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Latino Economy Hits $4.4T as Gala Honors Business Leaders

Latino Economy Hits $4.4T as Gala Honors Business Leaders

New York – September 16, 2026 -- U.S. Latinos now generate $4.4 trillion in economic output, ranking as the world's fifth-largest GDP and growing 2.7 times faster than the non-Latino economy, according to figures released ahead of the sixth annual We Are All Human and Hispanic Star Gala.

Latino GDP set to overtake Germany and Japan by 2051

Organizers project the Hispanic economic bloc will surpass Germany's and Japan's national GDP within 25 years, positioning the community as a central driver of U.S. workforce, housing, and consumer spending growth. The data underpins the Gala's framing of what organizers call "The Hispanic Opportunity" tied to the nation's 250th anniversary.

Artemis II Crew Joins STARMUS VIII, 15 Years After Armstrong, Aldrin, Leonov

Artemis II Crew Joins STARMUS VIII, 15 Years After Armstrong, Aldrin, Leonov

Tenerife – September 15, 2026 -- Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen will appear at STARMUS VIII in Tenerife and La Palma from October 17-22, 2026, fifteen years after the festival's 2011 founding event brought together Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Alexei Leonov in the Canary Islands.

Artemis II crew follows the same route once taken by Apollo-era legends

Wiseman, Glover and Hansen flew around the Moon and back earlier this year alongside Christina Koch, becoming part of the first crewed lunar mission in more than five decades and traveling farther from Earth than any humans before them. Their October appearance places three of the four Artemis II astronauts on the same festival stage where Armstrong, Aldrin and Leonov once spoke in 2011.