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...rare coming together of the usually disparate segments of Harvard’s active ethnic communities to discuss one of the most controversial issues in public life. Among the groups represented were the student associations for Harvard’s black, Chinese, Asian American, South Asian and Latin American communities. “Despite our campus being so diverse, a lot of students of the same ethnic backgrounds group together and don’t really mix as much as you’d think,” said HPU Chairman Shankar G. Ramaswamy ’11. Aptly, last...
...established a bridgehead outside Latin America in September, opening La Mar in San Francisco, which specializes in seafood and Peru's signature creation, ceviche. But that is just the beginning. He sees New York City as the real launching pad for rapid expansion. "If we make it in New York, we will be ready to green-light all of our brands," he says. "But first we need to pass the test there." Acurio has scouts checking out the city, looking for the right location for the right price. He hopes to firm up a deal shortly. (See pictures of what...
Peruvian expansionism is already radiating across Latin America. Acurio's fine-dining flagship, Astrid y Gastón, operates in seven countries outside Peru. La Mar has restaurant in six countries, and Tanta, which offers light fare, just opened its first locale outside of Peru in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. A number of other multi-star restaurants have also branched out to neighboring countries. Twelve Peruvian restaurants have franchised their formulas and are operating abroad, again mostly in the rest of Latin America. Another 20 are in the process of expanding beyond Peru's borders, and Kiser ticks off a long...
...accredited, the largest ones being the Nahuatl and the Maya, numbering more than 2 million each). As a result, Afro-Mexicans say they have been left out of institutional programs and are without a cultural identity. The group Mexico Negro A.C. is linking with similar Afro-descendant organizations in Latin America that have achieved success in securing better treatment. "We no longer want to be detained by security agents in our own country who say that in Mexico there are no blacks," says Rodolfo Prudente Dominguez, an activist with Mexico Negro...
...time to catch up. A few years of good policy would create drastic improvement. Further, any claim that the U.S. is losing its edge is nonsense. A huge digital divide still exists between the industrialized countries in the West and East Asia and those of South Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In India, for instance, only around 10 percent of the population has Internet access...