Havana’s Almendares Park was the venue for a weekend of vibrant music and dancing during Cuba’s first ever Salsa Festival.

Colombian director Ciro Guerra’s feature film El abrazo del serpiente (The Serpent’s Embrace) “deserves all the accolades it has won and, if it gets an Oscar, it will be due to its merits.

Peruvian Nobel Prize-winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa is fighting back against the media frenzy that has assailed him for months with his new novel Cinco Esquinas (Five Corners). 

Famed historian and philosopher Miguel León-Portilla was given the royal treatment at UNAM in honor of his 90th birthday at an event attended by family, friends, and colleagues, all of whom had gathered to celebrate the life and career of the “great humanist, Renaissance man, and…most renowned Mexican in the world.”

Thirty-two year old Chilean singer-songwriter Álex Anwandter premiered his new feature film, Nunca vas a estar solo (You Will Never Be Alone) on February 13th at this year’s edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. Selected for the Panaroma section of the event, the film has generated buzz not only because of the director’s renown

Only one month into her new position as the mayor of La Antigua, Guatemala, prestigious architect Susana Asensio finds herself overwhelmed by a number of problems besetting the colonial city. Although La Antigua has preserved many of the traditions that make it one of Central America’s urban jewels, its architectural beauty and unique design have

With his works having been performed to high praise in 25 countries, Guillermo Calderón is Chile’s most successful and internationally known playwright. A decade after the debut of his first play Neva, his schedule for 2016 will include performances of his oeuvre in the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Chile.

For the first time in over 50 years, a new public museum will be opening in Lima, Peru. Located beside the famous archaeological ruins of Pachacámac–Peru’s second most-visited such site after Machu Picchu–the museum will feature exhibition halls, a cafeteria, store, and parking lot, as well as offices and plazas.

Every year, Colombia loses a part of its history at the hands of traffickers in archaeological and cultural antiquities, much of the latter going to the highest bidder at auctions in the United States and Europe.

Over the course of his decades-long career, Costa Rican artist Milo González has developed an unmistakable style all his own. The 59-year-old painter from Moravia, north of San José, uses muted colors and sharp lines to create pieces that fuse abstraction and realism.