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U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War contributed to mass violence across Latin America, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Argentina, and Chile, a major factor in Latin American migration to the…
You can hear Cholo’s Record Shop before you see it. Boleros, the kind that Cholo’s father used to play on the family turntable back in Puerto Rico, envelop E 148th…
A familiar celebration brought a summer Sunday to life on Aug. 1 at Yolanda Garcia Park, as Nos Quedamos hosted its annual “We Are Melrose” event, with live music, dance…
Ask Mott Haven business owner Esteban Estevez for his favorite word in Nahuatl, the indigenous language he grew up speaking, and he’ll reply, “Tlazocamati.” In Mexico, there are roughly 1.5…
Graffiti-covered walls and old-school tunes spun by a DJ set the retro scene for some 100 patrons who came to experience an evening of South Bronx nostalgia at the Bronx…
Salsa is one of the heartbeats of the South Bronx, and if salsero Brandon Espinosa has his way, it will stay that way forever. A Bronxite with Cuban and Puerto…
When the lights go down in the ID Studio Theater, both actors and audience are ready to step into the history of salsa music and the blind Afro-Cuban composer who…
In a city full of gray architecture, comic writer and illustrator Daisy “Draizys” Ruiz’s art offers a colorful reimagining of what New York City could look like with just a…