Poll: Which Spanish-Language Campaign Song Is Better?
Thursday February 28, 2008
Presidential campaigns are supposed to be a competition among ideas and personalities, among Spanish-speaking voters in Texas, Tuesday's primary between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama has also become a ... Read More
New on About.com: Latin American History
Thursday February 28, 2008
Who says history has to be boring? Not Christopher Minster, who has launched the Latin American History site on About.com.
One of the things I've enjoyed in looking over Minster's site ... Read More
Chávez Says No to a Big American Import: Words
Wednesday February 27, 2008
In a move reminiscent of much-publicized efforts by governments of France and Quebec to make certain that English words don't replace their French equivalents, the state-owned telecommunications company of Venezuela, ... Read More
Mistakes English Speakers Make
Monday February 25, 2008
Inevitably, we all make mistakes when learning a foreign language, often because we try to make it more like the language(s) we already know. Among the mistakes I remember making ... Read More
Advice From Obama and Clinton: Learn a Foreign Language
Friday February 22, 2008
Learning foreign languages is a good thing, the two leading candidates for the Democratic Party's nomination said in a debate shown on the Spanish-language Univision network Thursday.
As might be expected ... Read More
History of the Ñ
Friday February 22, 2008
Here's some trivia for you: The Ñ is the only letter in the Spanish alphabet that originated in Spanish. From there it has spread to at least four other languages: ... Read More
What's That in English?
Friday February 22, 2008
As you spend some time talking with Spanish-speaking people, every once in a while you'll run into a word that doesn't have a simple English translation. Usually, those are names ... Read More
A Spanish Look at the Lunar Eclipse
Tuesday February 19, 2008
It isn't every day that you have the opportunity to watch the moon turn dark, so to mark the occasion of Wednesday night's lunar eclipse, we've put together a list ... Read More
Presidential Debate To Be Broadcast in Spanish
Tuesday February 19, 2008
Thursday (Feb 21) evening's debate between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will be broadcast in Spanish on the Univision network in the United States. Unlike earlier debates this ... Read More
"Te quiero" or "te amo"?
Thursday February 14, 2008
Both "te quiero" and "te amo" are ways of saying "I love you." But do they mean the same thing? Native Spanish speakers weight in on the matter in our ... Read More

