According to legend, La Llorona wanders through the night crying and looking for her children bringing misfortune to anyone who crosses her path. Click play to hear all about this terrifying, Mexican folk tale!
The “grima”, also known as Colombian (machete) fencing, is a type of martial arts developed by the Afro-Colombian communities for self-defense during the colonization period. Click play to learn more about it!
Founded in 1946 by the US Army to train military officers in Latin America, the school was under increasing criticism for decades for training students who participated in undemocratic governments. Despite an image (and name) change in 2001, the institution continues to be surrounded by
The Taínos people inhabited a wide-spread territory and their cultural heritage survives to this day, even in the modern Spanish language! Click play to learn all about them!
His social and historically-charged murals made Diego Rivera one of the main representatives of Mexican culture around the world. Click play to learn more about his work and influences.
The cocuy is an ancestral alcoholic beverage from Venezuela that has become increasingly popular in the last few years. Click play to find out where it comes from, how it’s made, and other uses of the cocuy!
The Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy, commonly known as RAE) is the institution in charge of safeguarding, promoting and prescribing the use of the Spanish language. An important tool to carry out this job is its Twitter account that gets dozens of daily inquiries,