Issue Jan 18-24 2023: Carnival in Uruguay is celebrated every year from the end of January to the beginning of March, offering culture and entertainment over more than 40 days.

Issue Jan 11-17 2023: San Francisco Solano (1549-1610), the “sworn Patron of Lima,” was very important to a big part of South America’s evangelization.

Issue Jan 11-17 2023: On January 14, the Paraguayan town of Fernando de la Mora held the 30th Kamba Lázaro Live Festival, a celebration of Afro-Paraguayan culture.

Issue Jan 11-17 2023: Terrorists and coup leaders committed vandalism on various works of art, destroying paintings and sculptures, when they invaded Planalto Palace, the National Congress, and the Federal Supreme Court on January 8th.

Issue Jan 11-17 2023: Shakira and Argentine DJ and Producer Bizarrap’s new song, which ridicules Shakira’s ex, Gerard Piqué, demonstrates the importance of popular culture in modern society.

Issue Jan 01-10 2023: One of the most important musicians and founder of the first symphonic group in Colombia, Raúl García, died on December 28, 2022, at the age of 83.

Issue Jan 01-10 2023: “El libro de nuestras ausencias,” by Eduardo Ruiz Sosa, was considered by various Spanish periodicals one of the best novels of 2022.

Issue Dec 01-31 2022: The third edition of El Libro Viajero (The Traveler’s Book), a “tool against xenophobia towards Venezuelan migrants,” has been released.

Issue Dec 01-31 2022: Artist Claudio Rama explained the meaning behind his piece Vidas encajonadas, one of his plastic works featuring conceptual reassemblies.

Issue Dec 01-31 2022: Author and elusive writer María Martoccia declared her disinterest in the controversies of the literary microworld following her publication of “The Woman Without Reason,” her new autobiographical fiction novel.