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Marcello Hernández Became the First Latino to Host the ESPYs and Made Sure Nobody in That Room Would Forget It — As He Should
The First Named Maya Astronomer in History Was Just Identified and His Mathematical Formula Has Been Waiting in Guatemala for Centuries
We Are Grieving People We Never Met and Every Latino Knows Exactly Why That Makes Sense
This article is written with the broken pieces of a community’s heart. There is a kind of grief that does not require having known someone personally, and the Latino community understands that grief right now. Joan Sebastián Guerrero looks like someone’s cousin, someone’s son, someone’s brother. He looks like the hardworking man from the neighborhood […] The
Daddy Yankee Is Suing a Spanish Businessman for $10 Million Over Defamation Claims He Says Were Designed to Poison His Jury Pool
Ramón Ayala, the Puerto Rican urban music icon known worldwide as Daddy Yankee, has filed a federal defamation lawsuit seeking $10 million against Spanish businessman León Fernando Fiksman in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The suit alleges that Fiksman made false and malicious statements about Ayala during a podcast […
Alex Bueno Built One of the Greatest Careers in Dominican Music Without Ever Learning to Read Sheet Music
Alex Bueno never took a singing lesson in his life, never learned to read sheet music and still became the artist that other artists inside the Dominican music industry pointed to when asked about the best voice their country had ever produced. Born and raised in San José de las Matas in the Cibao region, […] The post Alex Bueno Built One of the Greatest Car
Backstreet Boy Howie D Recorded His First Song in Spanish to Honor His Puerto Rican Roots and His 92-Year-Old Mother
Howie Dorough has spent over three decades as a member of one of the best-selling pop groups in history, but the most personal project of his career has nothing to do with stadium tours or choreography. The Backstreet Boys singer, known to fans as Howie D, released “Coquí” last weekend, his first song written and […] The post Backstreet Boy Howie D Recorded
Honduras Has a City Where It Rains Fish Every Single Year and the Mystery Behind It Has Stumped Scientists for Decades
Archaeologists Found a Maya Ritual Structure in Guatemala That Has Been Untouched for Over 2,000 Years
An international team of archaeologists working in the northern Guatemalan department of Petén has uncovered a ritual structure at the pre-Hispanic site of El Tigre that is reshaping what researchers understand about ceremonial life during the terminal preclassic period of Maya civilization, spanning roughly 100 B.C. to 150 A.D. The discovery was made by the
Venezuela’s Worst Earthquake Since 1900 Has Prompted a Global Response and the World Is Mobilizing Fast
Venezuela was struck by a double earthquake that has left at least 32 people dead and over 700 injured, making it the most powerful seismic event the country has experienced in over a century. The scale of the disaster prompted an immediate and broad international response, with governments across Latin America, Europe and Asia announcing […] The post Venezu
Guillermo Ochoa Reached a Record Only Messi and Ronaldo Share Then Gave Mexico the Farewell It Deserved
Guillermo Ochoa began his World Cup journey in Germany in 2006, the same year Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo made their tournament debuts, and twenty years later all three of them stand on the same side of a record that no other player in the history of the sport has reached. The Mexican goalkeeper, now […] The post Guillermo Ochoa Reached a Record Only
The History Books Have a New Entry After Ecuador Became Only the Third South American Nation to Ever Beat Germany at a World Cup
Ecuador walked into MetLife Stadium as underdogs and walked out having done something that only two nations in the entire history of the World Cup had done before them. The Ecuadorian national team defeated Germany 2-1 in their final group stage match of the 2026 World Cup, becoming the third CONMEBOL nation ever to beat […] The post The History Books Have a
Privada, the Latino App That Wants to Be the Yelp of Party Planning, Was Built by a Truck Driver Who Sold His Car to Make It Happen
Cristian Moreno is a 28-year-old truck driver, corrido composer and singer in a group called Los Double M, and he is also the person behind Privada, a new app that wants to do for Latino party planning what Yelp did for restaurant discovery. The idea came to him during a gig, when a client who […] The post Privada, the Latino App That Wants to Be the Yelp of
Celia Cruz Has Become the First Latina Artist to Have Her Voice Recreated by Artificial Intelligence
Celia Cruz has been gone since 2003, but her voice is about to be heard again. The legendary Cuban singer, known across the world as the Queen of Salsa, has become the first Latina artist in history to have her voice recreated through artificial intelligence, a development announced by her estate representative Omer Pardillo and […] The post Celia Cruz Has B
Karol G Made an Unexpected Confession About Her Ex During Rosalía’s Concert and the Internet Has a Theory About Who She Meant
Rosalía’s “LUX Tour” stop at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Monday, June 29th, was already shaping up to be one of the most talked-about nights of the tour before Karol G walked onto the stage. The Spanish artist surprised the crowd by inviting the Colombian superstar to join her for one of the […] The post Karol G Made an Unexpected Confession About Her Ex
Julián Quiñones, the Colombian Who Turned Down Colombia to Play for Mexico, Is Now Advancing at the 2026 World Cup
Julián Quiñones was born in Magüí Payán, Nariño, in the Pacific lowlands of Colombia, and he will be remembered in Mexican fútbol history as one of the most important figures of the 2026 World Cup. The 26-year-old striker, who completed his Mexican naturalization process and chose to represent El Tri over his country of birth, […] The post Julián Quiñones, t
Guillermo del Toro Joins the Academy Museum Board and Becomes One of Hollywood’s Most Powerful Latino Voices in Film Preservation
Guillermo del Toro has spent decades building one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary cinema, and Hollywood’s most prestigious institution is now asking him to help shape its future from the inside. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced Tuesday that the Mexican director, along with Broadway producer John Gore and film […] The pos
The World Cup Match Between Colombia and Ghana Is About Fútbol but Can We Talk About the Racism Behind How Latin America Treats African Spiritual Practices?
Colombia and Ghana meet this Friday, July 3rd, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City in what will be the first official FIFA encounter between the two nations, a Round of 16 match that carries the additional storyline of Colombia facing Carlos Queiroz, the Portuguese coach who led the Colombian national team between 2019 and 2020 […] The post The World Cup Mat
A Mariachi Musician Was Told to Sing for His Freedom as a Taunt Then Turned That Into One of the Most Powerful Fourth of July Performances of the Year
Hebert Kaleth Ibarra Castro, a 20-year-old mariachi musician, was still in his traje de charro and on his way home from a birthday party outside San Antonio when he was stopped and handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 25th. He had just enough time to text his wife, a United States citizen, […] The post A Mariachi Musician Was Told to Si
Fútbol Is Not the Problem but the Violence Against Women That Follows Every Major Match Absolutely Is
The 2026 World Cup has been running for weeks across the United States, Mexico and Canada, drawing tens of millions of fans to stadiums, fan zones, bars and public spaces as the tournament continues to build toward its final stages. The scale of the event is historic. So is the concern that human rights organizations, […] The post Fútbol Is Not the Problem b
Latin America Has a Complicated Relationship With Argentina and the World Cup Is Making That Very Clear
Editor’s note: Before you dive into this article, please keep in mind that we support ALL Latinos. Argentina and Colombia, we are rooting for you! Six of the eight quarterfinalists at the 2026 World Cup are already confirmed, five of them European and one African, and South America has two matches left on Tuesday to […] The post Latin America Has a Complicat