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[i]AQ[/i] Interview: Leticia Tonos, Director of [i]La Hija Natural[/i]
Dominican filmmaker Leticia Tonos, director of the acclaimed new film La Hija Natural (The Love Child), talks with AQ Online about her rise in the film industry and the premiere of her new movie during Dominican Film Festival night at the New York International Latino Film Festival (August 15–21). Interview by Wilda Escarfuller. Americas Quarterly … Read more
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Alabama HB 56: Which Way Will The Ruling Lean?
On Wednesday, at the Hugo Black courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, federal judge Sharon Blackburn and approximately 200 others in attendance heard a full day’s worth of arguments to determine whether Blackburn should enjoin Alabama’s controversial immigration law, HB 56. The proceedings lasted longer than expected as a result of the judge’s decision to hear jointly … Read more
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Entrevista Exclusiva: Un Campeón Ecuatoriano de la Marcha Atlética, Jefferson Pérez
Photo courtesy of JP SportMarketing Leonardo Jefferson Pérez, nacido en Cuenca, Ecuador el 1º de julio, 1974, es uno de los mejores atletas en toda historia ecuatoriana. El marchista es el único medallista olímpico del país (oro en 1996 y plata en 2008), además de ganador de numerosos campeonatos y copas mundiales. Es también la … Read more
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Entrevista Exclusiva: Una Alcadesa Guatemalteca Enfocada en el Analfabetismo y el Papel de las Mujeres
Photo courtesy of Robert Stromberg. Janeth Ordóñez fue elegida alcadesa del municipio de San Cristóbal de Acasaguastlán, Guatemala en 2008. Actualmente Ordóñez desarrolla su campaña política para ser reelegida durante las elecciones del próximo 11 de septiembre. La alcaldesa Ordóñez comparte con AQ Online su experiencia como una mujer alcalde, así … Read more
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[i]AQ[/i] Interview: Latino Film Festival Founder Calixto Chinchilla Previews this Year’s Program
Photo courtesy El Rayo Films The largest urban Latino film event in the United States begins today and runs through Sunday, August 21. AQ Online speaks with Calixto Chinchilla, founder of the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) about how the Latino movie industry continues to evolve and some of the films that should not … Read more
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Entrevista Exclusiva: Alcalde de Sucre, Caracas, Carlos Ocariz
Carlos Ocariz, alcalde de Sucre, el municipio más grande de Caracas, habla con AQ Online sobre sus esfuerzos para reducir el crimen, los beneficios de trabajar con el sector privado y las elecciones presidenciales de 2012 en Venezuela. Carlos Ocariz fue el secretario general nacional del Partido Primero Justicia en el año 2008. Esta entrevista … Read more
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Social Change through the World Cup
On the eve of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, 300 children representing over three dozen nations gathered in a poverty-stricken area of Johannesburg, South Africa, for the final of the Alexandra Cup. Organized to bring the game to a local level, FIFA had put the event together in the Alexandra Township as part of … Read more
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[i]AQ[/i] Interview: President Juan Manuel Santos on the Economy and U.S.-Colombia FTA
Set to complete his first year in office on August 7, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos takes a moment to discuss with AQ how the U.S. debt ceiling negotiations have adversely affected Latin America and why passage of the pending U.S.-Colombia free-trade agreement is “in the interest of the U.S.” An expanded version of this … Read more
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Paying the Price of Equity in Colombia
Latin America is one of the most unequal regions in the world. Colombia, Brazil and Mexico rank as three of the world’s four most unequal countries. And in Colombia, according to The Economist, the top-income quintile earns 25 times that of the lowest quintile. Social policies promoted by the state may be the principal vehicle … Read more
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[i]AQ[/i] Interview: Rita Indiana Captivates Merengue Fans in New York City
Merengue phenom Rita Indiana is known as la montra (the monster) back home in the Dominican Republic and now New York music fans are getting a glimpse of why. The six-foot tall musician—on tour as part of the July 6-9 Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC)—is winning over audiences with her multifaceted style that blends merengue … Read more
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State Elections Solidify PRI’s Position in Mexico
In one of the final electoral litmus tests before Mexico’s federal and legislative elections on July 1, 2012, the gubernatorial contests on Sunday in Nayarit, Coahuila and the State of Mexico resulted in a complete sweep by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party—PRI). This rout sets the stage for a possible PRI return to … Read more
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The Georgia and Alabama Anti-Immigration Laws
As draconian immigration bills pass state houses, it’s comforting to know that we have the courts. Arizona’s SB 1070 has been rebuffed twice in federal court, and Alabama and Georgia’s copycat laws in Alabama (HB 56) and Georgia (HB 87) will face similar legal challenges. But while the courts are critical for protecting minority rights, … Read more
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Costa Rica Inches Toward Coveted APEC Membership
If President Laura Chinchilla gets her way, Costa Rica will be among the first countries to join the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) since a moratorium on new members was set in 1998. But joining the group is an uphill battle, and the president knows that. Costa Rica is now one of more than … Read more
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Afro-Bolivian Royalty
Bolivia has a king. And he is not one of indigenous descent, but surprisingly, African. Julio Pinedo—one of the many Afro-Bolivians who make a living growing coca—found out a few years ago that he is a direct descendant of Bonifaz, a tribal king from Central Africa. Now, he’s the country’s first Afro-Bolivian king in 500 … Read more
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Peru’s Humala Aims to Reassure Investors
Ollanta Humala’s 2.95 percentage point win in Peru’s presidential election on June 5 triggered the local stock index’s biggest crash ever and sent some middle-class families in Lima, haunted by the ghosts of hyperinflation and past economic calamity, running to supermarkets to stock up on basic supplies. But the IGRA index recovered the 12.5 percent … Read more
