…in the Córdoba mountains were officially declared inactive after World War II, the town was subsequently abandoned. Today, the town has been converted into a modern “adventure tourism” location. Romina Musso of Voy de Viaje detailed the “amazing sights” offered on the border with the province of San Luis. Upon arrival, tourists will be greeted with a majestic waterfall and a well-marked path that leads down a hole to enjoy the landscape. At 2,000…

…Santiago Cárdenas are also featured. The collection has previously been exhibited at the Dolores Olmedo Museum and the Tijuana Cultural Center in Mexico, the Museum of Antioquia and the National Museum in Colombia, and the Amalia Lacroze Fortabat Art Collection Museum in Argentina. The website also includes editorial publications promoted by the SURA group, the collection’s namesake. The publications include Latin American literature and research…

…zil reported on the recent opening of tourist trains that connect the municipalities of Itu and Salto in the state of São Paulo. On December 19th, the republican train officially connected these two cities in a memorable inaugural trip. The ride lasts about 40 minutes through an approximate 7-kilometer track. According to the municipal secretary of tourism of Itu, this train will be a “milestone in the history of tourism in these two municip…

…l intervene during the tour. Sato said that MU.ITA will aim to be the principal source of research on Itamar and store a vast collection of photos, videos, music, texts, costumes and original accessories, stories, academic theses about his work, testimonies, and presentations. This museum will showcase the music he produced and his legacy as a pioneer of Brazilian Afrofuturism. Other artists such as Gilberto Gil comment that these types of museums…

…s of renowned chefs, and a large tent with stands and product fair in the Civic Center, Bariloche ended the winter season and begins to look at the summer. In the summer, one of the main activities in the Patagonian city is trekking through the mountain range. “Last summer, the arrival of tourists grew 20% compared to 2018, and began to change the matrix of tourism: we went from 15% to almost 40% of foreign tourists; And this year we expect simila…

Las Argentinas Trabajamos is a new initiative launched by the Fundación Foro del Sur with the objective of “publicizing the role [of women] throughout the country and to be a source of information and reference.” Mariana Carbajal of Página/12 of Buenos Aires interviewed Marlise Ilhesca Jozami, director of the project and vice-president of the Southern Forum Foundation, in order to explore what this platform (www.lasargentinastrabajamos.com) has t…

…lgado and researcher Hugo Morales document abandoned sites around the municipality of Santiago, and recently published a book of images titled, Santiago Urbex. The work of Jorge Delgado’s ominous photos may depict a terrifying world to non-Chileans. His subjects are victims of earthquakes, tsunamis, fire, volcanic eruptions, and human neglect, but to Delgado they are objects of curiosity and fascination. La Tercera of Santiago provided some of the…

Fox Networks Group Latin America, Producciones Originales has announced its first call for content to interested screenwriters, independent producers, and production companies in the region. This the first iniciative of the group in Latin America and its objective is to find and promote the development of the best content avaliable in Spanish, from scripted to non-scripted work, news, and sports. According to La Nación of Asunción , Fox Network G…

…move toward peace, it remains a threat “in almost half” of Colombia’s municipalities. What is more, “electoral fraud has become increasingly sophisticated.” Colombia’s Misión de Observación Electoral (MOE) has analyzed the risk of fraud and distortionary violence in the last five Colombian elections. “Seen in historical perspective, the risks this year are lower than in all elections observed by the EOM.” Since 2007 the number of municipalities at…

…f-inflicted). In the Buenos Aires Herald Marcelo J. García wrote that television shows of late love to kill off journalists at the hands of “unscrupulous politicos who would rather stain their hands with blood than see some gory details about them getting public light.” Yet he argued that in “real life, journalists don’t usually get killed in the U.S., just as they don’t in Argentina,” though he recognized that journalists in other Latin American…