As the models lift their bags, as the stagehand adjusts a zipper, the lights flare and the group files onstage. They’re normal people chatting, then for forty seconds they’re mannequins,…
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…
It starts in November with the juggler. He does his routine at the lights on Fourth Street, knocking round the windows for a tip. Soon he’s replaced by the man…
A fundamental question of the role of Latin American leadership is more pivotal than ever. Highly popular ex-union leader Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva stopped being Brazilian president in 2010. And yet Lula…
You have to know who your parce is. The bus driver when he swerves, he’s not your parce. Your landlord isn’t your parce either. Your roommate can be your parce,…
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has pledged U$S450 million toward joint-military and diplomatic initiative Plan Colombia’s new phase - a post-civil war Colombia. The decision was announced while celebrating the…
In the pauses between salsa, an advert plays for the Sisterhood. This is the bus to work, the radio is propped by the piston that works the doors. The passengers…
Rhesus Monkey 766 is about to become a celebrity in the worst of places: a medical journal. Her fever, the pinkeye she’s gotten, the stiffness in her movement, are the…
The Centers for Disease Control and Disease Prevention (CDC) have issued a warning to travelers - particularly pregnant women - to avoid 14 countries and territories in the Caribbean and…
The Colombian Supreme Court has been investigating whether former President Alvaro Uribe stands responsible for an infamous massacre known as El Aro. The crime was committed by paramilitaries who believed the…
In the trees round uni, everyone knows, are iguanas, bold enough for staring matches, spined and metre-long. Just as common are the parakeets, scarlet fronted or orange cheeked, and a…
A killer whale held up by balloons. Dictators hanging out. A poem by Baudelaire, one by Vallejo, and a couple that must have been written by students, because there…
There’s a very different Latin America bubbling somewhere, where the Spanish is replaced by an Edinburgh brogue, where the vineyards are forgotten and a pub built in their place,…
The events of September 11, 2001 stimulated foreign policy changes that affected the entire planet. The United States’ post-World War II global influence has not only held strong into the…
Image: http://anthonyjohncoletti.photoshelter.com The toll of tourism in Barichara The town of Barichara perches atop an Andean valley in the Colombian department of Santander, taking in a view of the winding River…
It is during the Vatican’s continued efforts to reestablish credibility after years of corruption allegations that Pope Francis makes a second trip to one of the most Catholic-dominant regions on…
Chaste Susanna was a notable man and not just because of his shipwreck, not even for being the face on the 5000 peso bill, but for being Colombia’s best…
Truth commission in Colombia to investigate abuses committed during five decades of internal conflict; Escalation of violence in recent weeks places peace talks at risk In the midst of stalling…
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) set “building a common future” as the theme of last Wednesday’s summit. Set in Brussels, Belgium,…
Latin America is well represented at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London this week. Pulsamérica’s Comment and Features Editor, Daniel Rey, caught up with Andreas Dalsgaard, director of…
