Issue Dec 01-31 2023: Research led by Lorena Antezana from the University of Chile indicates that despite evolving TV consumption habits such as on-demand programming and streaming, young Chileans continue to watch local soap operas.

Issue Dec 01-31 2023: Traveling barefoot throughout the country carrying a colorful backpack filled with hand carved flutes, Crescencio Salcedo, one of Colombia’s most emblematic musicians, never took credit nor royalties for his songs.

Issue Dec 01-31 2023: Shakira finished 2023 by adding another accomplishment to her list of many: she has been announced as the “all-time most-searched artist with music in Spanish or Portuguese on Google in the world.”

Issue Nov 15-30 2023: The music video “Virgen Mambisa [Exiliada],” performed by Cuban singer Haydée Milanés and produced by Pavel Urquiza, is to be premiered on December 6 in the Félix Varela Hall of the Ermita de la Caridad in Miami.

Issue Nov 15-30 2023: In Guatemala, José Batres Montufar, well-versed in Latin, French, and English, immersed himself in the works of Víctor Hugo, Lord Byron, Holderlin, Heine, and Schiller.

Issue Nov 15-30 2023: Argentine artist Lala Pasquinelli was selected for the BBC’s 100 Most Inspirational and Influential Women in 2023.

Issue Nov 15-30 2023: A dazzling collective exhibition featuring an army of artists from Lima and beyond has taken over the monumental Casa Fugaz in Callao, closing the year with a burst of artistic brilliance.

Issue Nov 08-14 2023: The independent Assembly of Cuban Filmmakers (ACC) recently stated that the problem of the state Film Institute “is not its presidency” (about the recent change at the head of the Film Institute) but rather its industrial, financial, and artistic model that has fallen.

Issue Nov 08-14 2023: Commemorating a century since Sívori’s retrospective, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes hosts “Eduardo Sívori. Artista moderno entre París y Buenos Aires,” showcasing about 200 of his works, including paintings, drawings, watercolors, and engravings, to initiate a comprehensive cataloging of his oeuvre.

Issue Nov 08-14 2023: Neibur Arellano has returned to Peru with her new exhibition, “Tramas y veladuras.”