Jeanette Hernandez from Remezcla writes about reggaetón making the highest revenue figure it has in 16 years — thanks to trailblazers like Bad Bunny! Click HERE to read more! PHOTO: Camila Falquez
Felix Contreras from NPR writes about two iconic but forgotten Venezuelan and Ecuadorian voices of the past found in a grandpa’s basement. Click HERE to read more! PHOTO: Honest Jon’s Records/Odelia Records
Josephine Harvey from the Huff Post writes about Puerto Rican Sofia Jirau being the first Victoria’s Secret model with down syndrome. Click HERE to read more. PHOTO: Sofia Jirau Instagram
Google Arts & Culture shows Afro-Latinx activists, educators, writers, musicians, athletes, writers, and artists represented at the National Portrait Gallery. Click HERE to learn more. PHOTO: Dr. Marta Moreno Vega
Sarah Moreno from Miami Herald writes about the Puig family’s legacy in La Casa De Las Guayaberas being kept very much alive despite of the challenges that came with the pandemic. It is now open in West Miami!! Click HERE to read about Louis Puig’s journey in keeping his father’s legendary guayaberas alive. FYI — […]
Latino Rebels gives us a recording of Aarón Sanchez talking about his book Homeland: Ethnic Mexican Belonging Since 1900! Click HERE to hear all about it! PHOTO: Aarón Sanchez
Marcos Hassan from Remezcla writes about the history of rock music in Spanish being explained to us in new Netflix documentary Rompan Todo available now! Click HERE to read all about it! PHOTO: Netflix
Jasmine Garsd and Felix Contreras from NPR Latino write about the origins of Cumbia — and a podcast elaborating the process is included! Click HERE for more details. PHOTO: Jorge Mario Múnera/Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways
Today is Peru’s Independence Day! If you want to learn some history today, click HERE — Britannica will enlighten your day with some 19th century events! PHOTO: Peruvian Independence
