Pablo Neruda in Valparaiso
Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Altobasso lost his mother at age thirteen, and the support of his father even before …
Category Archives: Latin America
“The Dream of My Return” by Horacio Castellanos Moya: Droll Paranoia from El Salvador
Horacio Castellanos Moya was born in Honduras (1957), grew up in El Salvador, went into exile in Mexico and now teaches …
Perla — A Novel of the Disappeared and Found
Perla Carolina De Robertis 2012, Random House What a brave book! Carolina De Robertis, widely celebrated for her first novel, The …
El sueño del celta: Mario Vargas Llosa
Sir Roger Casement is one of the super-heroes of international human rights, and was so before such a phrase existed. …
Of Love and Other Demons: A Film
Contemplating the marriage of movies to the imagery of Gabriel Garcia Marquez occurs to every reader of any one of …
The Maid — A Film from Chile
The Maid, a 2009 film from Chile, directed by Sebastian Silva, offers itself with a poster of a slightly maniacal …
The Devil’s Miner: A Bolivian Documentary
Working in a mine work may not be the most dangerous job in the world (believe it or not, …
Mario Vargas Llosa Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Mario Vargas Llosa was not in the final list compiled by would-be Nobel Prize seers. A British betting firm had …
Drought in the Amazon
* * * Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, and the entire eastern region of the state are suffering …
More Rain Records
From Wunderground… Tropical Storm Matthew continues to dump heavy rains over Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and neighboring regions of Mexico today. …
The Secret In Their Eyes: A Film
For a good middle of summer thriller, lower yourself into a comfortable seat, ignore the inevitable advertisements, turn off your …
Mexico, Tropic of Cancer
Sayulita, a small town in Mexico, with a small wonderful stretch of protected Pacific beach and small waves for small …