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Did you know ...

• in 1938, Time magazine stated that Carleton Beals is "now the best informed and the most awkward living writer on Latin America"?
• a botánica is a Latin American store that sells religious goods, magical paraphernalia and brand name health care products?
• in 2006, only 79% of the population in Peru had access to electricity, well below the 94.6% average for Latin America?
• the recording of "La Incondicional" by Luis Miguel broke several airplay records in Latin America, where it remained at the top of the charts for seven months?
• while tortillerias are a long-time fixture in Latin America, they now are becoming common in some areas of the United States?
• Father Charles Beirne, S.J., advised the United States on Latin American affairs while serving as vice president of Universidad Centroamericana in El Salvador?
• pink tide is a term for the growing influence of left-wing politics in Latin America?
• Espiritismo is the Latin American and Caribbean belief that good and evil spirits can affect health, luck and other elements of human life?
• the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force's Demonstration Squadron, selected Brigadier General Ricardo Aponte (pictured) as their Spanish language narrator for the Latin America Tour of 1992?
• Obadiah Rich was a diplomat and bibliographer specializing in Latin American works whose younger brother William Rich was a botanist with the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–42?
• Torre HSBC, home of the headquarters of HSBC Mexico, is expected to become the first building in Latin America to receive a LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council?
• lumpenbourgeoisie, a neologism formed from lumpenproletariat and bourgeoisie, is used to describe colonial and neocolonial elites in Latin America?
• Theodore O'Hara's Bivouac of the Dead, popularized in American Civil War memorials, was actually written for fallen Kentucky soldiers in Latin America a decade before the War?