Issue Jun 18-24 2025: The third week of June brought La estrategia del mero, Edgar de Luque Jácome’s debut film to theatres.

Issue Jun 18-24 2025: At 12 years old, Javier Bassi arrived at Pierre Fossey’s studio, unaware that he was a French artist based in Montevideo just like himself. From this young age, he had already begun visiting museums on his own accord and had done an astonishing portrait of Horacio Quiroga.

Issue Jun 18-24 2025: Peruvian college students presented a famous play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt that explores themes of right, wrong, justice, and survival.

Issue Jun 18-24 2025: He never permitted his work to be displayed in single-artist exhibits, even though he participated in salons and competitions for over fifty years, nor did he ever appear in person to accept the awards he garnered or even allow himself to be photographed.

–Researched and Written by Mike Engle— Issue Jun 12-17 2025: The recent death of renowned US-Panamanian artist Al Sprague on May 1 generated an outpouring of tributes in the Panamanian press.

Issue Jun 12-17 2025: Written in 1988 by Reinaldo Arenas, A Plebiscite on Fidel Castro was neither a pamphlet nor an angry proclamation; it was a letter written from exile.

Issue Jun 12-17 2025: Gustavo Miranda is a Salvadoran costume designer dedicated to bringing theater characters to life.

Issue Jun 12-17 2025: A festival at Casona Dubois (Dubois Mansion) in Quinta Normal, Chile, featured music, traditional food, and artisan crafts in celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Issue Jun 12-17 2025: Even amid the grinding, hardscrabble streets of the Peruvian capital, Lima, there is room for two girls to build a world in which their dreams can take flight.

Issue Jun 01-11 2025: Nicolás Ibarburu’s house is full of guitars, and the walls are full of acoustic panels. Next to the bed, there are half a dozen guitars lined up. At the other end of his room, there is a desk with a microphone condenser and two big monitors. His house is a comfortable