News of language

City Hall bans use of inclusive language in Buenos Aires' schools

10-06-2022 17:22 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta has banned the use of inclusive Spanish language in schools across the capital; Critics push back against measure.

News Media

Conservative media outlet Americano seeks to win over US Latinos

28-04-2022 10:59 'Americano,' the first conservative Spanish-language media network in the United States, is hoping to take a frontline spot in the battle for Latino voters, an influential bloc that polls suggest is drifting rightwards.

Music & Culture

With unprecedented Coachella showing, Latin music continues US dominance

18-04-2022 11:06 20 artists from Latin America and its diaspora performed at this year’s Coachella, up from 17 in 2019, commanding the festival's main stage as the popularity of Spanish-language music soars.

FOREIGN MINISTER'S FAUX PAS

Communication, diplomacy and dickheads

18-03-2022 21:14 Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero's use of the English language comes under the spotlight.

by James Grainger

'ABUELA CRISTINA'

Last native speaker of Chile's indigenous Yaghan language dies aged 93

16-02-2022 22:50 Cristina Calderón, the last native speaker of Chile's indigenous Yaghan language, has died at the age of 93, her family said Wednesday.

BLOOMBERG

Education tech start-up Open English files for US IPO

21-12-2021 16:05 Open English, an online English school targeting Spanish speakers, has filed confidentially for a US initial public offering, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

CULTURE

Funding gap forces British Council to scale back

09-09-2021 14:12 The British Council, which promotes UK cultural and language relations overseas, will scale back its work in 20 countries due to a pandemic funding shortfall. Offices in a number of nations to be shuttered, including Chile and Uruguay, according to reports.

COMMUNITY

Descendants of Welsh settlers mark 156 years in Patagonia

27-07-2021 22:14 In Gaiman, descendants of the first Welsh setters in Patagonia prepare to celebrate 156 years since the arrival of their ancestors on the shores of the Golfo Nuevo.