After weeks of unrest across Chile over the protracted issue of the role of the Association of Administrative Pension Funds of Chile (AFP), President Bachelet has responded with new proposals…
The State of Rio de Janeiro is hosting more than just the Olympics. It also hosts a tangible portion of Brazil’s unemployed. In fact, disproportionate benefits for multinationals are leaving Brazil’s…
Last week’s inauguration of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski as Peru’s new president put a business-friendly technocrat back in the Casa de Pizarro, Peru’s presidential palace, and the new administration is certain…
Current trends of globalization - particularly in developing regions such as Lat Am - are provoking renown economists as Joseph Stiglitz to question whether our so-called “knowledge/information based economy” is…
Editor’s Note: “Coup detat” is one of those timeless, epic, head-turning words in Latin American political lingo. It’s happened before, and people have no reason to believe that it won’t happen…
Guest article by Sofia Papa and coordinated by Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Georgia College Brantley Nicholson of the (see…
South American football chiefs have put pressure on UEFA to hold a one-of match between the winners of the Copa America Centenario, Chile, and Portugal – winners of Euro 2016….
For some people, travelling is worrisome not because they are scared of the unknown but because they are nervous about going broke in the process. Good news for you,…
Over the past few decades, countries such as the United States have become place where you get to witness diverse languages. Although, the official language of US is still English and it is…
“Love and jealousy killed her” announced the front page of Chilean tabloid newspaper La Cuarta last month. Above the headline, smaller writing reads: “The story of Andrea Aguirre, the Colombian…
At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, the third feature by Ciro Guerra. Filmed…
Ex-military members stand trial in Rome for alleged role in Operation Condor crimes; Precedent of Latin American human rights trials in Europe; Numerous witnesses travel to Italy to testify Europe’s…
