The III Food Festival of “Chancho al Palo” (“Pig on a Spit”) is expected to bring together more than 20,000 people in the city of Huaral from October 16th to 18th. One of the biggest food events of the year, the festival celebrates one of the traditional dishes of Huaral.

The workforce and indigenous population of Ecuador have announced a protest on November 11 because of the government’s inaction on proposed constitutional amendments, including some regarding presidential reelection.

In Brazil, an argument has surfaced among the controversial Uber drivers and the corporate taxi drivers who defend their monopoly and economic power. Which system works better for a city? Is Uber a positive force or a negative one for a city’s residents?

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.

President Dilma Rousseff’s former ally and chief nemesis, Eduardo Cunha (the Speaker of Brazil’s Lower House), who has been flirting with instigating impeachment proceedings against the president, has run into problems of his own.  Under investigation for corruption in connection to the Petrobras scandal, it turns out that the speaker and his family have undisclosed

In his call for Mexico to avoid authoritarianism, President Enrique Peña Nieto stressed the importance of openness in government and advocated completing constitutional reform. 

Mónica López and 50 Buenos Aires politicos abandoned the dissident Peronista ranks to join the Frente para la Victoria. 

The former mayor and current deputy of the Legislative Assembly for the rightwing Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA), Norman Quijano, spoke in a radio interview of differences he had with some positions taken by other party leaders.