SAN LUIS, Ariz. — From her grandmother's years of toil in agricultural fields, Yamayra Castaños has come to understand how the sacrifices made by the older generations have helped youths today get better opportunities in life. That revelation ...

The system is called “la casta,” a coalition of 28 guilds -- taxi drivers, notaries, pharmacies, lawyers, truckers and professional organizations -- dedicated to keeping the protections they’ve enjoyed for years. “We are afraid of ...

In their recently published book “La Casta Autonómica,” Sandra Mir and Gabriel Cruz provide examples of the sort of excesses that have led the current situation, in which firing staff left and right seems to be the only course of action ...

“We lack data on their outcomes.” Palmares’ strict regime failed many. When Alfonso Casta arrived at the ministry in 2003, clients huddled without heat, amid bedbugs, roaches and mice. Within a week, Casta decided to get out. He was once ...

In Latin America, the perception of Brazil as a star economy is changing as well. Former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Casta ±eda wrote recently that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, Mexico is doing better than Brazil on most fronts ...

It was a pretty varied bunch that included Laetitia Casta, who went on to become the face of Yves Saint Laurent, and Carolyn Murphy, a Calvin Klein girl and Vogue favourite, so someone knew what they were doing. However, what struck me at the time ...

Items sold at the auction included a stay at the Casta Diva Resort, Blevio, Lake Como, Italy; a private jet flight from London to Paris for a day at the races (courtesy of EmtJets); a tailor-made suit by international style icon Sumbul; Henri Matisse’s ...