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Latin America

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Hispanics Are Not Hispanic

    There was a time when uttering the word Mexican was impolite. Cops in Southern California would call anyone with brown skin a Mexican. And those of us who were born here preferred other terms such as Mexican American, Chicano and Latino. How could you tell if someone was born here by looking at th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Emanuela Bellezza: Hand-Picked by Juanes, She's About to Pop

    Emanuela Bellezza isn't from L.A., but she decided a long time ago this was where she wanted to be. Born and raised in Italy, she'd dreamed of making music here since her teenage years in Rome, when she first started writing original songs. Now, four years into her L.A. life -- with two albums under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: #15-11

    See also: *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #20-16 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #10-6 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #5-1 15. Madonna When asked by Dick Clark on American Bandstand in 1983 what her dreams were, a young Madonna replied, "To rule the world." ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    Rivera: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    See also: *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #20-16 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #10-6 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #5-1 15. Madonna When asked by Dick Clark on American Bandstand in 1983 what her dreams were, a young Madonna replied, "To rule the world." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    CDC Reports: Food Service Workers Smoke. A Lot.

    There's nothing like toiling over a smoking stove to get you hankering for a cigarette. According to a brand-new CDC study that surveyed nearly 115,000 working adults between 2004 and 2010, food service workers -- along with miners and construction workers -- are more likely to smoke than most. Th ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    September 1, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews L.A. Weekly Pancake Breakfast

    There's nothing like toiling over a smoking stove to get you hankering for a cigarette. According to a brand-new CDC study that surveyed nearly 115,000 working adults between 2004 and 2010, food service workers -- along with miners and construction workers -- are more likely to smoke than most. Th ... More >>

  • Music

    July 7, 2011

    Limp Wrist Manhandles Hardcore Punk

    There's nothing like toiling over a smoking stove to get you hankering for a cigarette. According to a brand-new CDC study that surveyed nearly 115,000 working adults between 2004 and 2010, food service workers -- along with miners and construction workers -- are more likely to smoke than most. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Why Do Musicians Hate America? The 5 Worst Songs With "American" in the Title

    ​Oh, United States Of America. We love you, we really do. Hell, we live here, so we kind of have to. We show our love through the composition of endless tributes to the land, the people and the country itself. Clarification: we do this by shamelessly co-opting the entire continental Western He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Arnold's Love Child: In Defense of Schwarzenegger

    ​Here we are, on the Western cliff of this great democratic experiment we call America, where diversity, technology and new liberties (medical marijuana, for example), keep us on the utter edge of human evolution. And we're obsessed with ... a guy who had sex with the Guatemalan help. Sure, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Obama en Español: U.S. President Tours Latin America, Talks Chilean Miners, His Own Stellar Immigration Policy (Really?)

    The Daily BeastBarack and Michelle, lookin' the part​Updated after the jump: The president makes his last stop in El Salvador. If there's one thing our POTUS can do, it's talk. Barack Obama could talk himself out of Guantanamo Bay through a thick swatch of duct tape. In perfect form, he tur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    (Video) 'Toy Story 3' Anti-Oscar Campaign Waged By Disney Resort Workers

    DisneyCowboys are an invention of Latin America. Irony?​Update: Our friends over at OC Weekly have photos of Monday night's protest here. First posted at 7:05 a.m.. Disney's Toy Story 3 ended up on some critics' year-end Top 10 lists, but now a labor union wants to put it back in the toy ches ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    In Search Of: Bardo Martinez on Colombia, Cumbia, Champeta And More

    courtesy chicano batmanBardo Martinez (R) with Chicano Batman​ Bardo Martinez is the singer, guitar player, keyboardist, and occasional accordionist for Chicano Batman, as well as a former member of Buyepongo. He speaks now about the cultural context of Colombian cumbia, Cuban and Colombian c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2010

    Family Entertainment

    courtesy chicano batmanBardo Martinez (R) with Chicano Batman​ Bardo Martinez is the singer, guitar player, keyboardist, and occasional accordionist for Chicano Batman, as well as a former member of Buyepongo. He speaks now about the cultural context of Colombian cumbia, Cuban and Colombian c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    After 15 Years in Peruvian Prison, US. Citizen Wishes To Become Pastry Chef

    Izquierdo/AP/APLori Berenson in 2001​Lori Berenson, a U.S. citizen, was sent to prison in Peru 15 years ago for aiding a leftist revolutionary group during a contentious time in the country's history. After serving three quarters of her 20 year sentence, she has been released on probation. Now ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2010

    The Passion of el Cristo

    Osvaldo Golijov's thoroughly panamerican tribute to Bach comes to L.A.

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2010

    BEFORE YOU BUY THAT LONDON BRIDGE PIPE-CLEANER SCULPTURE …

    Osvaldo Golijov's thoroughly panamerican tribute to Bach comes to L.A.

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues

    Osvaldo Golijov's thoroughly panamerican tribute to Bach comes to L.A.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Viva Brasil!

    Osvaldo Golijov's thoroughly panamerican tribute to Bach comes to L.A.

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009

    EVERYTHING'S BETTER IN SANTA MONICA!

    Osvaldo Golijov's thoroughly panamerican tribute to Bach comes to L.A.

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2009

    Dig In

    Osvaldo Golijov's thoroughly panamerican tribute to Bach comes to L.A.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Evita Peron Notebook & Angry/Happy Salt Shakers

    Man, oh man. The day is finally here when the nation elects a new president. In honor of the occasion, here are two great items from a fantastic online store called LAMA, which stands for Latin America in the Modern Age. Like Obama, Argentina's First Lady Eva Peron was/is beloved by a nation and had ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    AIDS Conference Take 1: Rejecting Bill Clinton

    The AIDS Conference opened with a bang on Monday: An activist take-over of a symposium hosted by a pharmaceutical company (which decided to stop distributing HIV drugs to kids) and a speech by Bill Clinton where I suppose he said some quotable things. On Sunday night the gala opening happened at ... More >>

  • LA Life

    July 31, 2008

    All Mixed Up Over La Raza

    The "cosmic race" celebrates miscegenation, not segregation

  • Art+Books

    December 27, 2007

    Our Favorite Shows and Artifacts

    Art to live for

  • LA Life

    November 1, 2007

    ˇAsk a Mexican! Dead Reckoning

    Art to live for

  • Art+Books

    September 6, 2007

    Finish Fetish

    Crucifixions and Californians

  • Columns

    August 16, 2007

    Call It LACKMA?

    Crucifixions and Californians

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2007

    German / Mexican Films at Echo Park Film Center

    Wednesday at 8, if you can make it. Sounds intriguing. Straight from Austin, Texas, A German and A Mexican Tour showcases work from filmmakers Katja Straub and Miguel Alvarez. Both love, tell, and collect stories - narrative or documentary - always with an emphasis on visual exploration. Their rathe ... More >>

  • News

    March 22, 2007

    Swoosh!

    Comets (and reactions to them) through the ages

  • News

    March 22, 2007

    Between the Lost and the Found

    Daniel Alarcón and his novel of the disappeared

  • Film+TV

    October 26, 2006

    Oh, Danny Boy

    Breaking Bonaduce – again

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2005

    What Does Santa Monica Taste Like?

    Breaking Bonaduce – again

  • Eat+Drink

    December 16, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Breaking Bonaduce – again

  • Eat+Drink

    September 2, 2004

    New to the List

    Breaking Bonaduce – again

  • Eat+Drink

    August 12, 2004

    Love, From Los Angeles

    Breaking Bonaduce – again

  • Eat+Drink

    November 27, 2003

    Chicken Madness

    Breaking Bonaduce – again

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    Life on the Edge

    Argentina’s disappearing middle class

  • Eat+Drink

    January 24, 2002

    More Is More

    Argentina’s disappearing middle class

  • Film+TV

    September 6, 2001

    South of Your Border

    New films from Mexico

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Naked in Quebec

    Why the three-day trade summit will fail

  • Film+TV

    March 8, 2001

    Cuba Now

    Notes on the 22nd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana

  • Film+TV

    March 1, 2001

    Cuba Now

    Notes on the 22nd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana

  • News

    September 14, 2000

    I'm Just a Three-Striking Old Softie

    Notes on the 22nd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana

  • Eat+Drink

    September 7, 2000

    Life Is Sweet

    On caramel, the new chocolate

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    Targeting the Assassins

    School of the Americas faces its toughest test

  • Music

    July 1, 1999

    ¡Echale Salsita!

    Latin music in Los Angeles

  • Music

    February 18, 1999

    Third Ear

    Latin music in Los Angeles

  • Music

    January 21, 1999

    Road Warrior

    Latin music in Los Angeles

  • Calendar

    December 17, 1998

    Patriarch Games

    Sex, AIDS and Machismo in Latin America

  • Art+Books

    July 30, 1998

    Art Before Memory

    Latin American artists offer "Amnesia"

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