A newly published collection of essays and correspondence by deceased Mexican author Luis Villoro (1922-2014) entitled La alternativa: perspectivas y posibilidades de cambio (The Alternative: Perspectives and Possibilities of Change) offers a revealing look into the legendary iconoclast’s political philosophy.

One of the most resounding successes at this year’s edition of the Buenos Aires International Festival (FIBA) was a new play written by Cuban author Rogelio Orizondo. The play, entitled Antigonón, fuses the Greek myth of Antigone together with two poems written by José Martí.

Twelve Latin American films exploring such issues as violence, poverty, and racial discrimination are competing at this year’s Oscars for a nomination in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.

ArtBo 2015 got kicked off this month in Bogotá, Colombia, the eleventh time the event has taken place in the South American nation.

Renowned Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler, who recently performed in Cuba, was quick to assure his island hosts that he was pleased to be in Havana not only to play his music, but also “above all, to listen.”

The “Feria del Millón” (the Fair of a Million) took place during the first week of October at the Textura Creative Center in Bogotá, Colombia.

A new exhibit entitled “Frida Kahlo—Connections between Women” opened on Sunday, November the 27th at the Instituto Tomie Oktake in Sao Paulo to reports of immediate success.

Famed Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez will be heading this year’s VIVA Peru Festival in Mexico City.  

Carmen Balcells, whom Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa have called the “Mamá grande” of the Latin American Boom, has died at 85 years of age.

Although the most popular current bands in Uruguay held the lion’s share of nominations at the recent Graffiti Awards for Uruguayan music, the biggest winners were two artists who, despite being signed to major labels, represent the most alternative edge of the nation’s musical spectrum.