Latin America has been known for violence – a reputation that has sunken into its biting art.

Even though Grammy-winning, Cuban jazz icon Chucho Valdés is 76 years old, he shows no signs of slowing down and plans to continue recording new music and touring the world.

In June of 1973, Chilean author Germán Marín published his first novel, Fuegos artificiales (Fireworks). But soon after its publication came the infamous coup, which disappeared his novel from bookshelves across the nation.

Criterion, the longest running magazine of Argentina and the only one to be published without interruption, celebrated its 90th anniversary in the Argentine National Library.

In light of the premiere of his most recent film, Chilean director Orlando Lübbert reflected on his movies, the success of his former student, Oscar award winner Sebastián Lelio, and the future of Chilean cinema.

Federico González speaks with a sharp yet raspy voice, which recently allowed him to create Kung-Fú Ombijam, the stage name he uses to perform his rap.

As the analysis of the Tro-Cortesian Mayan Codex, a major Mayan manuscript, approaches the finish line, researchers say that the results reveal more detail and insight into Mayan culture and life.

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.