Violinist Curtis Stewart performs at the Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas.VALERIE MACON (AFP) The Grammy Awards ceremony, one of the most anticipated events by the music industry each year, already profiles the possible stars of the night by the number of nominations and the inevitable commercial impact of their art. On … Read more
IN THE TELERAMA ARCHIVES – The author of “The Executioner’s Song” was the rebellious conscience of the United States, his adored country but for which he forgave nothing. On January 31, he would have been 100 years old. A great opportunity to (re)read this portrait published in our columns when he died in 2007. He … Read more
Gabriela Mistral died on January 10, 1957. (Getty Images) The January 10 from 1957, gabriel mistral She was leaving this world after being admitted a few days earlier to a New York hospital due to pancreatic cancer. Thus, at the age of 67, she died the first woman from Latin America and the second Latin … Read more
José María Torres Caicedo. Foto: Emile Tourtin. Gallica. Existen muchos estereotipos, imaginarios y creencias frente a lo que significa ser latinoamericano. Por ejemplo, se cree que todos los latinos saben bailar salsa, reguetón y demás ritmos de influencia caribeña, son impuntuales y muy familiares. Sin embargo, cada tanto resuena la pregunta ¿Qué signfica ser latinoamericano? … Read more
In its ruling, the institution explained that the Nobel was awarded to garcia marquez “for his novels and short stories in which the fantastic and the real are combined in a universe richly composed of imagination that reflects the life and conflicts of the American continent.” During his acceptance speech, the writer covered the fables … Read more
According to the report Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) 2022: “towards a green and just transition” -presented on November 7 at the COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt- Latin America and the Caribbean constitute one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. However, the region is well positioned to face a transition to renewable … Read more
Latin America shares the values of the West but needs China and drags burdens such as the fight against drugs, poverty and a weak rule of law, say former presidents Luis Alberto Lacalle, Ernesto Zedillo and Juan Manuel Santos. “We Latin Americans must accept that we have failed” in the attempt for economies and societies … Read more
Guadalajara, Jal., Daughter of a nomadic family whose childhood went from the knee-deep snow in Copenhagen to the hot party of Havana in the wake of the triumphant revolutionaries, the writer Laura Restrepo (Bogotá, 1950) is confident that Latin America will establishes itself as a vanguard territory with the new geopolitical map of the region, … Read more
“Hurtado, 72 years old, was awarded for his biomedical research in the Andean areas of Peru, as well as for the merit of his findings in respiratory diseases in these same areas,” reported Trade. The Peruvian scientist, who was also awarded $30,000, had served as Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance between 1946 and … Read more
The far-right congress began this Friday with a counter-demonstration by a handful of anti-capitalists singing – “because the fight is joy” – and proclaiming their slogans in front of the doors of the Westin hotel in Mexico, and ended in the same roundabout with a parade of large trucks from which decorated people came down … Read more