Reconnected is a new solo show by Washington Heights native M.Tony Peralta, founder of Theperaltaproject.com, mounted two years after his wildly successful Complejo.
All works in Reconnected are screenprints on wood, made from photographs the artist made while visiting the Dominican Republic, where his parents are from, in 2011; a trip the artist made after writing off his previous visits to the island as tragic. Read the rest of this entry »
Women in the small southwestern Colombian town of Barabacaos are witholding sex from their significant others after a two year old complaint about a broken road went unresolved.
Dubbed the “crossed legs movement”, the protest is their second attempt at getting the road fixed in two years. Read the rest of this entry »
Brazilian citizens demand for better health care and education will be answered as soon as president Dilma Rousseff signs into law a bill that will use 100% of the nations oil profits to remedy those ills.
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Venezuela has a reputation for many things and beauty is king of the list. The South American nation rules all others when it comes to pageants and cosmetic surgery. The European standard of beauty is so high in fact that women and men are being robbed of their hair at gunpoint by jackers called piranhas.
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Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, director of Pan’s Labyrinth, Cronos, Hell Boy and the soon to be released Pacific Rim, had an interesting interview with Salon where he spoke about war, race and nationalism in blockbuster action films.
Victor Cruz, Giants agree to five-year, $43 million contract extension (via NJ.com)
Updated at 4:57 The Giants and Victor Cruz have reached an agreement on a five-year $43 million contract extension, a league source with knowledge of the situation confirmed. The person requested anonymity because the financial terms of the deal were…
Atlanta based artist, educator and mother Carla Aaron-Lopez‘ Long Live The Dirty South show opened last week after months of planning and a successful Indiegogo campaign. Curious about her practice, we asked our Twitter friend and the ATL native to document her thoughts leading up to her second solo show opening at City of Ink., a tattoo parlor. Buckle up!
Back in January, Queens, NY based artist Mary A.Valverde wrote an impassioned letter on this site detailing her life as a single mother and teaching artist working, living and triumphing in New York. Addressed to First Lady Michelle Obama, the letter, received a reply from Chelly O this week.
5 signs Venezuela-US relations are still rocky after Chavez (via GlobalPost)
Nicolas Maduro was once Hugo Chavez’s top foreign diplomat. Now that he’s in charge, some of the vitriol persists. Girish Gupta CARACAS, Venezuela — Washington remains the only major government that has not yet recognized the results of Venezuela’s Apr. 14 vote, which election officials…
More from Latin America. Scientists in Uruguay combined the DNA of a jellyfish with sheep DNA to create the world’s first glow in the dark sheep. The animals were born in Montevideo back in October and the announcement made yesterday The sheep glow when ultra violet light hits them.
Latin America threatened with cancer epidemic (via AFP)
Latin America faces a cancer epidemic unless governments act quickly to improve health care systems and treat the poor, scientists said. The researchers pointed to around 13 deaths for every 22 cancer cases in the region, compared to around 13 deaths for every 37 cases in the United States and around…
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