother.  Click here to learn more and borrow it from our library.

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Read and learn all about this dynamic legendary singer from Cuba here.

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NPR Feature on Celia Cruz Audio Recording

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NPR Feature on Celia Cruz Audio Recording

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Mexican born artist Frida Kahlo is known world wide for her incredible works that reflect personal, social, and political perspectives of the times. Click below to learn more.

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The Life & Times Of Frida Kahlo - Trailer

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Frida Kahlo was ahead of her time and her art and life resonates for many reasons in the modern world. 

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo is an intimate biography of a woman who gracefully balanced a private life of illness and pain, against a public persona that was flamboyant, irreverent and world-renowned. Kahlo was an eyewitness to a unique pairing of revolution and renaissance that defined the times in which she lived. 

Through the prism of her life and art, the film explores the ancient culture of Mexico; the Mexican Revolution; the wildfire of communism that burned through Latin America in the 1920s and '30s; the innovators in painting, photography, filmmaking, writing and poetry that congregated in Mexico City; and the revival of interest in popular culture for which Kahlo has become a symbol.

Kahlo is best known for dozens of self-portraits through which she tells the story of her dramatic life. She was severely injured in a bus accident at 18, and her paintings reflect the debilitating effects she endured for the rest of her life: 35 operations, body casts, metal corsets, constant pain and the inability to bear a child. Kahlo's work also reflects her passionate love affairs (including a brief one with Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky), and her turbulent marriage to Mexican muralist painter Diego Rivera.

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Check out his website to learn more about this ground-breaking artist.

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In 2009 at the age of 28 Venezuelan-born, Gustavo Dudamel was named conductor of the L.A. Philharmonic.  Click here for a little sample of his work from a performance at Carnegie Hall in 2016.

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Lisa Fernandez has 3 Olympic gold medals with the Women's US National Softball Team and made history striking our 25. batters in a single game.  Learn more here

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Major League baseball player paved the way for many Latinx/Hispanic players with his extraordinary talent.  Learn more here from this video.

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"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures."
Learn more about Mexican-American-Born, workers rights activist here.

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Newly elected U.S. Representative, A.O.C.  is leading new group of progressive politicians focusing on income inequality, healthcare and climate change.  Learn more here.

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Us, In Progress:  Short Stories About Young Latinos by Lulu Delacre

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Us, In Progress:  Short Stories About Young Latinos by Lulu Delacre

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Read 12 short stories featuring the diverse experiences of Hispanic young people in the US, living their lives.  Click here to learn more and/or borrow it from our library.

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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Saenz

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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Saenz

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Set on the Mexican border, this adopted teen learns what  family and friendship are all about.  Click here to place on hold in our library.

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Click here to learn more about legendary Mexican American rock artist.

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Columbian, Puerto Rican American actor, writer, comedian, John Leguizamo has been creating shows for almost three decades. Click on the links below to learn more:

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Also, watch Netflix trailer for Latin History of Morons

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Xiomara is a budding poet, but her Dominican mom is super strict.  Will she be allowed to do what she loves?  Set in NYC, award winning author Elizabeth Acevedo, former Beacon HS student will pull your heartstrings with this novel-in-verse. Click here to get this book from the library. Click here to borrow from our library.

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Official Viva Cuba Trailer

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Independent film maker, Alfonso Cuarón tells the story of a middle-class family in Mexico City during a tumultuous time in the early 1970's.
Official Movie Trailer: Roma

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Before Linda Brown became the face of integration in public schools, Sylvia Mendez's parents fought for her rights to an equal education as her white counterparts.  Click here to learn more about this extraordinary woman.

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Miguel, desperate to pursue his love for music, finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.  See the trailer here.

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Modern Family star, Columbian-born Sofia Vergara.  Click here for more details about Sofia.

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First Hispanic women to travel in space with NASA.  First Hispanic woman director of the Johnson Space Center.  Click here to learn more.

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Nobel Prize winner, Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's paints pictures with his words.  Learn more here.

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First Latino Poet Laureate named in the U.S.   Son of migrant farm workers, this Mexican American has written poetry collections, short stories, and young adult novels.  Click here to learn more.

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Dominican born author of several award winning books.  Click here to borrow In the Time of Butterflies from the HPCLMC.

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Selena Quintanilla was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. Her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century.

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Esmeralda Santiago is a Puerto Rican author and former actress known for her novels and memoirs.
Click here to get copy from the HPCLMC.

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José Ramón Andrés Puerta is a Spanish-American chef, restaurateur, and founder of World Central Kitchen, a non-profit devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters.  Read and see more here.

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Selena Was a Prominant Mexican-American singer whos album "Entra a Mi Mundo" reached the top of the charts for eight consecutive months

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Selena Was a Prominant Mexican-American singer whos album "Entra a Mi Mundo" reached the top of the charts for eight consecutive months