• Mexico seeks integration of Latin American pharmaceutical market

    Mexico City, May 3 (Prensa Latina) Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alicia Barcena led on Friday a meeting with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry in search of greater regional integration in terms of self-sufficiency and health sovereignty. The post Mexico seeks integration of Latin American pharmaceutical market first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Tarot review: A flimsy horror flick with an identity crisis

    “Frustrating” is a word that came to mind a lot while watching Tarot, the new horror film from directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg based on Nicholas Adams’ 1992 novel Horrorscope. For one thing, it’s frustrating that the studio decided to change the film’s title from the much more fun Horrorscope to simply Tarot, a word that evokes too many different things to establish any kind of tone. Setting the right tone and holding to it is vital for horror films, more so than in any other genre....

  • Latine Culture’s Most Overlooked Art Form Is At Our Fingertips

    While images of la Virgen de Guadalupe, el Sagrado Corazón, and the festive, rainbow-bright colors so often associated with Latin America have indeed graced the beauty world’s tiniest canvases, fingernails, today’s Latina influencers are taking more modern, albeit just as exuberant, approaches to nail art. In Miami, Colombian-Ecuadorian nail artist Kro Vargas (@krocaine) emblazons the (long, long) nails of clients like Rosalia with hand-painted gel art. Airbrushed ribbons and sparkles lace...

  • Review: ‘Civil War’ asks viewers what kind of American they are

    British filmmaker Alex Garland has returned to A24 with his newest film “Civil War.” Though the title suggests otherwise, the film is less about politics and more a critique of how Americans can’t sustain democracy or civility. The film begins with an internal war in America where the fictitious Western Forces — California and Texas This story Review: ‘Civil War’ asks viewers what kind of American they are appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Historian Barbara Ransby elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Ransby is the sixth UIC faculty member to be elected to the prestigious academy

  • New Cuban program reflects Latin American cultural diversity

    Havana, May 1 (Prensa Latina) The new TV program of the emblematic Cuban institution Casa de las Americas, available on the Internet, is presented as a unique opportunity to enjoy the cultural diversity of Latin America and the Caribbean. The post New Cuban program reflects Latin American cultural diversity first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • The transformative power of career exploration in shaping the Gen Z identity

    Navigating a new work environment can be challenging. You’re just starting your career and might feel grateful for the opportunity, but at the same time, may notice unfair expectations being placed on you. You may feel socially awkward around those older than you and like you have nothing in common with those further along in their careers or personal lives. You might even want to create healthy boundaries around time and relationships at work but feel like you haven’t yet “earned” the right to...

  • Three Indian American Women Killed In South Carolina Car Crash

    COLUMBUS, SC (ANI) – Three Indian American women—Rekhaben Patel, Sangitaben Patel, and Manishaben Patel—have tragically lost their lives, while another remains hospitalized following a crash near Greenville County on April 26. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers, the collision occurred around 12:05 p.m. along I-85 near […]

  • NEON16 signs Latin American producers, Faraon and Distobal, to its publishing division

    'This partnership symbolizes our commitment to shaping the future of music,' said Raul Chirinos, NEON16's Head of Publishing Source

  • BHP’s pursuit of Anglo American has a major obstacle: South Africa

    The De Beers owner is a longstanding jewel in the African' state’s economic crown – it would be a ‘big blow’ to see it sold offThe world’s largest mining company has a problem. Australia’s BHP has set out its intention to snap up the rival miner Anglo American in a multibillion-pound deal that would reshape the global industry. Its proposed £31bn takeover plan has already been rebuffed as a lowball offer that undervalues the company. But Anglo’s deep roots in South Africa could be a far more...

  • Dyeing art: Ptolemy Mann’s vibrant thread paintings – in pictures

    “The act of hand weaving and dyeing cloth is extremely labour intensive – it can take months to make one piece,” says British artist Ptolemy Mann, who has been creating textile works of extraordinary colour and vibrancy for nearly 30 years. In 2021, after a period of experimenting with painting on paper, she turned her brush to her painstakingly dyed and handwoven cloths – the striking results can be seen in Mann’s first monograph, Thread Painting (published 9 May, Hurtwood Press), and a solo...