As December progresses, so does end-of-year content. Words, books, movies and, famously, a person. Concretely, TIME's Person of the Year, a tradition the magazine began in 1927 and which it continues to introduce with fanfare every year.
The person will be announced on Wednesday, but TIME published on Monday a nine-candidate shortlist as it drums up the hype before the reveal. Public officials, artists, an entrepreneur, a new king and even a collective of people are featured in the list, which, however, doesn't include any Latinos.
