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ICYMI: News May 11-17
- By: Manuel Ostos
- On: 05/18/2015 17:34:30
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Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 1980 – 2013 | Pew Research Center
There were 54 million Hispanics in the United States in 2013, comprising 17.1% of the total U.S. population. In 1980, with a population of 14.8 million, Hispanics made up just 6.5% of the total U.S. population. Read more
What Happened to Brazil's Booming Book Business? | Publishing Perspectives
The strong US dollar, a struggling bookstore sector, and a slowdown in government book acquisitions has pushed Brazil's book publishing sector into a crisis. Read more
Los Ángeles quiere leer en español | El País
La FIL celebra en la capital del EE UU mexicano LéaLA, el mayor evento literario latino. Ver noticia
Roque Dalton: The Revolutionary Life of a Revolutionary Poet | Tele Sur
Roque Dalton, born May 14, 1935, should be seen in the same ranks as Jose Carlos Mariategui and Che Guevara. Like them, Dalton was a seminal figure for Latin American revolutionaries whose life was tragically cut short. Read more
Todas las voces del español | El País
El idioma español es la suma de las maneras de hablarlo, como dejó escrito el filólogo mexicano Antonio Alatorre. Pero ¿conocemos todas sus variedades? Ver noticia
5 lecciones para América Latina del mayor ranking global de educación | BBC
Un nuevo informe que muestra una vez más, la enorme brecha entre los estudiantes latinoamericanos y los del este de Asia. Ver noticia
China's Amazonian railway ‘threatens uncontacted tribes' and the rainforest | The Guardian
Environmentalists sound alarm over plans to construct 5,300km route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to cut transport costs. Read more
Enorme brecha social de conectividad a Internet en México; más de la mitad sin acceso | Aristegui Noticias
El Instituto del Derecho de las Telecomunicaciones considera que la penetración de los servicios de Internet refleja el grado de rezago que tiene el país. Read more
Un cómic convierte a Lorca, Dalí y Buñuel en héroes | RTVE
Lorca, Buñuel y Dalí forman un grupo clandestino para defender la ILE. Ver noticia
What City Has More Bookstores Per Capita Than Any Other? | Publishing Perspectives
Buenos Aires, with 2.8 million people, has 734 bookstores, or 25 for every 100,000 people — the highest per capita in the world. Read more
Revived Flor y Canto festival gives Latino, Chicano poets a voice | SFGate
In 1973, at the University of Southern California, some of the world's greatest Latino and Chicano poets converged for the first contemporary Flor y Canto festival in the United States. One of the participating poets was San Francisco's current poet laureate, Alejandro Murguía, who has revived the festival this year with an international lineup reminiscent of that occasion. Read more
Llega Boris, el primer lector digital de una editorial argentina | La nación
Eudeba presentó dos modelos de su lector de libros electrónicos: uno con tinta electrónica tipo Kindle, y otro con pantalla color y Windows 8.1 Ver noticia
France's Hollande meets Fidel and Raul Castro in Havana | BBC
French President Francois Hollande has met Cuba's 1959 revolutionary leaders Fidel and Raul Castro on a historic trip to Havana. Read more
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