Many of the best players in Major League Baseball hail from Latin American countries and there are still a great deal of prospects from there that could be in the big leagues for good in the near future
The women behind their powerful husbands, standing beside the podium in support are often overlooked, but when heard -- they have some of the most powerful voices, thoughts and ideas that should be shared with the world.
Helen Chávez, former labor activist for the United Farm Workers of America and wife of César Chávez turns 86 today.
When it comes to the growing Latino population in the United States, many want to identify trends, or zone in on different groups' wants, needs and dreams, essentially they want to figure out how to crack the code -- well it's just not that simple.
A new poll of nearly 1,500 Latino Americans conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health took a closer look.
Imagine you are swimming alongside your family, and you are captured, corralled, wrestled, driven over, and harpooned, all while witnessing slaughter all around you as you swim frantically in a sea of crimson red, trying to escape.
Although this may sound horribly graphic and traumatizing, this is what's occurring to hundreds of pods of bottlenose dolphins every year in an annual hunt that takes place in a cove in Taiji, Japan.
President Obama's choice to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA), an agency that provides contracts and loans to help small business gain government contracts, is former California official Maria Contretras-Sweet. Her official nomination was announced at a White House event last Thursday. She is the second Hispanic nomination to Obama's second-term cabinet, preceded by Labor Secretary Tom Perez. And, she will be the eighth woman in Obama's current cabinet.
The Pope's new Spanish Cardinal Fernando Sebastián, 85, is showing his age - and his ignorance.
Sebastián, who will take up his post in the Vatican as Spain's newest cardinal in February, is already making a dramatic entrance by reportedly calling homosexuality a physical "defect" that can be cured.
African-American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King was a humanitarian, pastor, and activist who utilized nonviolent civil disobedience to work toward the advancement of African-Americans, and racial integration. King and the Black Civil Rights Movement encouraged the Latino Movements, inspiring colleagues Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez's farmworker's protests, and encouraging Nuyorican activist Gilberto Gerena-Valentin. He was more than a rousing symbol, he provided emotional support, resources, and public relations to the Latino Civil Rights Movement.
Nobel Peace Prize-winning, African-American Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. impacted many lives, but he also had a great influence on Latinos who also faced discrimination -- including Puerto Rican baseball legend Roberto Clemente, who was both black and Latino.
Effective parenting in the lives of maturing Hispanic youth is essential when intending to prevent problem behaviors such as the use and abuse of substances and risky sexual behaviors. Without proper parental guidance, Hispanic youth suffer increased risk of contracting HIV because they will likely engage in drug use and risky sex, a new study from the University of Michigan indicated.
United Nations child protection experts are cracking down on Vatican delegates on how Roman Catholic officials handled the decades-long sexual abuse of minors by priests, saying they still need to speak up and reveal more information in order to put guilty priests behind bars.
We all know want happens when you give a dog a bone, but what if you give him a paddle board and tell him to hit the water? Well, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, many canines apparently know how to "hang ten."
Does the size of your wallet make or break a healthy sex life? A study conducted in Spain says 'yes.'
According to the first Spanish National Sexual Health Survey carried out in 2009, "rich, Spanish women have better sex lives than poor ones."
The New York Times compiled their annual list of 52 Places for jetsetters to visit for the optimum amount of beauty, experience and exploration; and Latin American counties appeared throughout the list for 2014. Ecuador, Brazil, Belize, Uruguay, and the Dominican Republic were named some of the premier destination spots in the world, though Cape Town, South Africa topped the list.
"Spanglish" has been called English's assault on the Spanish language; an implementation of English in routine speech or writing of Spanish-speakers that leads to the invention of words and phrases that don't exist in English or Spanish. This upsets purists, who see the infiltration of English vocabulary, particularly in the United States, as blatant Americanization of the Spanish language. Spanish and English are used interchangeably, within the same sentence -and the bilingual splicing of words is not unheard of. It has become a part of daily life, Latino American culture, and is promoted through major media outlets. Spanish words sometimes replace their English counterparts, and English words have crept "into everyday speech in Spain and Latin America, spreading to advertising, movies, and the other media of popular culture."
La Voz Newspapers recently began featuring Hispanic-owned start-up businesses within their pages on a monthly basis for the sake of repairing statistics that indicate that 44 percent of all start-up businesses will throw in the towel within the first four years of launching. The newspaper introduces the owners of brimming new businesses and successful long-standing businesses to the public, and uses their business knowledge to unveil the secrets of longevity and perseverance in an economy that makes independent ventures seem downright horrifying. The Montealgres, who own Chris and Phil's Body Shop, kept their business afloat by seeing the benefits of true team work, business knowledge and not being afraid to put family and friends to work for a good cause.
Nobel Peace Prize-winning, German-born American diplomat and political scientist, Henry Kissinger has had an extensive political career from serving as National Security Advisor to Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
According to Mother Jones' David Corn while Kissinger might have been recently seen dancing with Stephen Colbert in a funny bit on the latter's Comedy Central show, there's a different kind of funny business that's been going on that has been unearthed - and quite frankly it's nowhere near funny.
The premier Latino professional network iHispano is similar to LinkedIn, in nature, but specifically functions to help Latinos access and attain jobs. The website offers an impressive resume builder, resources for professional development, employment prospects, opportunities to network with like-minded Latino professions, and allows access to organizations that are hiring Latino talent.
"Smoking hookah," otherwise known as inhaling flavored tobacco product through a hose affixed to an elaborate water pipe, is growing in popularity, particularly among Florida high school students. Moreover, it's increasing in popularity among Hispanic Florida high school students. The habit is replacing the trend of traditional cigarette usage, and has become a favorite among teenage boys and teenage girls. The Florida Youth Tobacco Survey has indicated that the rate at which teenage girls smoke hookah has caught up to boys. Hispanic teens are leading that trend, as they are most likely to try and then continue the habit.
Alzheimer's & Dementia, a research journal, published a study which concluded that Mexican-Americans of a certain age commonly experience mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is a memory hindrance. Mexican-Americans' risk for early Alzheimer's disease is ultimately due to the early onset of certain chronic health conditions.
