Latinas + History Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 2, 2009

Tales of weeping woman passed down in Hispanic culture – La Llorona

October 2, 2009

10 years later, Latino oral history project expands Initiative will collect narratives from Korea, Vietnam in addition to World War II. – Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez

September 29, 2009

Juanita Castro, the exiled sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, is set to release a first-person memoir in which she talks at length about her brothers.

September 1, 2009

Catching Up on Catherine Ramirez’s THE WOMAN IN THE ZOOT SUIT

August 21, 2009

Meet Maria Patino, The Latino Woman/Man Athlete Who Already Went Through This Gender Nonsense Decades Ago

July 16, 2009

Cuban women’s plight, pain preserved in book – Recuento Para La Historia, or Retold for History – Nelson Rodríguez Diéguez

May 29, 2009

Sotomayor ’76: From the ‘Prince’ Archives – from Princton University

December 28, 2008

Sáenz embraced the rebel — and the rebel cause – The author brings to life Manuela Sáenz, a forgotten hero in Latin American history. – FOR GLORY AND BOLIVAR: The Remarkable Life of Manuela Sáenz by Pamela S. Murray

December 8, 2008

Maria Elena Salinas: The unusual path of hemisphere’s saint – Virgin of Guadalupe

October 15, 2008

Discovery en Espanol Presents ‘Silencio en Juarez’ – A Stunning Visual Expose that Sheds Light on the Vile Murders and Disappearances of Thousands of Innocent Women in Ciudad Juarez

July 8, 2008

Dr. Vicki Ruiz clarifies western latino history

May 29, 2008

Golden-age Mexican diva – Dolores del Rio stars in ‘La Otra’ on DVD