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This Colombian singer's hips famously don't lie
Shakira
This iconic Mexican artist became a cultural symbol of feminist strength and resilience, renowned for their vibrant self-portraits and use of bright colors
Frida Kahlo
Originating from Caribbean rhythms, this energetic and upbeat partner dance shares its name with a popular chunky tomato condiment
Salsa
This 2017 Pixar film follows a boy into the Land of the Dead on Día de los Muertos, where he needs a blessing to get home
Coco
This Bronx-born daughter of Puerto Rican parents became the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice in 2009.
Sonia Sotomayor
Daddy Yankee's 2004 smash hit "Gasolina" took reggaeton global from this Caribbean island
Puerto Rico
In this Central American country, "pura vida" can serve as hello, goodbye, thank you, and you're welcome
Costa Rica
Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Spain each claim their own version of this stuffed, folded pastry
Empanadas
Jennifer Lopez broke through playing this Tejano star in the 1997 biopic about her life and 1995 murder
Selena
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua all celebrate independence on this date, the same day Hispanic Heritage Month begins
September 15
Selena Quintanilla was widely renowned as the ‘Queen of _______ Music’.
Tejano
This Colombian-born author wrote the acclaimed novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
Gabriel García Márquez
Peru's national dish, Ceviche, consists of raw fish "cooked" by this citrus juice rather than heat
Lime juice
Hosted by Don Francisco for 53 years, this Univision variety show was the longest-running variety program in TV history when it ended in 2015
Sábado Gigante
Built around 1450 and abandoned a century later, this Inca site in Peru sits nearly 8,000 feet up in the Andes.
Machu Picchu
Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" became the first all-Spanish-language album nominated for this top Grammy prize
Album of the Year
In this island nation, "¿Qué bolá, asere?" is the everyday way to ask a friend what's up
Cuba
This rich Mexican sauce, most famously from Oaxaca and Puebla, can take dozens of ingredients, including chiles, nuts, spices, and often chocolate
Mole
In this 2007 film, a nine-year-old boy crosses the border alone to reach his mother, who has been working in Los Angeles
Bajo la Misma Luna
This person made history in 1993 by becoming the first Hispanic woman to travel into space
Dr. Ellen Ochoa
This Cuban singer's 1998 anthem "La Vida Es Un Carnaval" insisted that life's troubles can be sung away
Celia Cruz
Roberto Gómez Bolaños created both "El Chavo del Ocho" and this red-suited superhero with an antenna and a squeaky mallet.
El Chapulín Colorado
This versatile fruit can be fried twice and smashed flat to make tostones or fried ripe and sweet to make maduros
Plantains
She won an Oscar for West Side Story in 1962 for her breakout role as Anita and returned to the 2021 remake as Valentina, nearly sixty years later
Rita Moreno
The first Latin American player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, this Puerto Rican Pirates outfielder died in a 1972 plane crash while delivering earthquake relief to Nicaragua
Roberto Clemente