Mexico and Argentina collaborate to restore a Siqueiros mural in Buenos Aires, documentary filmmaker Patricio Guzmán wins a prize in Chile, and Botero goes to China.
Buenos Aires hosts its 13th International Film Festival (BAFICI) whilst Mario Vargas Llosa is to be honoured by Andres Bello University in Chile.
Cuban Surrealist painter Jorge Camacho dies, and Aztec pieces are unearthed near the Cathedral in Mexico City.
Colombian novelist wins a major prize in Spain, Plácido Domingo sings in Buenos Aires, and the Mexican government alleges that a Mayan statue sold at auction may be a fake.
Mario Vargas Llosa receives accolades in Mexico and responds to critics in Argentina, and director Guillermo del Toro speaks out on foiled plans for a new film.
Alexis Salas considers the ‘shadow space’ of Luis Felipe Ortega’s ‘Horizonte Invertido’ exhibition in Mexico City (click photos to enlarge).
A new building for the Museo Soumaya in Mexico, and the ‘Year of Mexico’ in France flounders as tensions mount over the Cassez case.