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The Scene August 31, 2024 12:30 pm

Afro Latino festival takes place in Franklin Park

Musical performances, delicious food and art are just a few of the activities that visitors to the third annual Afro Latino festival can expect.

Latin America August 15, 2024 9:42 pm

US arrests reputed Peruvian gang leader wanted for 23 killings in his home country

A reputed Peruvian gang leader suspected in nearly two dozen killings in his home country has been arrested in New York by U.S. immigration authorities.

Fashion November 10, 2023 10:45 am

Root of the World highlights Latin fashion designers

Global Couture US presents its outreach fashion show Root of the World in support of TK2Cures Foundation while highlighting Latin American fashion. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

File. MADRID, SPAIN – 2022/10/08: Women wearing costumes of people of Latin American origin dance during the Hispanic Heritage 2022 parade in Madrid. The hypanidad festival has been considered a memorable day, after the time of the first contact between Europe and America, culminating the so-called “encounter of two worlds”, which transformed the visions of the world and the lives of both Europeans and Americans.

Latin America September 15, 2023 1:45 pm

What is Hispanic Heritage Month and why is it celebrated?

Americans across the country celebrate this month with pride and joy to highlight the importance of diversity.

File. A migrant child plays near a tent at a migrants camp where asylum seekers wait for US authorities to allow them to start their migration process outside El Chaparral crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on March 17, 2021. – President Biden’s pledge of a more humane approach has sparked a new rush to the border, threatening to become a huge political liability. Republicans are accusing him of opening the country’s doors to illegal border-crossers and sparking a “crisis” on the US-Mexico frontier, while migrants out of Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program are stranded along the US-Mexico border without knowing when or how they will be able to start their migratory process with US authorities. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)

Children September 8, 2023 6:07 am

Record number of migrant children on the move in Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF says

The U.N. children’s agency says record numbers of children are making perilous journeys through Latin America and the Caribbean, often alone, and from countries as far away as Asia and Africa.

A cook prepares a taco with a Barbie theme pink tortilla at a restaurant in Mexico City, Thursday, July 20, 2023.

Latin America July 22, 2023 1:38 am

From pink tacos to dark political ads, Barbie mania takes over Latin America

Latin America is taking Barbie mania to an extreme, with everything from pink-colored tacos and pastries, commercial planes bearing the Barbie logo, political ads and even Barbie-themed protests.

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