Trilingual multimedia journalist with 20-plus years of experience in legacy and new media, as well as social media. Founder and CEO of Life a la Latina, a bilingual community celebrating the Latino experience. Before, I relaunched the U.S. Latino edition of Selecciones, the Spanish version of Reader's Digest, and was the founding editor of EFE´s Hispanic News Service. I have also worked at The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. I love show business, politics, traveling and home-making, but above anything, I'm proudly mamá.
Karen Rodriguez opens up about stepping into Marvel's dark new universe in Spider-Noir, starring opposite Nicolas Cage. In this exclusive interview with The Latin Times, the Mexican-born actress reveals how intimidated she felt during her first scenes with Cage, why she turned Janet Ruiz into a "very Mexican" woman inspired by her mother and Dolores del Río, and why Latino characters deserve to be messy, complicated and powerful.
President Donald Trump is bringing back one of his longtime political allies back into his administration orbit, appointing former Attorney General Pam Bondi to a White House advisory panel focused on artificial intelligence, according to multiple media reports. Soon after the news broke, a report said she was battling cancer.
Mexican authorities captured a nephew of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in a security operation near the U.S. border, delivering another high-profile blow to the Sinaloa Cartel and its powerful Los Chapitos faction.
Elon Musk's SpaceX clashed with the Pentagon over a sharp increase in Starlink satellite service costs during the U.S. war with Iran, according to a report that triggered political blowback.
The Trump administration is preparing to expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations at U.S. airports, including potential identification checks before travelers reach TSA screening areas, according to statements from administration officials.
Airbnb says travel through its platform generated more than $93 billion in economic activity across the United States in 2025, setting a new record as the company attempts to strengthen its position in the increasingly heated debate over short-term rentals.
Walt Disney World Resort is heading into summer with a mix of nostalgia, new technology, and a major promise to Latino families: the magic is not only being refreshed, it is being reimagined in Spanish, too. Starting today and during the duration of Cool KIDS' SUMMER, running May 26 through Sept. 8, the happiest place on Earth is offering incredible adventures for children of all ages and their parents, of course, with new attractions, reimagined and modernized old ones, and special packages.
U.S. Sen. Andy Kim said he was pepper-sprayed Monday outside Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, where protesters had gathered amid a hunger strike by detainees and growing calls from Democratic officials to close the facility.
Juan Pablo Raba talks in an interview about his role of Joaquín in the new Taylor Sheridan 'Yellowstone' spin-off 'Dutton Ranch,' his biggest role in a Hollywood series.
South African police have uncovered three Mexican-linked industrial methamphetamine labs since mid-2024, a string of raids that authorities and organized crime experts say points to a major shift in the global drug trade: cartels are no longer just moving drugs through Africa. They are increasingly producing them there.
Cuba published the names of 2,010 prisoners granted freedom under a sweeping amnesty, but the list has opened a new controversy instead of closing one: many of the country's most internationally known political prisoners, including artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and rapper Maykel "Osorbo" Castillo Pérez, do not appear to have been freed.
The federal government has sued Minnesota over a new law that would make it a felony to operate, host, or advertise prediction markets in the state, opening a major legal fight over platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi at a time when regulators are already wrestling with questions about gambling, insider information, and national security.
For more than three decades, Danna García has been one of the defining faces of Latin American television. Then she took a break to do film, but now, after years of playing women audiences rooted for instantly, García says Rebeca from Hermanas: Un Amor Compartido may be the most emotionally demanding character she has ever carried.
The United States has announced new emergency travel restrictions for Americans and lawful permanent residents arriving from countries affected by the latest Ebola outbreak, requiring them to enter the country exclusively through Washington Dulles International Airport for enhanced health screenings.
In a viral video shared on the official Star Wars TikTok account, Pedro Pascal explains in Spanish why his character in The Mandalorian feels deeply Latino to him, and the answer instantly resonated with fans across social media.
Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, has a new message for Washington: stop collecting federal income taxes from the bottom half of American earners.
Vanessa Trump revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and recently underwent a medical procedure, a deeply personal announcement that comes as the former wife of Donald Trump Jr. navigates a new chapter with Tiger Woods and as reports swirl that her ex-husband is preparing to remarry over Memorial Day weekend.
Omar Chávez, the boxer son of Mexican legend Julio César Chávez, was arrested Wednesday in Culiacán, Sinaloa, in a domestic violence case, marking the latest legal crisis for one of the most famous families in Latin American boxing.
Cuba responded defiantly Wednesday to the historic U.S. indictment against Raúl Castro by announcing a nationwide celebration for the former Cuban leader's upcoming 95th birthday and denouncing the charges as an "illegitimate and illegal" political attack.
The sensational legal battle rocking JPMorgan Chase took another dramatic turn this week after executive Lorna Hajdini filed a defamation lawsuit against former banker Chirayu Rana, the man who accused her of turning him into a "sex slave" in a lawsuit that quickly became one of Wall Street's most explosive scandals.
Thirty years after Cuban fighter jets blasted two small civilian planes out of the sky over the Florida Straits, killing four men connected to the Miami exile group Brothers to the Rescue, the United States announced what could become one of the most politically explosive indictments in modern U.S.-Cuba history.
The United States announced that it's placing Cuban former leader Raúl Castro in one of the most extraordinary categories in modern international law: presidents and former heads of government charged in U.S. criminal courts.
Airbnb is no longer trying to be just the place travelers book a home. The company now wants to organize the whole trip, from the airport ride to the stocked fridge, the luggage drop, the boutique hotel, the local dinner, and the friend-approved recommendation that saves a vacation from becoming a spreadsheet with sunscreen.
Venezuela released three former Caracas Metropolitan Police officers after 23 years in prison, ending one of the longest political detention cases in Latin America while reopening a painful national question: how many more Venezuelans remain trapped in a justice system built for punishment, silence and fear.
For seven uninterrupted minutes, the applause inside Cannes' Grand Théâtre Lumière refused to stop. And somewhere between the cheers, the flashing cameras and the standing ovation for 'Diamond,' its director, 70 years old Cuban artist Andy García, felt the power of the 23 years it took to make it and the decades representing and fighting for Latinos in Hollywood.
U.S. prosecutors are reportedly pursuing a second criminal investigation into Nicolás Maduro, raising the possibility that the ousted Venezuelan leader could face additional charges beyond the drug trafficking and narcoterrorism case already pending in New York.
A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors publicly challenged acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday after he suggested during Senate testimony that he had met with survivors or their lawyers, saying in a statement that no such meeting had taken place.
Rep. Thomas Massie is leaving Congress the same way he spent much of his final term, forcing Washington to look again at the Jeffrey Epstein files. Hours after the Kentucky Republican lost his primary to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein, Massie concesion speach included him touting the six-month anniversary of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and warning that he still has months left in office to push for more disclosures.
Mexico's Attorney General's Office announced Monday that it has opened an investigation into possible irregularities involving military and state authorities during an operation in Chihuahua that uncovered a massive synthetic drug laboratory, a case that has already fueled tensions with the United States after the reported deaths of suspected CIA-linked operatives.
Bolivia is facing its most dangerous wave of unrest in years, and Washington is watching closely as protests, road blockades and violent clashes threaten to destabilize one of South America's most strategically important countries.
