/tags/spanish Spanish en-US WLRN Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:29:23 GMT /news/2021-02-12/politicians-encouraged-to-learn-spanish-not-just-fake-it-during-campaigns The advocacy group Voto Latino is stressing the need for year-round, bilingual engagement with Latino constituents. They're also calling out feeble attempts many candidates make to speak Spanish. Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:29:23 GMT /news/2021-02-12/politicians-encouraged-to-learn-spanish-not-just-fake-it-during-campaigns Juana Summers /2021-02-03/como-lleno-la-solicitud-de-fafsa-una-guia-bilingue Aquí te presentamos una guía sobre cómo llenar la solicitud de FAFSA con consejos en español para toda la familia. Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:25:18 GMT /2021-02-03/como-lleno-la-solicitud-de-fafsa-una-guia-bilingue Elissa Nadworny, Lauren Migaki, Adriana Morga /news/2021-02-01/settlement-reached-in-florida-spanish-language-ballot-fight Ending a legal battle that started before the 2018 elections, a federal judge on Monday approved a settlement in which 31 counties agreed to take steps to provide Spanish-language ballots and other materials to voters. Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:29:30 GMT /news/2021-02-01/settlement-reached-in-florida-spanish-language-ballot-fight Jim Saunders, Dara Kam / News Service of Florida /2019-07-24/state-advances-plan-for-spanish-language-ballots Voters throughout the state will have access to Spanish-language ballots in time for next year’s presidential election, under regulations Gov. Ron... Wed, 24 Jul 2019 19:04:23 GMT /2019-07-24/state-advances-plan-for-spanish-language-ballots Dara Kam - News Service of Florida /show/latin-america-report/2019-07-01/what-if-they-held-a-debate-in-miami-and-nobody-talked-about-latin-america Miami is often called the capital of Latin America. So when 20 Democratic presidential candidates gathered for debates in Miami last week, WLRN’s Americas… Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:35:03 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-07-01/what-if-they-held-a-debate-in-miami-and-nobody-talked-about-latin-america Tim Padgett /news/2018-09-14/no-se-habla-english-in-hialeah-taco-tiff-spotlights-u-s-s-least-diverse-city Here’s an only-in-Miami story. This week a woman who speaks no Spanish tried to order food at a Taco Bell drive-through in Hialeah. Things didn’t end… Fri, 14 Sep 2018 22:25:52 GMT /news/2018-09-14/no-se-habla-english-in-hialeah-taco-tiff-spotlights-u-s-s-least-diverse-city Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2018-02-05/oye-gringo-shouldnt-you-fix-your-accent-in-spanish-especially-in-south-florida Sometimes an accent can render a language sexy. Even elegant.Imagine the swooning sighs in U.S. cineplexes when native Spanish speaker Antonio Banderas… Tue, 06 Feb 2018 02:07:52 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2018-02-05/oye-gringo-shouldnt-you-fix-your-accent-in-spanish-especially-in-south-florida Tim Padgett /education/2017-05-02/in-miami-you-need-to-speak-two-languages-anyway On a Wednesday afternoon at Lorah Park Elementary School in Brownsville, a half dozen 4-year-olds are clustered on the carpet trying to keep up with a… Tue, 02 May 2017 14:05:05 GMT /education/2017-05-02/in-miami-you-need-to-speak-two-languages-anyway /2017-03-26/how-latino-players-are-helping-major-league-baseball-learn-spanish Latino players have long felt lost in translation in the minor and major leagues. How MLB is taking on this linguistic and cultural challenge. Sun, 26 Mar 2017 08:01:00 GMT /2017-03-26/how-latino-players-are-helping-major-league-baseball-learn-spanish Jorge Encinas /2016-07-27/a-latino-family-shares-their-struggles-with-learning-english In a ranch-style house in Town 'n Country, the Ruiz family converses over arroz con pollo in Spanish about the struggles of learning English. The... Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:15:40 GMT /2016-07-27/a-latino-family-shares-their-struggles-with-learning-english Naomi Prioleau