Joran van ver Sloot and the end of the Natalee Holloway media circus
When you saw his pasty pale-skinned face, your eyes became glued to TV. You debated his innocence as if he was O.J. Simpson. Blowhards, from Nancy Grace to me to Dr. Phil kept track of his every...
View ArticleBack home, everybody, back home!
Summertime means more family time, and for Latinos, this family often extends across national borders. Fellow Book of the Month members may remember the following lines: “Every summer Santo Domingo...
View ArticleRicky Martin condemns homophobic Miss Peru
Ricky Martin is back in the news. but no new album from the three-time Latin Grammy winner — this time, Ricky’s making headlines for cyber smacking a woman. Allow us to explain. In a recent interview...
View ArticleSecret Stash Records’ quest for Afro-Peruvian music
Cory Wong and Eric Foss are long-time friends and fellow musicians from small town Fridley, Minnesota. They first met when they were six years old. Cory plays the guitar and Eric enjoys drums and...
View ArticleFashionable funerals: Black pallbearers required!
Progressive Latinos in the United States often look to their brethren in Mexico, Central, and South America as examples of countries and cultures which practice equality and don’t look at the color of...
View ArticlePeruvian Brain Surgery Over 1,000 Years Ago (Pictures & Video)
Often times, we tend to think of ourselves as so technologically advanced, especially when it comes to medical care. That, we are now finding out may not be the case. Through recent excavations in...
View ArticleLatino developer plans to restore Packard plant
The Packard automobile plant in Detroit, built in the early 1900s and now a relic, was bought by Latino developer Fernando Palazuelo. Thirty five acres of abandoned concrete and steel remain that have...
View ArticleIndigenous Tribe in Brazil
On Tuesday June 27, 2014 a newly discovered, isolated, indigenous tribal civilization was first spotted in Acre, in a state on the border with Peru. Members of the tribe where spotted by FUNAI...
View ArticlePeruvian ice caps contain evidence of conquistadors’ greed for silver
The Spanish conquistadors forced native people to enter mines and retrieve riches for them. The conditions were dangerous and claimed many lives. As if making the whole Incan empire vanish wasn’t...
View ArticlePeruvian Superfoods Diet
National Nutrition Month has begun, with the month of March, and people have started being more health conscious about their food habits. National Nutrition Month should be a month celebrated by...
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