An exponential character for the evolution of theater in the world, Augusto Boal (1931-2009) bequeathed to posterity the methodology of the Theater of the Oppressed. His birthday, March 16, marks the creation of the International Day of the Theater of the Oppressed.

“Nothing is safe in this life except death and taxes,” American President Benjamin Franklin once said.

A book fair was held on Corrientes Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Local bookstores in this area offered new and used books, schoolbooks, comics, children’s books, travel guides, “how-to” books, antique books, and much more.

Humberto Mendoza Ruiz de Zuazu, author of the historical novel Más allá del Darién: En Busca del Estrecho, will present its second edition in Nicaragua and Spain.

After ten years of silence, Bruno Mendizábal published All these years, a book of poems that explores “loneliness, existence, and love from a personal microcosm.”

After a six-year hiatus in Belo Horizonte and Rio, Chico Buarque’s tour for the album “Caravanas” arrived as a surprise in São Paulo, on stage at Tom Brasil.

  The National Institute of Culture (El Instituto Nacional de Cultura, INAC), asks for more protection of the Cambutal Petroglyphs in the Los Santos province.

Twitter’s character limit has caused the social media platform’s users to describe literature in as few words as possible – often injecting comedic elements – in a fashion that could change the way people approach literature.

Photojournalist Juanjo Fernández has traveled to the area around Saramurillo, Peru on several occasions to cover conflicts over oil spills. Now, after finding a solution for children to start reading, he is in this small community to help them collect books for a new library.

“We are alive and just getting better,” declared Uruguayan cumbia pop band Mano Arriba, after reading in a national newspaper that their genre of music is dead.