By Xokonoschtletl Gómora & Ailana Navarez - The “Penacho of Moctezuma” - an Aztec feather-and-gold headdress - allegedly pertained to Moctezuma II. Moctezuma II was the ninth ruler of Tenochtitlan who witnessed…
Women Travel Latin America is launching a competition to find the best entries that will be part of a new anthology of travel writing - top prize of USD$100. The…
How do telenovelas - idols of entertainment and popular culture - exist in the name of agendas they attempt to escape? As the popularity of Latin American telenovelas expand into…
Dying of a heart attack Sunday August 28 in Santa Monica, United States, renowned Mexican singer Juan Gabriel maintains a decades-long legacy continuing strong into the 21st century. Famous for what is…
The Argentine Film Festival, London is proud to announce that the festival will open its fifth edition this August with Pablo Trapero’s THE CLAN (El clan), the true-crime story of…
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…
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…
New documentary retraces life of Gabriel García Márquez; Film mixes the political with the personal A new documentary by Justin Webster journeys through the life of Nobel-Prize winning novelist, Gabriel…
Four thousand years previous to you clicking on this article, the woolly mammoth goes extinct. Writing gets invented like a thousand years before. The New Stone Age ends twelve millennia…
In the dancehall, renting a booth, Reggaeton is sitting with its arm around a model. It cracks jewelled knuckles. It flexes, and splits its sleeves. As the bass jumps in…
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…
Alessandra Zeka and Holen Sabrina Kahn’s ‘A Quiet Inquisition’ saw its UK premier this week as part of Human Rights Watch’s London Film Festival 2015. The documentary explores the painful…
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…
The 2015 Human Rights Watch film festival comes to London next week with a strong Latin American representation. The festival is taking place from 18-27 March at the Barbican, the…
Relatos salvajes (Wild Tales) is Damián Szifrón’s first feature film as both writer and director. Released in August 2014, it has rightly been given a nod for ‘Best Film in…
Julio Cortázar was born in Brussels in 1914 to Argentine parents. His family moved to Buenos Aires when he was four years old. Cortázar remained in the Argentina until 1951,…
With the release of the ‘Paddington’ film at the end of last month, it is a great moment to explore the cultural symbolism and meaning behind Michael Bond’s creation, in…
The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho – ‘Today I want to return alone’) is a heart-warming coming-of-age story revolving around the trials and joys of Leonardo (Ghilherme…
The Argentine writer Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (commonly known as Manuel Puig) was born in General Villegas, Argentina, on 28 December 1932. He emigrated to Buenos Aires for secondary…
The American continent is a hard one to divide up. What constitutes Latin America? Everything south of Rio Grande/Río Bravo - the US-Mexican border? But then what about the unique…
‘Radical Geometry’ at the Royal Academy of Arts, London exhibits a wide range of Latin American art of the twentieth century, demonstrating how the region’s artistic legacy was formed over…
Exhibition of indigenous cinema will take place in Santiago; Fifth “Iguazú en concierto” Festival brings together young musicians Exhibition of indigenous cinema will take place in Santiago The eighth Exhibition of…
There’s nothing better than writing, you get to be horrible. Not to glorify nasty people, but here are the three best feuds in Latin American lit. Think of it like…
UNESCO organizes Mafalda exhibition to celebrate World Book Day; Festival of animated films takes place in Chile UNESCO organizes Mafalda exhibition to celebrate World Book Day UNESCO organized an exhibition featuring…