A long-awaited justice has begun to arrive in Argentina in recent years, though society is far from unanimous in its condemnation of ageing human rights abusers
Salsa promoters and musicians alike are lamenting the demise of live Salsa music as a culture and commodity people will pay to see. Some even blame the salsa dance and club culture which, they say, got cliquey with its over-technical criteria and hierarchy. In this investigation we explore the issue and open up the debate for the first time. Where do you stand in it?
Roberto Bolaño is being hailed as the best author to come out of Latin America in the past 40 years. Why, after years of success in Spanish, has the Chilean author only now come onto the English-language radar and does he live up to the new global hype...
Amaranta Wright unveils the extraordinary Venezuelan family that has grown into the leading global percussion brandname, and asks what’s the family secret?
Ali Primera, Venezuela’s own Silvio Rodriguez, was long-discarded to the official cultural sin-bin. But his popularity never waned and now his voice is being resurrected by the establishment that once scorned him.
Can Venezuela’s new state-sponsored cinema live up to its Cuban and Russian precedents or will it drown in the accusations of mediocrity and dogma that surrounds it?
As whale watching season in Patagonia nears, Sorrel Moseley-Williams, who witnessed the amazing scene last year, describes what any visitor can expect from this once-in-a-lifetime spectacle.
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