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Argentine actress Anya Taylor-Joy played chess prodigy Beth Harmon in this Netflix series
What is The Queen's Gambit
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This adventurous girl carries with her a talking map and backpack as her and her monkey companion go on explorations
Who is Dora?
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Octavio Paz, author of The Labyrinth of Solitude/El laberinto de la soledad and The Other Mexico: Critique of the Pyramid was born in this Latin American country?
What is Mexico?
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Valentina, Tapatio, and Cholula are examples of this
What is hot sauce/salsa?
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She made her film debut as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama Roma, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress
Who is Yalitza Aparicio?
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This Puerto Rican playwright is perhaps most known for his Broadway musical Hamilton
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
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This novel tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founded the (fictitious) town of Macondo
What is Cien años de soledad/One Hundred Years of Solitude?
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Your grandparents may or may not swear by this fabulous multi-purpose cleaner
What is Fabuloso?
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This Dune actor was born in this Central American city
What is Guatemala City?
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This series tells the misadventures of Chavo, an eight year old orphan living alone in a Mexican 'vecindad'
What is "El Chavo del Ocho"?
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This Chilean poet-diplomat and politician won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971
Who is Pablo Neruda?
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It doesn’t matter if you have a sore throat or a sore calf, this seems to be the cure for everything
What is Vicks Vapo Rub?
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He won the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for his film The Shape of Water
Who is Guillermo del Toro?
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This TV personality ran a popular astrology show and always left his audience with "mucho, mucho amor"
Who is Walter Mercado?
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This is Isabelle Allende's debut novel; The story details the life of the Trueba family, spanning four generations, and tracing the post-colonial social and political upheavals of Chile
What is The House of the Spirits/La casa de los espíritus?
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Often found with pictures of saints or the Virgin Mary, you can definitely light these up
What are candles?
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This Puerto Rican actress is one of only 15 artists to achieve the elusive EGOT. She’s won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony Award
Who is Rita Moreno?
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This Peruvian talk show hostess is best known for her Spanish-language talk show named after herself; one of her famous catchphrases:
'¡Que pase el desgraciado!'
Who is Laura Bozzo?
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This literary movement of the 1960s and 1970s is most closely associated with Julio Cortázar of Argentina, Carlos Fuentes of Mexico, Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru, and Gabriel García Márquez of Colombia
What is the Latin American Boom?
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Make sure you have one of these to keep you warm in the winter. They also come in a variety of designs including wolfs and tigers
What are blankets?