Latin America

Immigration: The Untold Story

Slimy Yet Satisfying: Could You Eat Insects For Dinner?

The Internet's been abuzz these past few days over a newly issued, 200-page report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations about the viability of insects as a food source. The report points out that enthomophagy (the consumption of insects by humans) is practiced by approxim ... More >>

Number 39: La Mar's Cebiche Mixto

SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​San Francisco's first known Peruvian restaurant, Fonda Peruana, opened at the beginning of the Gold Rush, and 19th-century shipping routes between South America and San Francisco brought Peruvian pisco to our saloons, w ... More >>

Bodies Shipped from S.F. to Latin America Take a Road Trip

Forty? That's Hella Old

Calling Out Around the World

Undocumented Students Protest Senator Feinstein's Delay On Dream Act

​Dozens of college students - many undocumented - protested outside Senator Dianne Feinstein's Market Street office Thursday morning, urging her to act on a pending bill that would offer a path to citizenship to students who crossed the border while kids and have attended two years of college.Stud ... More >>

Waking Sleeping Beauty

SF Weekly Letters

Videos of the Day: Chatroulette, All the World's a Stage

If you've had better things to do than peruse the Webbernet for cheap thrills and easy laughs, then there's a chance you might not yet know of this behemoth in debauchery: Chatroulette. Naturally, a few bands have been using the randomizing video chat service as their social media of choice to conne ... More >>

Drawing Him Out

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

Arash ArfazadehJinder headlines the Triple Crown​Why did we spend so much money at Esty over  the holidays? Not for all the relatives, mind you, but for ourself? Now we have three different sets of vintage Japanese coffee mugs and the cabinet space for half that amount. And we're broke. But E ... More >>

Heavyweight Bass Rumble

Will 'Cock' Sauce Be Making an S.F. Appearance Soon?

Just what do you mean by 'special' sauce?​ While the term "out of context" is usually used by people who have said ill-conceived things to reporters in an after-the-fact attempt to shift blame, I prefer to think of the "Kike"-flavored juice drink and "Snob"-brand toilet paper selling well in Latin ... More >>

Sanctuary Sellout

Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

'Go Game Street Food Adventure' Open to Couch Potatoes

Veggie buns from Heaven's Dog will be featured at SF Street Food Festival.​As street food fervor rages on in the city, the time is ripe for a scavenger hunt. 'Go Game Street Food Adventure' is a challenge that begins on August 1, hosted by La Cocina in advance of the San Francisco Street Food Fest ... More >>

Mission Protests for the Return of President Zelaya to Honduras (And Justice For Oscar Grant)

Mission progressives descended on the 24th Street BART plaza this evening to protest for the return of President Manuel Zelaya to Honduras after the military coup on Sunday. Eric Quezada of Dolores Street Community Services and former District 9 supervisor candidate led the crowd of about 200 in a ... More >>

Track of the Day: Toy Selectah

Local record label Bersa Discos offers flights to Latin America for the price of a 7-inch. The cumbia friendly outpost has a new, limited edition tune from a Spanish-speaking discovery up for sale: "Hay Guey" by Tzochitl Soundsystem vs. Toy Selectah. The latter is a Mexico-based producer and remixer ... More >>

Track of the Day: Filastine

"Singularities" by Barcelona-based globetripper Filastine is an evocative track, stirring up cinematic images of emotional worlds crashing to a disastrous, beautiful collapse. There's an evil edge to the stuttered string samples and scattering beats in the song, similar to the soundtrack Kronos Quar ... More >>

Ten Things Under $10 to Do This Weekend

Here we go again: Friday rolls around and you've been broke since Monday. Whether you're just a cheapskate or seriously pinching the pennies, there's there's plenty to keep you entertained this weekend for less than a ten-spot. Below, a couple select picks. 1. Amoeba Music Factory Party @ 1343 Powel ... More >>

SOMA Samba

Take a trip down to Rio for a taste of Carnaval.

Border Crosser

Dan Zanes kicks off an international seasonal celebration

Che In Spain

Say What? S.F. Giants' African American Heritage Night Ads Awkwardly Worded in the Worst Possible Way

Fresh from the Border

Mission Craziness

Three Kings Sing

Owen Maigret's Conquering Label

S.F. export digging for reggaeton gold in Panama

Louder Than Bombs

For MC Immortal Technique, planting the seeds of revolution ain't nothin' but a g-thang

Taste Test

Sampling the flavors at the S.F. International Film Festival

BeatBox

Swayzak's techno ain't what it used to be, but Matthew Dear is picking up the slack; the Nortec Collective brings beats from Tijuana.

Fantastic Voyage

Get off your high horse and listen to some fine world music at "Putumayo: Latinas -- Women of Latin America"

Making the Cine

Lights, camera, acción

BeatBox

Rome's Nicola Conte unveils his latest jazz/electronica fusions; "Echoes of Rio" soothes your conscience and your booty

Living La Vida Loca

Fiesta in the Mission

Real to Reel

Life abroad, through the lens of film

The Sixth Annual Latino Film Festival

A special program of three films about the Jewish diaspora

The Unlikely Environmentalists

International environmentalists claim they stopped a Mexican salt plant that endangered the gray whale. Actually, though, the Mexican government canceled the plant for reasons of its own.

Latin Pride

The best ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month

Baroque Redux

Latino artists give a modern twist to an old art style

Los Shakers; Various Artists

Los Shakers: ¡Por Favor! (Ace/Big Beat); Various Artists: Jovem Guarda -- 21 Grandes Sucessos (Columbia-Brasil)

Best Free Acupuncture

American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

South to the Future

Will the Next Pope Be Catholic?

Nuevo Trendino

Charanga

Letters

Telling Fortunes

A San Francisco firm rolls the dice in the multibillion-dollar game of global finance

Hear This

Second Time Around

Night+Day