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LORCA IN NEW YORK: A CELEBRATION
April 5 to July 20

Latino Music Festival

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PBS premieres: A Latina Soldier in the Civil War

Loreta Velázquez, a Cuban planter's daughter who migrated to New Orleans in the 1840s, was one of the estimated 1,000 women who disguised themselves as men to fight in the American Civil War. Read more at NBC Latino. WATCH ALSO Rebelde premieres on PBS, May 24

 

Hispanic Federation Asks FTC To Investigate Herbalife

The Hispanic Federation sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission requesting that the regulator investigate Herbalife, a multi-level marketing firm that sells nutrition products. Read more at Business Insider. From the Archives: The Dangers of Selling Hebalife - By Annie Correal (In Spanish) 

Guatemala's Supreme Court Overrules Former Dictator Sentence

Guatemala’s highest tribunal on Monday threw out the genocide conviction of Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt and ordered the proceedings to be rolled back to April 19. Read more at the New York Times. Read also: What Guilt Does U.S. Bear in Guatemala? and Trial on Guatemala's Carnage Leaves Out U.S. Role

El Diario La Prensa Cumple 100 Años

El 12 de octubre de 1913 salía a las calles de Nueva York La Prensa, que como El Diario La Prensa sigue hoy en la brecha. Leer más en El País.

Chavismo After Chávez

What Venezuelans may remember most about last month’s presidential campaign, says Alma Guillermoprieto, is the moment when incumbent president Nicolás Maduro told that Hugo Chávez had come back to him in the shape of a little bird and, chirping, urged him on to victory. Read more at the New York Review of Books.

E-Books: Traviesa's Second Anthology

In Latin America, the failure of neoliberalism has not only produced a resurgence of populism, but populism’s fascination with charismatic messianic figures has led to a revival of religion. Read more at Traviesa.

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Book Presentation

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Viernes 24 de mayo - 8 p.m.
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