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Latin America's Heroes: Paralympic Glory in Paris 2024

The Paralympic Games have brought more than 4,000 athletes from around the world, and Latin America. Here's a breakdown of great Latin American achievements...

Sports
Latino Heat: The Stars of the 2024 Olympics

As the world tunes in to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics, the spotlight shines brightly on Latin American athletes who are set to leave an indelible mark on the global stage. These athletes, hailing from various countries across…

Arts and Culture
UK Colombian Creatives to be Proud of

Creativity is in any Colombians' DNA, it’s part of our necessity and hence our everyday lives. We’re celebrating Colombian Independence by shining a light on the amazing Colombian talent here in the UK. From dancers,…

Music
UK Colombian Music Artists to be Proud Of

We’re Celebrating Colombian Independence by shining a light on the amazing Colombian talent here in the UK. First off music..from salsa, vallenato and gaita to urban, hip hop and folk here are artists who have brought not only…

Music
THE GREAT LATINA DIVAS

Nobody does Diva like a Latina, and in a music industry dominated by machismo and male leads, you damn well have to know how to be one, with charm included, to get ahead. Some of our Divas have great voices, others electrifying…

Music
UK Latino Music Producers

With the UK Latin urban music scene boiling over into the mainstream, a generation of talented Latino producers are rising to the surface. Drawing on their diverse Latin American roots, London influences, and the talent and…

Music
Latin Jazz Next Gen

Unlike other music, Jazz musicians get better with age. In Jazz linguistics, at 40, you’re a toddler just starting to talk! The following artists have pricked up our ears with their exciting new sounds. Both blessed and burdened…

Sports
The Greatest Boricua Boxers of all Time

We head to ‘la isla del encanto’ Puerto Rico, an island that moves beat of reggaeton, to have a look at some of the best boxers to have danced around the ring.

Society and Politics, Arts and Culture
Pioneering Black Latina Artists

Recently we published a list of Black Heroines of Latin American History, Afro-Latinas who put their lives at risk, and in some cases gave their lives, in order to shape our history. This week we bring you the brave women who…

Film & Theatre
Queer Films from Spain and Latin America

Celebrating LGBTQ+ History month, here are some films from Latin American and Spanish directors celebrating queerness that we love and we thought you would too.

Music
Things You Should Know About...Latin Jazz pioneers

Latin Jazz or Jazz Latino…the Latino “tinge” was part of American Jazz DNA from day one but somehow has been, at best, perceived as a sub-genre or, at worst, erased from history books. When Cuban musicians arrived in Harlem in…

Society and Politics, Arts and Culture, Sports
Things You Should Know About...Inspiring US Afro-Latinxs

Changing the world in everything from Poetry to Baseball, from Politics to Hollywood, here, in no particular order, are just some of the US Afro-Latinos who have helped shape the American landscape and who you should definitely…

Society and Politics
Indigenous Heroes and Heroines of Colonial Latin America

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day, a day which began as a counter-celebration to el Dia de la Raza or 'Columbus Day' (still shamefully celebrated in Spain and the US to celebrate the colonisation and…

Society and Politics
Human Rights Defenders in Colombia

Each day, human rights defenders speak out for the rights of others. And each day they risk their livelihoods, their liberty and in many cases their lives. As attacks, abductions, and assassinations increase in Latin America, we…

Film & Theatre
Things You Should Know About...Brazilian Cinema

It is fascinating that although all the Latin American countries discovered the magic of moving pictures at around the same time, thanks to the pioneering work of the Lumière Brothers in 1895- 1896, the trajectory of their…

Music
Things You Should Know about...Jazz Greats of Latin America

Recently we produced a list of Latin Jazz greats, but many of the finest Jazz musicians from Latin America use neither la clave, nor the ostinato patterns nor the afro-cuban rythmns that we associate with Latin Jazz. The…

Society and Politics
Things You Should Know About...The Madres y Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo

Under the Argentine military dictatorship of 1976-1983, an estimated 30,000 people disappeared. What do you mean 'disappeared' we hear you ask? Literally, people – some armed opposition to the Junta, but most just…

Film & Theatre
Things You Should Know About...Chilean Cinema

Chilean cinema is on a high at the moment with directors such as Pablo Larrain and Sebatian Lelio creating some of the most original and critically acclaimed works of the day, but it has had a tumultuous past. Although Chilean…

Society and Politics
Human Rights Defenders in Honduras

Each day, human rights defenders speak out for the rights of others. And each day they risk their livelihoods, their liberty and in many cases their lives. As attacks, abductions, and assassinations increase in Latin America, we…

Film & Theatre
Things You Should Know About...Argentine Cinema

A powerhouse in the world of film, Argentina has won eighteen GOYA AWARDS, making it the Latin American country with most wins in the Spanish film awards, and was also the first Latin American country to take home two Oscars for…

Society and Politics
Human Rights Defenders in Mexico

Each day, human rights defenders speak out for the rights of others. And each day they risk their livelihoods, their liberty and in many cases their lives. As attacks, abductions, and assassinations increase in Latin America, we…

Sports
Latin American Tennis Greats

Dominated by a superb tennis tradition, at any given time there will be more Argentine tennis players in the top 100 than British, American and most other European countries. Other countries, like Chile, Brazil and Ecuador have…

Music
Reggaeton Artists who Turned to Religion

With the celebration of the Easter Holiday just gone by, we remember some of the artists who underwent a religious career transformation

Music
Things You Should Know About...Colombian Reggaeton

Reggaeton may have been born in Panama and Puerto Rico, but lately it seems that the reggaeton everyone wants to hear is Colombian. Artists such as Carlos Vives, Kevin Roldan and Lalo Ebratt are storming the charts in what…

Dance
Things you should know about...Samba Dancing

It is widely thought that the Samba dance originated in Bahia, where enslaved Africans would gather after long days of labour to perform their religious rituals of Candomblé, Capoeira and Samba dancing in a circle (Samba de Roda…

Society and Politics, Arts and Culture
Things You Should Know About... Day of the Dead

There is still a commonly held view that ‘Day of the Dead’ is Mexico’s ‘Halloween,’ that everyone dresses up as skelatons, and it is truly scary, therefore unsuitable for children. 'Dia de Los Muertos' is in fact a…

Music
Things You Should Know About...Zeca Padoginho

The fiesta front man with a Rio samba inspired sound, Zeca Pagodinho is one of Brazil’s best loved artists, embodying the free, easy-going Carioca spirit. “Probably the only one who didn't sell for cheesy samba,"…

Arts and Culture
Things you should know about Spanish Oscar Triumphs

After celebrating Latin America's successes at the Academy Awards, we couldn't carry on without bringing you Spain’s most successful Oscar-winning films and individuals within the film industry.

Arts and Culture
Things you should know about Latin American Oscar Triumphs

Do you remember the days when Latino artists weren’t allowed to sing their songs on mainstream TV because ratings would drop? I know right? Hard to imagine, but it did…Back in 2005, when Jorge Drexler was nominated for an Oscar…

Arts and Culture
Things You Should Know About...Latin American Political Cinema

The plethora of social documentaries and politically-committed films that came out of Latin America between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s brought Latin American film onto the focus of world critics. Of course, to reduce the region…

Food
Things You Should Know About...Spanish Ham

Jamon, Jamón...so important that it has to be said twice. As one famous non-Spaniard once said...it's not a matter of life and death, it's much more important than that. So here are some essential things to know about…

Food
Things You Should Know about....Tequila

It's that time of the year, when Tequila aficionados crawl out of the woodwork to congregate at their annual Mecca, Tequila Fest. For the non-experts, Latinolife talks you thrugh this ins and outs of Mexico's national…

Arts and Culture
Street Art of Latin America

Throughout Latin America street art has been a fundamental form of both personal and socio-political expression for many years. From radical propaganda to light humour, Latin America’s abundance of eclectic street art is…

Society and Politics
Latin America's most Influential Feminists

There are many magnificent female figures around the world who have fought for equality and justice, not just for fellow women, but for all those who are deprived of basic human rights. He we salute ten Latinas who have defied…

Arts and Culture
Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About... Gabriel Garcia Marquez

If someone has won a Nobel Prize, they’re probably worth listening to. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of the most beloved authors of the 20th century, has injected many pieces of wisdom into our society through his literary “hits”…

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Top 10 Argentine Footballers

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