A recently launched nationwide program will aim to help elderly Latino/Americans get comfortable in cyberspace in an effort to overcome one of the widest gaps in the so-called "digital divide" between those who are able to access and use the Internet and others who are not.

Language barriers remain significant in terms of Internet usage, according to a recent study by the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Internet & American Life Project and Pew Hispanic Center. The study estimated that only 32 percent of Latino/American who mainly speak Spanish use the Internet. The total drops to only 17 percent of elderly Latino/Americans who speak mainly Spanish, the study found.