Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month: Videos

Spanish and Mexican cultures have had a huge impact on the formation of the United States. Without the influences from latino countries, things such as adoption and labor laws would be very different. Find out how in this exclusive video from Studies Weekly. (2:04 min.)

The United States is known as the Great Melting Pot and Hispanic Americans have always been an essential ingredient to our great nation. This video highlights some of their great accomplishments. (2:39 min.)

This week we are coming to you from the Old Mission in San Juan Bautista.  If you grew up in California it's a pretty good chance that you visited one of the 21 missions throughout the state when you were in the 4th grade.   School kids keep coming here every year to make that field trip. Today archaeologist Dr. Ruben Mendoza joins us to explain about the Old Mission's history and he going to give us a bit of a tour. 27:13 min.)

Join Erica Cardenas as she travels west to a small town in Arizona named Wickenburg. There Erica celebrates the 30th Annual Fiesta de Septiembre and by proudly recognizing the contributions of Latino Americans during National Hispanic Heritage Month. (22:34 min.)

Latinos have innovation in their blood. Inventors such as Claudio Castillón Lévano and Victor Ochoa have created life-saving devices that are used all over the world. It's time to give them credit. So tell us, what you know about Latino inventors? (5:13 min.)

This video looks at the history of Central America. It begins with the indigenous peoples of the isthmus, especially the Maya, looks at the Spanish colonization period, at their attempt at forging a federal republic in the 1820s and their ultimate failure and fragmentation. It then follows each one of the countries in brief, explains why Costa Rica has been the exception and why civil wars occurred in Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. (20;04 min.)

This video explores the basics of Latin American history and politics to explain why the continent still faces vast inequality that lingers from colonial times, how it develops and the problems it is currently dealing with. It begins with Spanish and Portuguese colonization, explores independence and goes all the way through democratization in the 1980s, the pink wave in the 2010s, to the present. (20:44 min.)

This video explores the basics of Mexican history and politics beginning with independence and going through the major reforms under Juárez, the Mexican Revolution and the creation of the PRI. It ends with the current presidency of López Obrador. (21:51 min.)

This video looks at the history of Spain. It begins with its prehistory, moves through the Carthaginian period, its time as a Roman colony and subsequent rule by the Visigoths. It then looks at why it was invaded by the Arabs who ruled for 7 centuries and how the reconquista, that is the reconquering of the peninsula by the Christian kingdoms, occurred. It goes through the golden years of empire, why the country lost its superpower status, became unstable in divisions between left and right, and how this led to the Spanish Civil War. It then goes through Franco's period, and Spain's return to democracy. (20;46 min.)

The Bright Journey - Six Types of Salsa: Salsa on 2 (Manhattan NY) , Salsa on 1 (LA) Puertorican Style, Cuban Style (Casino), Colombian Style (Cali),  Popular Style (Social Salsa)  (8:26 min.)

FLAMA - From Rumba to Salsa to Dembow, how well do you know Latin dance history? Rumba, Cha cha,  Mambo,  Salsa,  Cumbia, Merengue, Bachata, Perreo, Dembow. We couldn't fit all of Latin dance history in one video, so here is the evolution of Latin dance part 1!(5;45 min.)

Let's talk Latin American food! Latin American cuisine is known for its diverse variety of dishes incorporating spices as well as cultural influences from lands both near and far away. Many dishes of the Latin American culture first originated in that native country and from other cultures of origin such as Africa, Europe, Native American, and Asia. (4:58 min.)

Hispanic Heritage Month is the perfect opportunity to explore the diversity of Hispanic cuisine. (3:08 min.)

You can smell the heady scents of saffron, paprika and garlic as host Maeve O'Meara investigates the key ingredients needed to create a Spanish pantry and visits chefs and home-cooks to gather some easy recipes. Learn about the art of Spanish tapas and join Carlos Lopez, a master of the no-fuss paella which he makes on the small balcony of his apartment. (24:59 min.)

South American Food Safari | South American Cuisine - Explore the colourful cuisine of South America with passionate chefs and home-cooks. Host Maeve O'Meara joins chef Jorge Chacon to learn about the particular flavours and ingredients that make South American food really special. Chef Juan Gomez makes Colombian style arepas and Chilean musician Gema Badiola prepares a fragrant, all-purpose salsa called pebre. (24:58 min.)

Planning a trip to Central America? Then you want to know what you will be eating and drinking. A must see! There is Corn, avocados, green beans, potatoes, tomatoes, chilis, chocolate, etc.  (9:49 min.)

Traditional Mexican cuisine is a comprehensive cultural model comprising farming, ritual practices, age-old skills, culinary techniques and ancestral community customs and manners. It is made possible by collective participation in the entire traditional food chain: from planting and harvesting to cooking and eating. The basis of the system is founded on corn, beans and chili; unique farming methods such as milpas (rotating swidden fields of corn and other crops) and chinampas (man-made farming islets in lake areas); cooking processes such as nixtamalization (lime-hulling maize, which increases its nutritional value); and singular utensils including grinding stones and stone mortars. Native ingredients such as varieties of tomatoes, squashes, avocados, cocoa and vanilla augment the basic staples. Mexican cuisine is elaborate and symbol-laden, with everyday tortillas and tamales, both made of corn, forming an integral part of Day of the Dead offerings. Collectives of female cooks and other practitioners devoted to raising crops and traditional cuisine are found in the State of Michoacán and across Mexico. Their knowledge and techniques express community identity, reinforce social bonds, and build stronger local, regional and national identities. Those efforts in Michoacán also underline the importance of traditional cuisine as a means of sustainable development. : http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/RL/... (9:52 min.)

Some incredible facts about the Spanish speaking countries. Interesting facts about the reach of Spanish around the world. This video will introduce you to every single country where Spanish is an official language. It will also present you with some incredible facts related to distant places where Spanish is also spoken such as; Africa, The Polynesia, Asia and more. (32:10 min.)

South America, fourth largest of the world’s continents. It is the southern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, or simply the Americas. The continent is compact and roughly triangular in shape, being broad in the north and tapering to a point—Cape Horn, Chile—in the south. South America is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the northwest and north, the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast, east, and southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. In the northwest it is joined to North America by the Isthmus of Panama, a land bridge narrowing to about 50 miles (80 km) at one point. Drake Passage, south of Cape Horn, separates South America from Antarctica. (4:31 min.)

he Caribbean is home to many different dishes and drinks. Therefore, let's explore 10 facts about the cuisine of the region. (8:56 min.)

Facts about Latin America (1:28 min.)

A series of independence movements in the Americas in the late 1700s and early 1800s are sparked by the Enlightenment and conflict in Europe. This includes revolutions that will lead to the United States, Haiti, Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Equador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina. (5:48 min.)