Fashion’s debt to Indigenous, African American cultures

Fashion’s debt to Indigenous, African American cultures

While reading this, you may be comfortably dressed in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. Perhaps you prefer sweatpants, hoodies and your favourite sneakers. These staples of contemporary sportswear originated in North America, and now command global markets. But did you...
Three Andean Success Stories you didn’t know

Three Andean Success Stories you didn’t know

From the (literally) groundbreaking new metro in Quito to advanced mining-safety technology in Peru, the Andean region is becoming a new yardstick for development in Latin America and the Caribbean. In early 2010, the idea of building a metro through Ecuador’s...
Top Five Latin American Actors in Hollywood

Top Five Latin American Actors in Hollywood

The Latin American actors have been usually framed in roles that show them as hot lovers, domestic service workers, criminals or toxic elements in the plot. Those common spaces have been present in Hollywood movies over the decades; nonetheless, it wouldn’t be too...
Latin America’s Most Popular YouTubers

Latin America’s Most Popular YouTubers

What do you want to be when you grow up? That’s a typical question asked to every child. We shouldn’t be surprised if the traditional list that usually includes such trades as “doctor” or “lawyer” has been presently joined by a new one:...