“The revolution cannot happen without women,” reads a sign at Programa Feminista La Corriente, a Nicaraguan feminist organization that educates and

The United Nations has declared 2015 to 2024 the International Decade for People of African Descent, and it looks like the National

For many a teenage girl in Latin America, a "quinceañera" party is a cherished rite of passage, a traditional coming-out celebration for 15-year-olds.

Not all families can afford the colorful gowns and other niceties for such parties, though. So for each of the past five years, Nicaragua's Association of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Cancer and Leukemia has put on a quinceañera for girls from poor, rural families — teens who have the added burden of dealing with cancer.

Salsa legend-in-the-making Luis Enrique struck gold with his last album Ciclos (it won two Latin Grammys, and a Grammy for Best Latin Tropical Album), so the pressure is on for his follow-up Soy y Sere, out July 19. This time, Enrique enlisted the help of two scorching hot up-and-comers—Latin Grammy’s Best New Artist Alex Cuba and breakthrough bachatero Prince Royce—to create a record that he calls “more danceable” than the last.