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This animated movie celebrates Día de los Muertos and follows a boy named Miguel on his journey through the Land of the Dead.
Coco
This Mexican painter is known for her vivid self-portraits that explore identity, pain, and Mexican culture.
Frida Kahlo
This Incan archaeological site perched in the Andes is Peru’s most visited landmark.
Machu Picchu
Lionel Messi
This civil rights movement in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s fought for Mexican-American equality and pride.
Chicano Movement
This Disney movie set in Colombia features songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a magical family called the Madrigals.
Encanto
This Mexican-American labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers, advocating for fair wages and conditions for farmworkers.
César Chavez
Spanning about 7,000 kilometers, this mountain range runs through seven South American countries and includes the continent’s highest peak, Aconcagua
Andes Mountains
This artist is a 3 time Grammy winner and is currently the most-streamed artist of the year. He has just finished a 31-show residency in Puerto Rico
Bad Bunny
This Cuban figure played a key role in the 1959 movement that overthrew the Batista government and later served as the country’s prime minister.
Fidel Castro
This teenage superhero is half Puerto Rican and wears a red and black suit
Miles Morales
The first Latina woman in space, who later became the director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Ellen Ochoa
This famous cathedral in Barcelona was designed by architect Antoni Gaudí and is still under construction after more than 100 years.
La Sagrada Família
This Chilean-American actor became famous for roles in “The Mandalorian” and “The Last of Us.”
Pedro Pascal
This conflict took place in Spain between 1936 and 1939.
Spanish Civil War
This Mexican boxer has won world championships in multiple weight divisions.
Canelo
Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate who wrote Cien años de soledad.
Gabriel García Márquez
Near Quito, visitors can stand on both sides of the equator at once at this monument marking latitude 0°
La Mitad del Mundo
This Cuban-American singer was one of the first Latinas to cross over into mainstream U.S. pop with hits like “Conga” and “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You.”
Gloria Estefan
This Venezuelan leader, known as “El Libertador,” helped free much of South America from Spanish rule.
Simón Bolívar
This Mexican director won the Academy Award for The Shape of Water and is also known for Pan’s Labyrinth.
Guillermo del Toro
The first Latina Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history, born to Puerto Rican parents in the Bronx.
Sonia Sotomayor
In northern Chile, this plateau is known as the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, where parts have gone decades without measurable rainfall
Atacama Desert
This Spanish actor won an Oscar for his role in “No Country for Old Men” and has also starred in “F1” and “Skyfall.”
Javier Bardem
This 19th-century event resulted in Spain losing its last colonies—Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines—to the United States.
Spanish-American War of 1898