by the El Reportero‘s news services Those who sign this petition are upset that the film has a favorable view of the five Cuban spies who infiltrated anti-Castro organizations in Miami A group of Cubans devised a petition on the Change platform to request Netflix to remove the film about Red Avispa. According to …
Book enables modern readers to connect to an ancient story by Rich Tenorio When Ilan Stavans first learned about the Popol Vuh as a teenager growing up in Mexico City, he was fascinated by the millennia-old Mayan tale. Decades later, Stavans reconnected with the text and saw it as comparable to other foundational …
Shared from Social Media “I perceived as never before that Armando Manzanero was a man of the people, that is why I am very sorry for his death,” said President López Obrador, who thus canceled his morning press conference. The Mexican singer-songwriter and composer Armando Manzanero, known as the king of romanticism and president …
How ‘Feliz Navidad’ Became a Christmas Classic & Latin Music Groundbreaker by the El Reportero‘s news services Read the story behind José Feliciano’s Christmas classic in this excerpt from “Decoding Despacito: An Oral History of Latin Music,” written by Billboard’s Leila Cobo José Feliciano’s classic “Feliz Navidad” turned 50 years old this year, a …
by El Reportero news services For several years, the Miss World contest has been held in which several women from different countries seek to be crowned as the most beautiful woman in the world, not only physically but also for their different virtues. In Mexico, each year the candidate to compete in the pageant …
Home kitchens, large bakeries are busy making pan de muerto in San Gregorio Atlapulco by Joseph Sorrentino and El Reportero‘s news services In late October, Eva Chapa sets up her stall at the market in San Gregorio Atlapulco, Mexico City, as she’s done for over 20 years now. Her pan de muerto (bread …
by the El Reportero‘s news services With the participation of representatives from over 15 countries, the 26th edition of the Ibero-American Culture Festival will be held from October 24 to 28 in Holguin, Cuba. From its traditional headquarters, the Casa de Iberoamerica (House of Ibero-America), the event will meet through its different digital platforms, …
by the El Reportero‘s news services BUENOS AIRES, Oct 3 – Argentine rocker Fito Páez is currently working on his first live concert via streaming, which he will offer from the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires on Nov. 1. Newly nominated with this phonogram in three categories for the 2020 Latin Grammys, Paez will …
The world of culture mourns the death of the artist by the El Reportero‘s news services Quino died, but Mafalda will be immortal. The Argentine cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, a name that said little because he was known worldwide as Quino, died this Wednesday at the age of 88 in Mendoza, his hometown, …
Japanese-born artist depicts Mexico’s local cultures from a unique perspective by Leigh Thelmadatter Mexico captivates hundreds upon hundreds of artists from the Americas and Europe, no surprise there. But it has held a strong fascination for Japanese artists as well despite, or perhaps because of, the huge cultural differences. Akio Hanafuji is a …