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Maria, Full of Grace

Maria, Full of GraceCatalina Sandino Moreno was nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of María, a 17 year old Colombian girl fed up with the misery of being poor and without hope in Colombia. Catalina Sandino Moreno  was nominated for an Oscar in 2005  as best actress actress for her role as María, a 17-year-old girl who is tired of the misery and desperation of living in a poverty-stricken neighborhood in Colombia.

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Locion Espiritual PDF Print E-mail

Spiritual LotionWe saw this ad in a Mexican fotonovela today. It's a spiritual lotion to get rid of bad vibes, to change you luck and to conquer love! Sortilegio means spell. Below the word, they list different herbs in this oil. Belief in witchcraft is commoon in Latin America, especially among indigenous people who have kept many of their old traditions. Many of these people don't even speak Spanish, or speak it poorly as a second language.

 

 
Fotonovelas PDF Print E-mail
cover of fotonovela: La ilegal

Fotonovelas are similar to our graphic novels in their drawings, but the range of topics are very diverse, from everyday life which (sometimes ending with morals and life lessons) to police drama to romance to Mexican cowboy stories that show the courage of Mexicans. Fotonovelas are small: about 5 inches by 5 inches and cheap: about the equivalent of 50¢ and are wildly popluar. The stories are somewhat complex and unpredictable and they're not for children. Fotonovelas may contain a high level of sex and violence, and certainly, adult themes.

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Portrait of Undocumented Immigrants PDF Print E-mail
The Pew Hispanic Center has an interesting study: A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States. http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=107
 
Levels of Acquaintance PDF Print E-mail



I once asked Aixa about the living room in her mother's house in Venezuela. It was fully furnished but never used. Everyone always sat and talked in the kitchen. Aixa told me that, in Latin American countries, the living room is for people you don't know very well. It's away from the kitchen, which is the heart of the home.
 
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