Don Quixote still lives
It may come as a surprise to many, but Don Quixote is still alive, and in a most unlikely place. Don Quixote is now living in Tucuman, my hometown in Northern Argentina.
Democratic recovery
AFTER THE interruption of the constitutional democratic order in Honduras on June 28, the GAS has implemented various mechanisms with the goal of promoting the recovery of the
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Mango omission
Correction: The Latitudes excerpt by Sandra Cisneros that appeared in the May/June issue of Americas should have included the following credit: From The House on Mango Street,
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News from Americas
An abnormal quantity of rain: (chronicle of last judgement)
For a hundred nights and a hundred days it has rained without stopping and the axes of the city describe extremely complicated angles.
Carol Miller: going to the improbable place
"Why" is author and sculptor Carol Miller's favorite word. Her curiosity about McNeo spurred her to move there from her native California at the age of twenty.
Climate for conservation: by using market-based mechanisms to provide financial incentives,...
A left in a small plane over Guyana, the view is an unbroken blanket of trees to every horizon. In the 21st century it is startling and heartening to see so much untrammeled
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Belize takes chess
COULD LITTLE BELIZE produce a chess giant along the lines of Garry Kasparov one of these days? Well, that's no sure thing, but the Central American country does have a lot more
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Cafe de los maestros
In Buenos Aires, Virginia Luque is one of but a small handful of artists who can lay claim to the title of "living legend." The 81-year-old entertainer is remembered both for her
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The new master of horror movies
Gwilermo! Enthusiastic gringos call out to Guillermo del Toro outside of the Directors Guild of America where he is receiving a New Yorker Film Festival award.
President Obama and the OAS
It is no surprise that the new administration of Barack Obama has been getting a lot of advice about how it should approach US policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean in
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