SOS Carbon: Combatting the Caribbean Seaweed Invasion
01/12/2021 - 15:41
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SOS Carbon is an MIT startup that focuses on providing superior sargassum collection services and providing sargassum to other companies for monetization.
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Raquel Arredondo
SOS Carbon is an MIT startup that focuses on providing superior sargassum collection services and providing sargassum to other companies for monetization.
Wrecking Art: The Caribbean 'Maelstrom' by Teresita Fernández
01/06/2021 - 05:38
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The Lehmann Maupin Gallery in Manhattan hosts Maelstrom, a powerful mosaic of works marked by the catastrophe and the genocide in the Caribbean until Jan. 23.
Arte de naufragio: El Maelstrom caribeño de Teresita Fernández
01/06/2021 - 05:35
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Hasta el 23 de enero, la galería Lehmann Maupin de Manhattan acoge ‘Maelstrom’, un poderoso mosaico de obras marcadas por la catástrofe y el genocido en el Caribe.
Una nueva tormenta tropical amenaza el Caribe
10/06/2017 - 11:29
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La tormenta tropical Nate se dirige hacia la Península del Yucatán (México) y EEUU después de que sus lluvias torrenciales dejasen un saldo de al menos 22 muertos en Centroamérica, informó hoy el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, en inglés).
"My roof is gone": Hurricane Maria batters Dominica, heads to Puerto Rico
09/19/2017 - 04:28
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Hurricane Maria on Tuesday battered the island of Dominica and is now moving towards St. Croix - Virgin islands - and Puerto Rico, with wind speeds of up to 250 kph (155 mph), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the United States.
Maria strengthens and threatens the Atlantic
09/18/2017 - 10:38
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A fourth tropical storm follows Irma's trail and sets an alert on the Atlantic.
Maria se fortalece y amenaza el Atlántico
09/18/2017 - 10:24
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Una cuarta tormenta tropical sigue el rastro de Irma y pone el Atlántico en alerta.
Hurricane Irma rises to category 5 and alerts the entire Caribbean
09/05/2017 - 13:15
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Authorities from the Leeward Islands, British and US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are preparing to host one of the biggest tropical storms of recent years.
El Huracán Irma sube a categoría 5 y pone en alerta a todo el Caribe
09/05/2017 - 13:04
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Autoridades de las islas de Sotavento, Vírgenes británicas y estadounidenses y Puerto Rico, se preparan para recibir a una de las mayores tormentas tropicales de los últimos años.
Back to the Great Old Days: Los Van Van to close US tour in New York this weekend
08/23/2017 - 06:09
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The legendary Cuban orchestra Los Van Van returns this weekend to New York to close its US tour featuring a new songstress and a performance of its greatest hits plus a preview of its new project bringing back songs of the 1960s and '70s.
[OP-ED]:DACA Opponents Are American Dream Killers
08/22/2017 - 10:14
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Among the persons that provided poignant testimonials on positive benefits from DACA during the recent ceremony in Philadelphia’s City Hall commemorating the fifth anniversary of that fair-minded initiative instituted by former President Obama were two persons from countries that few ever connect with the controversy around undocumented immigrants in the United States.
[OP-ED]: Publishers shouldn’t confine Latino authors to just ‘immigrant stories’
08/15/2017 - 11:41
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A day or so after Sonia Sotomayor’s biography, “My Beloved World” was released, I got a call from a New York Times reporter asking me how well the book would sell. She jumped in to the first question: “Why don’t Latinos read?”
America unites against Maduro
08/09/2017 - 06:39
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In an extraordinary meeting in Lima, 17 foreign ministers issued an unprecedented statement in which they classify the Venezuelan government as a dictatorship.
Rizos On The Road: two bloggers use coily hair to talk about Afro-Latino identity
08/07/2017 - 06:55
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Since April, Ada Rojas and Rocio Mora have traveled to six cities around the country - Miami, New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York - driving their Kia provided by the automaker sponsoring their tour dubbed "Rizos On The Road."
Official Fraud in Venezuela
08/02/2017 - 15:05
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The company responsible for counting Venezuelan votes, Smartmatic, who has worked in the country since 2004, said Wednesday that the data published by the National Electoral Council in the elections for a National Constituent Assembly were manipulated.
Thousands of Venezuelans flee through border with Colombia
07/27/2017 - 12:53
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In the harrowing preamble to a Constituent Assembly imposed by the regime of Nicolás Maduro, thousands of Venezuelans have decided to flee through border with Colombia.
Colombian band takes pride in the tropical sounds of Arcade Fire
07/26/2017 - 06:53
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The famous Canadian Band became a fan of the tropical sounds of Bomba Estereo and offered the group to open a couple of concerts for him in Europe.
Black Women from Latin America Get Ready to Face Challenges Ahead
07/26/2017 - 06:31
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The main task ahead for Afro-descendants is to "make definitive progress to close the economic gap since, in Latin America and the Caribbean, poverty has a face and a color, according to the coordinator of the Network of Afro-Latin American, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women (RMAAD)
Latin American economy expected to grow in next two years
07/24/2017 - 02:35
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The International Monetary Fund estimates that Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 1 percent in 2017 and 1.9 percent in 2018, further deterioration of conditions in Venezuela.
The United States will not stand still in front of a Venezuelan Constituent Assembly
07/18/2017 - 14:26
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President Donald Trump warned Monday that Washington would "take firm economic measures" in case Maduro continues with the idea of a Constituent Assembly.
Attack on Venezuelan Parliament leaves at least two seriously injured
07/06/2017 - 12:43
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A violent group stormed the National Assembly building in Caracas, Venezuela, assaulting opposition MPs holding a special session in commemoration of Independence Day.
Venezuelan military court jails 22 students, NGO says
07/05/2017 - 08:09
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The Venezuelan Penal Forum (FPV), a defender of human rights group, reported Tuesday that 22 of the 27 students from the Libertador Experimental Teaching University (UPEL), arrested in Aragua state and tried by a military court, will be sent to two prisons in other states of the country.
Chilean president campaigns for health of women, children, teens
07/05/2017 - 08:03
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The president of Chile inaugurated Monday the high level "Every Woman, Every Child (EWEC) meeting, whose purpose is to discuss a new strategy for protecting the health of women, children and adolescents in the region from now until 2030.
Mexico determined to find agreement on Venezuelan crisis
06/21/2017 - 02:39
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Mexico"s Foreign Minister is determined to ensure that the upcoming final day of the General Assembly of the Organization of the American States (OAS) on Wednesday will not end without any agreement on the crisis in Venezuela, the key issue that will define the success or failure of the summit.
Crisis in Venezuela will be the center of the OAS General Assembly
06/19/2017 - 13:33
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The 47th OAS General Assembly will be held on June 21 in Cancún, Mexico, convening the region's foreign ministers to continue the suspended consultation on the crisis in Venezuela during a previous meeting.