“Any debate concerning the relation between intellectuals and power could be shut down in ten seconds by pointing out that Martin Heidegger, probably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, joined the Nazi Party.”

Óscar Collazos, one of the last surviving members of the famed Colombian Boom generation of writers, died last May after being diagnosed nearly a year ago with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

It has been over three months since opening at Colombia’s National Theater, but Labio de Liebre (Harelip), a tragicomic political drama written, directed, and starring Fabio Rubiano in association with the Teatro Petra, continues to play to packed houses with each performance.

Archaeologists on site in the Peruvian rainforest have unearthed two silver ceremonial cups most likely interred during the sixteenth century.

Prominent historians, political scientists and analysts believe the Chavista revolution may be on the wane, and the country could be catching sight of a new political panorama. 

Brazil’s Rousseff and Lula call for unity during the PT’s party conference, despite sagging political support, scandal, and unpopular austerity policies, while a French political scientist takes the pulse of Brazil’s democracy. 

Protests in Guatemala continue to put pressure on the government after the resignation of the vice president.   

Congress prepares mea culpa for cases of irregular funding while the president’s poll numbers have plummeted. 

The XVII World Economy Meeting, held at the University of Oviedo in Spain, focused on “winners and loser in a world economy.”  To Latin American eyes, it’s clear that the “Great Recession” continues to have an influence, in both the developed and developing worlds. 

There are still several chances to correct mistakes made so far.