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Los Colores de Colombia in Toronto July 15 to 17
July 17, 2011 – 10:04 am | No Comentarios
Los Colores de Colombia in Toronto July 15 to 17

II Diaspora Festival in the Harbourfront
For the second consecutive year, the Colombian Culture House (Casa Cultural Colombiana) together with the Tridha Arts Association and the Harboufront Centre has organized the event “Los Colores de Colombia” …

Corazón de México in Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre
July 10, 2011 – 9:33 am | No Comentarios
Corazón de México in Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre

All of Mexico’s cultural richness is at the hand of Toronto’s community in this great festival taking place at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre this weekend
At the event’s inauguration cocktail, Mexico’s General Council, Ambassador Mauricio Toussaint, welcomed …

Peru celebrates 100 years of Machu Picchu ‘discovery’
July 7, 2011 – 11:48 am | No Comentarios
Peru celebrates 100 years of Machu Picchu ‘discovery’

Peruvians celebrate this month the centennial of the “discovery” of Machu Picchu, a world tourist attraction and archeological marvel that has yet to reveal all its secrets.
This 15th-century Inca city of carved …

KIDDO Magazine Director recognized with Top Canadian Immigrant award
May 18, 2011 – 7:11 pm | No Comentarios
KIDDO Magazine Director recognized with Top Canadian Immigrant award

St. Catharines, Ont. – Zulima Wesso, a Colombian-born Canadian citizen, has been awarded the 2011 Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Award. The ceremony occurred earlier this afternoon at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto.  Wesso was …

Enrique Iglesias, Shakira Big Winners at Billboard Latin Music Awards (videos)
May 3, 2011 – 9:33 pm | No Comentarios
Enrique Iglesias, Shakira Big Winners at Billboard Latin Music Awards (videos)

After a year that saw pop going bigger than ever, it’s perhaps not surprising that two crossover superstars – Enrique Iglesias and Shakira — were the big winners at the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time
April 19, 2011 – 2:02 pm | No Comentarios
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time

For more than five decades Carlos Cruz-Diez (b. 1923) has intensively experimented with the origins and optics of color. His wide-ranging body of work includes unconventional color structures, light environments, street interventions, …

Beatles museum opens in Buenos Aires
April 10, 2011 – 2:40 pm | No Comentarios
Beatles museum opens in Buenos Aires

The world’s tango capital is dancing to a new beat at Latin America’s first museum devoted to the Beatles, displaying items from boots to wigs and even condoms stamped with John …

“VIVA EL TEATRO”. In Spanish! In Toronto!
April 2, 2011 – 8:33 am | No Comentarios
“VIVA EL TEATRO”. In Spanish! In Toronto!

…and enjoy it in English too!
Beginning March 31, and through the whole of April, Grupo Teatral Crisálida (Chrysalis Theatrical Group) will present the First Festival of Theatre in Spanish in Toronto.
Coming from Iván Lemus, director, …

Peru welcomes back Inca artefacts from Yale University
April 1, 2011 – 5:52 pm | No Comentarios
Peru welcomes back Inca artefacts from Yale University

Peru has given a lavish welcome to hundreds of Inca artefacts returned by Yale University in the US, nearly a century after they were taken from the famed citadel of Machu Picchu.

Canadian Pop Star Michael Bublé weds in Buenos Aires
March 31, 2011 – 3:54 pm | No Comentarios
Canadian Pop Star Michael Bublé weds in Buenos Aires

Canadian pop star Michael Bublé has married Argentine TV actress Luisana Lopilato in a civil ceremony.
The Grammy-winning singer of Crazy Love and his Argentine sweetheart posed for a mob of fans after tying the …