cultura

  • Exposiciones que no te puedes perder en CDMX: Ai Weiwei, Duchamp y más

    Si estás buscando artistas de todos los tipos y estilos, podrás encontrarlos en los museos de la Ciudad de México durante 2019. Descubre qué obras no puedes perderte.

  • Una artista mexicana crea un instrumento a partir de un telar

    Una artista mexicana y tres luthiers crearon un instrumento a partir de un telar de Kerala. Te contamos cómo.

  • Lugares abandonados que aún conservan su belleza de antaño

    Estos lugares abandonados son tan increíbles, que de seguro te preguntarás por qué sus dueños los dejaron.

  • LOOK: Happy Independence Day! 23 Things Colombians Do

    3. Bring up Colombia’s 5-0 win (goleada) against Argentina in 1993. Not to mention the fact the match happened IN Buenos Aires, and it helped Colombia classify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA. 5. Want to deck someone when they tell a cocaine joke referencing Colombia.

  • Mexican Doubts Existence Of God, Enjoys Sex

    For the rebels among us, you wouldn’t necessarily expect to identify with a Catholic priest. Adolfo Huerta Aleman, the 35-year-old priest in the Mexican city of Satillo, is making waves with his unorthodox and religiously controversial – some say blasphemous — ways. Looking like a cross between Mana frontman Fernando “Fher” Olvera and the wrestler Sting, Father Gofo (as he is commonly referred to) is an unapologetic priest who rides a Harley and makes no bones about his taste in music, women and drinking.

  • WATCH: 3-Year-Old 'Little Priest' Faithfully Recites Daily Mass At Home

    Sitting through church can be difficult for a little kid, but 3-year-old Samuel Jaramillo is not your typical toddler. The Colombian boy not only enjoys mass but conducts his own daily service in his living room -- practice for the day when he hopes to become a priest. Recently, the Colombian news network RCN Noticias interviewed the boy after his family posted a YouTube video of the “pequeño sacerdote” (little priest) conducting mass at home. Despite not being able to read or write just yet, Samuel memorized and faithfully recites the prayers, blessings, and Holy Communion exactly as the local priest does during church service in his native Medellín.

  • Telenovela Stars Cross Over

    Soap operas are a very popular part of Latino culture, and they are also the birthplace of major stars who have seen in them a platform to excel and make a name for themselves. Celebrities like Sofia Vergara, Gael García Bernard, and Salma Hayek among others come from this school and today are recognized for their work in the film and television industry in both English and Spanish. Recently, NBC Latino's Nina Terrero, showed how soap operas are a first step for Latino celebrities looking to get closer to the United States, and especially to the Los Angeles entertainment scene.

  • WATCH: Brazil Opens Love Motel For Dogs

    Well it seems Brazil has just the right place for that romantic rendezvous, a love motel -- for dogs. In the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte, this newest addition to Animalle Mundo Pet, an eight-story pet complex, comes complete with red cushions, a heart-shaped ceiling mirror, and dimmed lighting to set the mood. A session could cost pet owners around $50, CNN reports.

  • LOOK: Twitter Bot Corrects Grammar For Outraged English Advocates

    A Twitter feed drew attention over the holiday weekend for turning the tables on outraged nativists who don’t like hearing people speak foreign languages in English-speaking countries. It didn’t take long for a bot bearing the image of Captain America to appear with the mission of correcting the English advocates' grammar. Twitter wasn’t the only social networking site that saw an explosion of anti-foreign-language activity.

  • LOOK: Fashion Line Inspired By Infamous Drug Lord

    The Colombian drug lord’s images are featured in his son’s newest clothing line Escobar-Henao, which has gained popularity in countries like Mexico, Spain, and Austria according to Mamiverse.com. The new fashion line by Sebastian Marroquín (born Juan Manuel Escobar Henao) also features his father’s student ID card, driver’s license, and banks account ledgers. The elder Escobar was known as the leader of Colombia’s infamous Cartel de Medellín, which terrorized the country for over two decades until the kingpin was killed by Colombian soldiers in 1993. Marroquín, who legally changed his name after his father’s death, told the Associated Press that through the clothing line he hoped to turn a dark family history into an opportunity for reflection and peace.

  • WATCH: Little Boy Loses It When Told Hugo Chavez Won

    A home video uploaded to Colombian broadcaster City TV’s website shows a little boy named Esteban fall into a crying fit when a man, possibly his uncle, informs him that Hugo Chávez won the election. “Chávez won,” the man says, after calling Esteban over. The man continues to try to convince Esteban that Chávez won, as the child’s protests degenerate into whining.

  • Narcocorrido Singers Seek To Escape The Violence Their Songs Celebrate

    In his new book “May They Bury Me With Narcocorridos,” author Edmundo Pérez documents the roots of the musical genre and the stories of the musicians murdered due in part to their work setting the legends of the country's drug cartels to song. Narcocorridos adapt the format of the corrido, a storytelling folksong popular along the U.S.-Mexico border that emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century as a way to glorify the heroes of the Mexican Revolution. A favorable narcocorrido can fetch anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000, according to Pérez.

  • Hugo Chavez Loses Election -- In El Salvador

    Hugo Chávez may have won the Venezuelan presidential election on Sunday, but in El Salvador he faced an overwhelming electoral defeat. The city of Ilopango in the Central American country voted by a landslide to rename “Hugo Chávez” boulevard, which the previous mayor had instituted when she led the local government back in 2006, Spanish news wire EFE reports. Only 13 of the 1,520 voters who cast ballots in the referendum voted to keep the street named “Hugo Chávez.” The citizens of Ilopango had a choice of six names, but settled on returning the boulevard to its old name of San Bartolo, which carried 80 percent of the votes.

  • LOOK: Young, Masked Banksy Photos Emerge

    The book "Freedom Through Football" features the first ever confirmed photos of the extremely elusive Banksy painting one of his murals during a visit to Mexico in 2001, according to The Daily Mail. In 2001, Banksy had gone on a football tour with the Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls during which time he painted this mural while on a break between games. "He went on tour with us to Mexico in 2001 and painted a number of murals in the community," Will Simpson, Cowboys footballer who knew Banksy before he was the famous graffiti artist told the BBC.

  • LOOK: Artist Takes Celebrity Mugshots Back In Time

    Starting with the 'normal' mugshots of contemporary icons such as Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, and Khloe Kardashian amongst others, Enriquez fuses them with vintage portrait-style mugshots of the 20s, creating an eerie experience of 'déjà vu all over again' as the final image is at both old, new and familiar at the same time. "The vintage mugshots were carefully composed, and it even looked like the criminals were given a wardrobe," Enriquez told The Huffington Post about the archived photos of 1920's crooks he worked with.

  • WATCH: Tourists Pay To 'Illegally' Cross The Border

    In the small town of El Alberto, Mexico, tourists can get the 'illegal' experience without being in any real danger, aside from some cuts and bruises. More than 100 residents -- an estimated one-eighth of the town's population -- are employed by the Caminata Nocturna, a simulated experience that allows tourists to act as migrants attempting to cross the border. During the four-hour Saturday night trek, participants must evade immigration officials and border patrol agents, while trying not to trip and fall in the dark wilderness.

  • Political Candidate Allowed To Use Latino Surname, Judge Rules

    Steven Chavez Lodge, a candidate running for Anaheim City Council in California, will be permitted to use his surname "Chavez" on the ballot, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Charles Margines initially ruled to ban Lodge from using the surname in the election -- the outcome of a lawsuit filed by political blogger Cynthia Ward, accusing Lodge of using the Latino name for political gain -- but the judge has since done a complete 180 and reversed his earlier ruling.

  • WATCH: Brazilian Crosswalk Guardians Protect Pedestrians

    Some traffic accidents are just that -- accidents. In the video, members of the club, who have since been called Brazilian crosswalk guardians, pick up a car that infringed on pedestrian space, and carry it out of the crosswalk, back across the white line.

  • WATCH: Kidnapped As A Child, Woman Is Reunited With Her Family After 36 Years

    A young girl, she was playing in the park with her brother Jose as her parents worked at a food cart nearby. Earlier this month Culverhouse reunited with her biological family for the first time, in a heartwarming meeting in her native city. A Facebook group, a Colombian travel blog and countless others helped Culverhouse find the family she was ripped away from at such a young age.

  • Mexican Billionaire Known As The 'King Of Tortillas' Dies

    Mexican businessman Roberto González Barrera died Saturday night in Houston, Texas, from complications of pancreatic cancer. Known as the "King of Tortillas," González founded Gruma, the world's largest corn flour and tortilla company. Gruma sells its goods to well-known brand names such as Mission, Guerrero and Maseca.

  • LOOK: Luchador Inspired Art Takes On Religious Icons

    Jesus is a Mexican luchador. This “shout-out” to Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” and several other luchador (Mexican wrestler) themed artwork were inspired by a 2009 trip to Tijuana, Mexico where Parks experienced the fusion between culture and religion on the streets. “They had luchador mexican wrestling masks hanging up, right on top of each other mixed in with all of the religious stuff,” Parks recounted in an interview with The Huffington Post.

  • New Taxi App Prevents Cab Crimes

    Hailing a taxi after a long night of drinking is the responsible thing to do, but is it always the safest? “Taxi Seguro” (Safe Taxi), a new phone application that seeks to prevent taxi crimes by Colombian-based software company Foonkie Monkey Solutions, is trying to give passengers some peace of mind. Latin American countries, like Colombia and Mexico, remain wary of a rising trend in crime -- "paseos millonarios” (Millionaire Rides) or “secuestros exprés” (Express Kidnappings). While many avoid hailing cabs, opting to call a taxi service instead, “Taxi Seguro” offers an alternative.

  • LOOK: Pablo Escobar Lives On In Popular Sticker Book

    A Pablo Escobar sticker book -- complete with baseball-card style pictures from the life of the infamous Colombian cartel boss --has been making the rounds in poor neighborhoods around Medellin, Escobar's hometown. The sticker book, titled 'Pablo Escobar, The Evil Boss' (in Spanish, 'Pablo Escobar, el patron del mal'), is only 16 pages, appearing almost homemade with rudimentary design and construction elements. The success of the whole endeavor has local authorities concerned, worried about the glorification of Escobar's extremely violent and corrupt ways.

  • Racist Menu Items On Taqueria Menu Cause Outrage

    Carlos Ramirez and Robert Kapuschanski of Lola's Burrito Joint in Jacksonville say they were attempting humor when they named a beef burrito the "Wetback Willie," after one of their employees. In fact, they claim that the dishwasher suggested the name himself.

  • Mario Lopez Paints Himself Gold For New Underwear Ad

    A while back, we mentioned how Mario Lopez was in the midst of launching his own underwear line. Sharing pictures of his heavily-bronzed body, Mario stripped down to his skivvies to promote M's "Malo" offshoot.

  • WATCH: Latino Author Cooks With 'Chelsea Lately'

    Mexican writer and HuffPost blogger Gustavo Arellano made an appearance on "Chelsea Lately" this week to promote his new book "Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America". It's in the United States where Mexican food truly shines," Arellano wrote in a blog for The Huffington Post.