https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/latino-american-history/RSS feed for Latino American HistoryenThu, 14 May 2026 20:23:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/frida-kahlo-and-diego-rivera-sing-themselves-to-death-in-an-opera-at-the-met-inspired-by-greek-mythology-and-mexican-magical-realism-180988742/A new production of the all-Spanish opera "El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego" takes the stage in New York City this week, while a partner exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art explores the art behind the operaThu, 14 May 2026 20:23:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/frida-kahlo-and-diego-rivera-sing-themselves-to-death-in-an-opera-at-the-met-inspired-by-greek-mythology-and-mexican-magical-realism-180988742/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-couple-from-mexico-became-soft-taco-pioneers-in-los-angeles-50-years-ago-now-their-restaurant-is-a-landmark-180988602/Raúl and Lupe Martinez opened King Taco and served up soft corn tortillas like they remembered from home. The rest is—now officially—history, thanks to a vote from the Los Angeles City CouncilThu, 23 Apr 2026 13:26:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-couple-from-mexico-became-soft-taco-pioneers-in-los-angeles-50-years-ago-now-their-restaurant-is-a-landmark-180988602/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/colombia-plans-to-euthanize-dozens-of-cocaine-hippos-descendants-of-animals-brought-by-notorious-drug-trafficker-pablo-escobar-180988548/If nothing is done to control the invasive creatures, officials estimate the population could grow to 1,000 animals by 2035. So, they aim to cull about 80 individuals later this yearTue, 14 Apr 2026 21:15:13 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/colombia-plans-to-euthanize-dozens-of-cocaine-hippos-descendants-of-animals-brought-by-notorious-drug-trafficker-pablo-escobar-180988548/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-massive-mural-made-from-100000-bottle-caps-is-one-artists-reinterpretation-of-the-mona-list-180988324/Óscar Olivares, who is known for working with recycled materials, completed the 43-foot-tall artwork in Zacamil, El Salvador, in FebruaryTue, 10 Mar 2026 21:20:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-massive-mural-made-from-100000-bottle-caps-is-one-artists-reinterpretation-of-the-mona-list-180988324/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/millions-of-maya-still-call-mesoamerica-home-this-groundbreaking-initiative-ushers-the-rich-tapestry-of-mayan-languages-into-the-digital-age-180987113/The Mayan Languages Preservation and Digitization Project promotes tools designed by and for Indigenous communities, like online glossaries and special phone keyboardsFri, 08 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/millions-of-maya-still-call-mesoamerica-home-this-groundbreaking-initiative-ushers-the-rich-tapestry-of-mayan-languages-into-the-digital-age-180987113/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/locals-thought-these-shipwrecks-had-belonged-to-pirates-they-turned-out-to-be-300-year-old-danish-slave-ships-180986585/The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off the coast of Costa Rica in the 18th centuryThu, 08 May 2025 18:44:29 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/locals-thought-these-shipwrecks-had-belonged-to-pirates-they-turned-out-to-be-300-year-old-danish-slave-ships-180986585/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/celebrate-day-of-the-dead-with-these-15-scenes-festivities-remembrance-180985374/These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show how communities in Mexico and beyond mark Día de los Muertos.Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/celebrate-day-of-the-dead-with-these-15-scenes-festivities-remembrance-180985374/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-newest-national-park-site-tells-the-story-of-school-segregation-in-americas-hispanic-communities-180984796/The Blackwell School was once Marfa's only public school for Mexican and Mexican American studentsWed, 31 Jul 2024 19:44:56 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-newest-national-park-site-tells-the-story-of-school-segregation-in-americas-hispanic-communities-180984796/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-peruvian-indigenous-childrens-bones-were-infected-by-european-smallpox-archaeologists-find-180984573/The toddlers' remains were buried around the beginning of the Spanish conquest of South AmericaWed, 26 Jun 2024 20:16:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-peruvian-indigenous-childrens-bones-were-infected-by-european-smallpox-archaeologists-find-180984573/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ellen-ochoa-former-nasa-astronaut-and-first-hispanic-woman-in-space-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-180984314/The former Johnson Space Center director logged four space shuttle flights and 1,000 hours in orbit over her 30-year careerTue, 07 May 2024 19:04:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ellen-ochoa-former-nasa-astronaut-and-first-hispanic-woman-in-space-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-180984314/