Issue Jan 22-28 2025: Waldir Azevedo (1923–1980) remains one of the most important figures in Brazilian music history, widely known for having transformed the cavaquinho, an instrument that typically accompanies rodas de samba, into a solo star.

Issue Jan 22-28 2025: Nicolás Echiburú released an album entitled Procesiones.

Issue Jan 22-28 2025: What began as a pandemic project by Bárbara Hang and Agustina Muñoz to keep artists and the Kirchner Cultural Center active gave artist Guillermina Etkin the opportunity to be inside of the 1912 Opus Klais organ in the National Auditorium and see it being tuned, which led to the creation of

Issue Jan 22-28 2025: Jacques Audiard, a French filmmaker, highlighted the missing people and violence in Mexico, Colombia, and Latin America, specifically the incident in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, where 43 people went missing as motivations for his creation of Emilia Pérez.

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: David García is the director of the Bogotá Philharmonic.

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: Jean Estrugamou, a Frenchman of Basque origins who emigrated to Buenos Aires in the middle of the 19th century so as to turn his “American dream” into a reality, became one of that country’s most successful businessmen, making a fortune from what would eventually become a highly successful milk- and meat-production

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: A new Brazilian feature is set to contend for the top honor at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival, taking place from February 13 to 23 in the German capital.

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: The new grand Museum of Chichén Itzá contains over a thousand artifacts, some of which were salvaged from the construction of the Mayan train.

–Researched and Written by Maureen Poe—Issue Jan 08-14 2025: On January 5th Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny released his 6th studio album “Debí Tirar más Fotos.” The album’s music features a mix of styles including salsa, bomba, plena, electro, and reggaeton. The disc is a love letter to Puerto Rico and its culture; it analyzes

Issue Jan 08-14 2025: Shakira and Barranquilla hope to make this year’s Carnival the biggest and most unforgettable in Colombia’s history.