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Top Restaurant in Mexico Turning to Ancient Cooking Techniques in Preparing Dishes

2013-05-20T14:14:05Z

Chefs in Mexico increasingly turn to pre-Columbian cooking techniques and to local producers for their raw materials in an attempt to live in harmony with the land that supplies the ingredients for their culinary creations.

“Modern chefs are very rightly concerned about sustainability because we see the waste that is happening in the countryside, so we are bringing back these techniques in hopes of finding a solution for the future,” chef Enrique Olvera, owner of the Pujol restaurant, told Efe.

May 20 - Today In LatAm History

2013-05-20T09:37:04Z

Today in Latin American history, conquistadors attacked a traditional festival, slaughtering hundreds of unarmed Aztec nobles in 1520. Spanish conquistadors had a tentative hold on Tenochtitlan, now called Mexico City, Aztec nobles asked Pedro de Alvarado for permission to hold a traditional festival, and he permitted it.

May 19 - Today In LatAm History

2013-05-19T06:54:54Z

Today in Latin American history, SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashed into mountain at Medellin, Colombia killing 132 on board in 1993. The crew had reported they were approaching Medellín and were cleared to descend. The 727 had actually not yet reached the location they had given thus they descended into mountainous terrain.

May 18 - Today In LatAm History

2013-05-18T10:08:06Z

Today in Latin American history, Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino was born in 1895. Sandino was the leader of a rebellion between 1927 and 1933 against the U.S. military occupation of Nicaragua.

Isbel Allende’s “Una Venganza” Turned into Opera by Tenor Placido Domingo

2013-05-17T23:46:14Z

Under the baton of Placido Domingo, acclaimed Chilean writer Isabel Allende’s short story “Una Venganza” (“An Act of Vengeance”) emerges from the printed page as the opera “Dulce Rosa,” a production with a Latin heart and Greek tragedy in its soul that premieres Friday in Los Angeles.

“Dulce Rosa” is a further effort by the L.A. Opera, directed by Domingo, to bring lyric opera to a wider audience.

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Top World Heritage Sites in Danger

2013-05-17T13:48:07Z

Every year the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) evaluates its World Heritage sites in order to preserve their historical integrity as well as recognize if any historical landmarks are in danger.

May 17 - Today In LatAm History

2013-05-17T11:01:12Z

Today in Latin American history, Maoist guerrilla group attacked a polling location in Peru, starting Internal conflict in 1980. On the eve of the presidential elections, Shining Path burned ballot boxes in the town of Chuschi. It was the first “act of war” by the Shining Path.

Most Active and Laziest U.S. Cities

2013-05-16T16:59:41Z

Men’s Health Magazine recently ranked the most and least active cities in the United States. The magazine compiled the rankings by studying local habits and culture, the amount of exercise residents did at health clubs and at their homes. The amount of television watched was taken into account as well. They also looked in exercise initiative and the degree of the residents’ inactivity.

Artist Gives Celebrities a Chola Makeover

2013-05-16T13:47:23Z

Call us crazy, but we cannot stop laughing at the “Cholafied” celebrities even though the artist, Michael Jason Enriquez, has not added new images in months.

Are You Ready for Coca Leaf Beer?

2013-05-16T12:03:40Z

Bolivians who have lived with the gifts and curses, some say, of the coca leaf for centuries have just found another use for the abundant green – beer.

The coca bush grows exclusively in the eastern slopes of the Andes.

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