LibGuides: Heritage Speakers: Influencers Research: Open Web Sources

Quality Websites

El Centro Virtual Cervantes
El Centro Virtual Cervantes was created by the Cervantes Institute for the promotion of Spanish language and hispanic culture.
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The content is in Spanish. You can find biographies and work of the writers.

Pan American World
Panamericanworld is an online media platform emerging from the vibrant, multicultural environment of Toronto and operating from Panama City to the Americas.

We focus on original stories from the Americas and the Caribbean in the largest content categories:

Poetry Foundation Website
The Poetry Foundation works to raise poetry to a more visible and influential position in our culture. The Foundation seeks to be a leader in shaping a receptive climate for poetry by developing new audiences, creating new avenues for delivery, and encouraging new kinds of poetry.

Search for your poet's name OR

Poets>Browse All Poets>Poet's Region

You will find biographical information and poems translated into English. Search the open web to find the poem in the original Spanish.

The Library of Congress has recordings of Spanish speaking poets reading their works in Spanish.

United States National Hispanic Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.
National Park Service: Hispanic Heritage Month
More than 500 years of Hispanic and Latino history and heritage can be found in national parks or shared through National Park Service programs and partners in communities across the country.

Portal Magazine
Portal is the online magazine from University of Texas LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections raises awareness of past and present issues that affect Latin America and U.S. Latina/o communities through its world-class collections, globalized higher education, research, international exchange, and public programs.

Latino Rebels
We believe in authentic, unfiltered and independent voices. With over 500 contributors, our stories range from reported articles to opinion pieces.We are proud to have a developed a very engaged community that is bilingual, bicultural, mobile, savvy, and doesn’t want to be sold.
Latin America News Dispatch (LAND)
The Latin America News Dispatch produces original news stories about Latin America, the Caribbean, U.S. foreign policy and Latinos in the United States. Latin Dispatch is based at New York University and receives support from the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Remezcla
Though the vision has evolved, we are still very grounded in our mission to be the most progressive media brand that puts emerging Latin culture on the map. The right way.
Hip Latina
Hip Latina is a digital lifestyle publication that creates the conversation through positive & inspiring storytelling with an emphasis on food & drink, style, wellness, and profiles of fascinating people relevant to the US Hispanic community.

NBC News Latino
NBC News offers in-depth English-language coverage of stories about Latinos in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. The focus is on news, politics, lifestyle, and entertainment.
Univision
The Univision Noticias site has categories for political news, coverage of the U.S. and Mexico, immigration, and health news.
CNN en Espanol
The website has categories for U.S., Latin American, and global news alongside economics, entertainment, lifestyle, health, and technology in Spanish.
NPR: Alt.Latino, Latinx art and culture
NPR Music's program dedicated to Latin Alternative music and rock in Spanish is hosted by Felix Contreras.