April 2013
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Spanish Literature
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doesn’t get enough credit. I’ll forever love the grit of Hemingway, the modernity or Wallace, the depth of Shakespeare, and/or the honesty of Bukowski… but there is nothing like Márquez, Cisneros, Bolaño, Paz, Esquivel, or even Cervantes. These authors have enriched my life.
March 2013
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BREAKING: The First Latin American Pope, Pope...
nbclatino:
Bergoglio, 76, The archbishop of Buenos Aires reportedly got the second-most votes after Joseph Ratzinger in the 2005 papal election, and has spent a lifetime teaching and leading priests in Latin America, which has the largest share of the world’s Catholics. What do you think about this being the first Pope from Latin America?
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February 2013
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(adverb) (adjective): Im thankful for Graffiti... →
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Seriously. They make the city so beautiful. My entire life, I have always been amazed at the random, in-your-face aspects of graffiti. I haven’t written in years but I’m glad people still do.
What kind of person is bold enough to face criminal charges, not care about social stigma, and sometimes…
January 2013
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Latin American History, F*ck Yeah!: Today In Latin... →
fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory:
January 11
1839: Puerto Rican intellectual and educator Eugenio María de Hostos is born in Mayagüez.
1861: A triumphant Benito Juárez enters Mexico City at the end of the Reform War.
1890: Brazilian poet Oswald de Andrade is born in São Paulo.
1932: Mexican director Alfonso Arau is…
Latin American History, Fuck Yeah!: Today In Latin... →
fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory:
January 8
1912: Oscar-winning actor José Ferrer is born in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
1939: Fashion designer Carolina Herrera is born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1949: Chilean women receive the right to vote in national elections.
1956: Operation Auca: Five…
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blackmanonthemoon:
It seriously saddens me when the phrase “You act white” is associated with any type of knowledge,music taste,language, education etc. To hold white people to such a high standard above your own and not even realize it is a type of self-hate that shows ones demoralized view of blackness
This applies to latin@s too. I’ve had this said to me too many times.
Latin American History, Fuck Yeah!: Today In Latin... →
fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory:
January 2
1833: British rule is reestablished in the Falkland Islands.
1949: Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically-elected governor of Puerto Rico.
1994: The Mexican army engages in battle with a group of EZLN troops in Ocosingo, Chiapas, which results in three dozen…
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