The Dominican Republic’s partisans in Washington Heights were shocked by their team’s loss in the World Baseball Classic to an opponent that calls the sport “honkbal.�...

Bloggers from across Latin America also commemorated International Women's Day with posts about the day which is celebrated every March 8 throughout the world. Some also took the opportunity to reflect on some of the issues facing women, but also featured initiatives that are working to alleviat...

In his first audition for a major league pitching job, Pedro Martínez swayed at least one audience member: Felipe Alou....

LGBT advocates in the Dominican Republic are up in arms over conflicting reports that the Governor of the Santiago province might ban a drag show / beauty pageant scheduled to take place next month. As EFE reported on Thursday, Governor José Izquierdo appeared at a local radio station for an interv...

A single mother and her two children adapt to their new life in New York and flourish in their studies, after a tough move from the Dominican Republic....

Amazing! Just two short years ago Dominican activists seemed divided as to whether the LGBT community in the Dominican Republic should celebrate gay pride away from public venues and stay indoors - or celebrate it out in the open and in the streets of Santo Domingo. On Tuesday I reported on the seem...

Photo credit: Thalia Almendares , Coordinadora de TRANSSA Pride happens. If you were strolling down the tourist colonial area in downtown Santo Domingo you might have been surprised to see revelers and marchers holding rainbow flags and beating on drums last Friday as the Dominican Republic's 3rd (?...

Something's bubbling in the reggaeton scene. The big names like Don Omar and Daddy Yankee are preparing new CDs, supposedly taking latin urban music to a whole new level (yet again). But the real new evolution is that those big names, instead of being the first to popularize a new sound, seem to fal...

Punta Cana, located in the Dominican Republic is best known for the tropical weather and miles of beautiful beaches. Of all the things you can do, relaxing at the beach is probably the one thing you won’t get enough of. It’s hard to determine where the sky ends and the sea begins. Famous...

READING, Pa. This election is about "change," they say. Change? This great old railroad and factory town can teach us a little something about change. Except here, they call it "repurposing." The people are going to the polls today excited, scared, "bitter" -- yes, Reading is one of those hard-lu......