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"Nuestra Virgin de Guadalupe" exhibit at CASA 0101 Theater in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo courtesy of Eric Ibarra/Las Fotos Project)

Women’s History Month: Latinas build confidence through photography in Los Angeles

This is the second installment of Latinas empowering other Latinas to succeed in honor of Women’s History Month.  For ten high school girls enrolled in … Read More

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez attends the "South Of The Border" premiere at the Sala Grande during the 66th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

[PHOTOS] Hugo Chavez dies: A look through the years from his rise to power to his death

1998 - Hugo Chavez sweeps into power In 1992, the former army paratrooper Hugo Chavez led a failed military coup against then President Carlos Andres Perez. … Read More

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga from Honduras poses in Toronto, 27 July 2002, during the 17th World Youth Day.  (Gabriel Bouys//AFP/Getty Images)

Top 5 Papal Contenders from Latin America

As former Pope Benedict XVI relaxes in his retirement gardens, cardinals in Vatican City prepare to take a vote on the 266th pope and many in Latin America are … Read More

Honoring Cesar Chavez

Women launch effort to name a street after Cesar Chavez

A group of women has started an effort to change a street in North Las Vegas to honor the late civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. One of them is Chavez' niece … Read More

Low-income preschool students threatened under sequestration

Low-income preschool students threatened under sequestration

From school hallways to the food on families’ tables, the budget turmoil in the nation’s capital may have a direct effect on Californians’ lives should … Read More

Visitors leaf through books during the International Book Fair in the Zocalo Square, in Mexico City.  (Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images)

Mexicans as reluctant as Americans to leave home

An overwhelming majority of Mexican residents have no desire to move to another country, according to a new Gallup poll. Eleven percent of Mexicans would leave … Read More

Humpback whale breaches water.  (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Telemundo Latin America news roundup – February 26, 2013

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Authorities are searching for a California couple that went missing while on a cycling trip in Peru. The … Read More

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto's (Photo from Facebook)

Facebook agrees to remove some Newtown pages including Victoria Soto’s

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Facebook has agreed to remove some so-called tribute pages related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over concerns they're … Read More

Cuba's leader Fidel Castro and his brother  Cuba's President Raul Castro attend the opening session of the National Assemby in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2012.   (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate)

Telemundo Latin America news update – February 25, 2013

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Miguel Diaz-Canel was named Cuba's newest vice president. The position makes him the most visible … Read More

Telemundo Latin America news roundup - February 22, 2013 (AP Photo/Venezuela Ministry Interior and Justice Press Office, File)

Telemundo Latin America news roundup – February 22, 2013

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Two Mexican police have been charged with rape after allegedly attacking an Italian woman in the resort of … Read More