Alborada, or Dawn, a new feature film directed by cineaste Paula Heredia, recently premiered at the Suchitoto International Film Festival in the filmmaker’s native country of El Salvador.

According to Mexico’s first nationwide survey on digital media and reading habits, five out of ten of the country’s young people prefer reading traditional print media, while only three out of ten use the internet to read books.

In spite of the fact that he is not as well-known as he deserved to be, Colombian historian Jaime Jaramillo Uribe stands out as one of the key figures in his nation’s intellectual history.

Fernando de Szyszlo and Mario Vargas Llosa are united by the artistic vocation they hold in common as well as by the strong bonds of a lasting friendship.

A new exhibit entitled “Duelo,” featuring the work of the Mexican artist and activist Francisco Toledo, is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City. A meditative exploration of the violence that has been plaguing his country in recent years, the exhibit includes over a hundred artworks made in cast ceramic and

“I was in a shopping center last Monday when a stranger threw himself to his death from an upper floor. It all happened in an instant: I heard a woman screaming, I saw people running desperately toward me. I approached the tumult where several curious people were impatiently observing the intense labor of medical personnel

Arturo Menéndez’s new feature film La malacrianza (Rudeness) began life in October of 2008 when the director was approached by a stranger looking to tell him his story.

A new Argentine discographic project is injecting new life into songs proscribed during the South American nation’s era of dictatorship.

A plan to impose commercial development in and around the ancient Mexican city of Cholula is raising hackles among the nation’s archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and architects.

A new play by the Uruguayan-Panamanian writer Alondra Badano hit the stage at the Teatro Anita Villalaz in Panama City during the last week of October. The play, entitled “Sospecha de sospecha” (Suspicion of Suspicion), explores the injustices of war and the hidden sufferings endured by women throughout the world.