The Lil Cota

Black doll

“Since I was about eight years old, I began to see the scourge of discrimination. I realized that there were children with more…”

Black Rada

Montevideo welcomed Friday with applause, marching, singing, tears, and candombe dancing. Rubén Rada, the great rescuer of the region, was passing away. Juan Carlos Báez,...

Five without Harlow

He possessed a dazzling humanity. He never boasted of his merits or contributions. A friend to his friends and a friend to all...

"Sad Merengue"

Whenever we've been to the Dominican Republic, we ask the locals if they know any sad merengues. No one in Quisqueya knows a sad merengue because...

Entertainment?

We're heading east to Venezuela, an untamed land that refused to be conquered by anyone. That crossroads of Guaiquerí and Carib peoples has something special about it...

Books in safekeeping

“An open book is a door of light/ enter through it, child, and surely/ for you in the future/ God will be more visible,...

Bolívar TeleSUR

When the Liberator and Father of the Nation, Simón Bolívar, founded the Correo del Orinoco in June 1818, he stated very clearly: “We are free...

Proclamation of Cruz Felipe

We knew him as Cruz, although it is recorded that his given name was Luis. Born in La Guaira on September 14, 1922,...

Two of them, 11 and 12

Now that it's July 11th, it's impossible not to remember the happy birthday of Oscar D' León, from Antímano, the possessor of a voice...

Moles of El Callao

We know, and have applauded and wept at the sight of the work of countless specialists who rescued lives from the rubble. The first...