The third consecutive edition of the Festival Internacional de Ilustración (International Illustration Festival), or Festilus, took place in August in Santiago de Chile. Among the featured speakers was Luis Scafati, an Argentine illustrator famed for his unforgettable renditions of some of universal literature’s most recognizable characters.

Hip hop has become a major force in Guatemala, exerting a powerful influence on the nation’s popular culture.

Colombian filmmaker César Acevedo’s new film, La tierra y la sombra (Land and Shadow), depicts the tragic disappearance of rural traditions in his native country as it advances toward modernization.

A new exhibition at Venezuela’s Sala Trasnocho Arte Contacto (TAC) entitled Suite Iberia: Spanish Influence on Architecture in Caracas puts on display the gigantic impact of Spain’s architectural style on the construction of modern Caracas from 1900 to 1970.

The microtheater phenomenon has made its way to Central America and is revolutionizing the arts scene in Panama.

Brazilian filmgoers can expect a deluge of movie sequels to be flooding theaters in the near future.

How would the late Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges have fared in the age of Twitter? Despite his distaste for modern technology, he would have found himself right at home.

In Argentina, music therapy is working wonders with children and adolescents suffering from neurological abnormalities.

“Any debate concerning the relation between intellectuals and power could be shut down in ten seconds by pointing out that Martin Heidegger, probably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, joined the Nazi Party.”

Óscar Collazos, one of the last surviving members of the famed Colombian Boom generation of writers, died last May after being diagnosed nearly a year ago with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.