The United States will help Central American farmers fight coffee rust, a persistent fungus that has the potential to increase both coffee prices and crime rates.
eBay, one of the largest online marketplaces with 145 million active buyers globally, has made online shopping easier for Latin Americans by adding Spanish and Portuguese versions of its website.
Uruguay President Jose Mujica pade a visit to the White House on Monday and sat down with President Barack Obama to discuss the cultural and economic ties between the U.S. and South America.
Forty-two museums are tracing the Latino and Latin American culture through art. From San Diego to Santa Barbara, 42 museums have started tracing the Latino and Latin American culture that plays a part in the identity of southern California.
Digital advertisement spending could reach a new peak in 2014 based on latest estimates. Digital advertisement spending could reach a new peak in 2014 based on latest estimates.
When observing the developing countries in Latin America, most analysts look for Argentina, Brazil, or Mexico, but Chile may be providing new ground for the mobile market.
A United Nations report released earlier this week revealed that 20 percent of teenagers in Latin American countries between the ages of 11 and 18 do not attend schools.
Conducting business on a digital basis has grown in Latin America with notable emphasis in Brazil. Conducting business on a digital basis has grown in Latin America with notable emphasis in Brazil.
One of the leading media and marketing companies in Latin America has been chosen by Foursquare as their exclusive advertising sales partner in the region.
Latin America and the Caribbean, it seems, are two of the most blood-soaked regions on the planet. Statistics indicate that 30 percent of the world's homicides occur in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
In a conversation about blackness and being Panamanian, Anthony Palanco's grandmother spoke about her mother, who had fair skin, and her father's dark skin and features that's traditionally associated with blackness.
Panamanian Anthony Palanco author of Verses from the Diaspora: A Poetic Tale of the African Diaspora sat down with Latin Post and spoke about his mixed Panamanian roots, his upbringing in the United States of as a Spanish-speaking Latino with a dark complexion, and Panama's gaParze when it comes to skin politics.
"(1) Drop: Shifting The Lens On Race," a project headed researcher Dr. Yaba Blay and photographer Noelle Théard, examined culture, ethnicity and attitude about race and questioned the perspectives of 58 people who identified as being some degree of "Black."
In 2012, sales of skin lightening creams in India alone totaled 258 tons, and the global market for skin lighteners is projected to reach US $19.8 billion by 2018 based on sales growth primarily in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, according to Andrew McDougall of CosmeticsDesign-Asia.com. Many of these skin-whitening products use active ingredients (such as mercurous chloride) and hydroquinone, which can be harmful. In fact, hydroquinone is banned in Europe; and skin lightening creams available in Nigeria has caused mutations in bacteria, proved to be possibly carcinogenic.
Afro Latino music claims the voice of African and Latin people, and bellows heritage and pride. It is music that details pain, regret and difficulty. It communicates soulfulness and resiliency, broadcasting the strength of its collective people.
