…vrero may have passed away in 2004 due to an aneurism, but his books and spirit remain alive today. The Overol brand recently published new editions of Levrero’s La novela luminosa and Dejen todo en mis manos, in addition to a wholly new collection of letters called Correspondencia. In La Tercera of Santiago, Javier García highlighted the close relationship Levrero held between both the protagonist of his work, Dejen todo en mis manos, and the Arg…

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: Kirito ra’arõvo, a motet composed entirely in the Guaraní language, is set to debut at the BachFest Leipzig, an annual festival held in Germany known for its classical music. The piece, which translates to “Waiting for Christ,” features lyrics by Paraguayan writer Javier Viveros, who currently serves as the Minister of the Secretariat of Language Policies, and music composed by Maestro Diego Sánchez Haase, reported Últ…

…tions and museums and state institutions. On the site, the pieces are classified by artist, title, keyword, technique and theme. They range from creations of Costa Rican classic art such as Tomás Povedano, Margarita Bertheau or Max Jiménez to works by outstanding artists such as Lola Fernández, José Sancho and Rafa Fernández, among many more. There are paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, murals, objects, photographs, textiles, ceramics an…

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: Certain Colombian citizens will now be able to travel to Ireland without a visa. The Embassy of Ireland in Colombia announced that it will be eliminating visa requirements for Colombians in possession of a diplomatic passport, as well as those with service or public affairs passports while accompanying a state official, reported El Espectador of Bogotá. According to Fiona Nic Dhonnacha, Ireland’s ambassador to Colombia, this…

…ortion” is in good part produced by the nature of economic professional training, and that “This (de)formation is not accidental, but is the expression of the power relations in a given historical context.” He points to a “global crisis in how economic knowledge is deployed.” Until the post-2008 economic downturn, the “central tenets” of liberal, market economics “were considered sacred” and went unquestioned. “While recession, stagnation and defa…

…Yet this attitude was tested in regards to events in Central America. Virgilio Arraes from Correio da Cidadania of São Paulo reported that an old disagreement between Brazil and the United States was brought up again for the first time in years. Simply put, both Brazil and Washington officials condemned the coup d’état of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in 2009; however, neither could agree upon how to solve the institutional crisis. Zelaya was…

…trasts in the port of Buenaventura. The heroes are the dancers, and the musicians and singers of African descent don’t get caught in their reality. They dream of getting ahead, of being recognized and of living from their art with pride and dignity. In order to participate, one must enter and register as a user on www.shock.co/mi-musica. Registration can be done individually or as a group and requires all data to be entered by the platform to buil…

…slands, Panama, Madrid, and Andalucía. Among the actors is Juan Carlos Aduviri from Bolivia, who, after reading the script for his character Mediamano, said that the project “seemed fantastic.” So far, Aduviri has filmed for three months in the Canary Islands and cities in Spain. He believes that Oro tells “a very powerful history” about a poor group of “mercenaries . . . without land and without fortune” who seek to improve their lives by finding…

…206 Costa Rican beaches and allows tourists to create their own route to visit them, won an international award. From among 15 other proposals from mostly different Latin American countries, Costa Rica won the Open Passport Award, awarded by the World Tourism Journalism Organization. Silvia Artavia reported in La Nación of San Jose that among the proposals evaluated were journalistic proposals, such as websites and research, and communication ini…

…own foundation: the María Elena Walsh Foundation (M.E.W). According to Cecilia Martínez of La Nación of Buenos Aires, the main purposes of the foundation are to “safeguard and disseminate” the author’s literary and musical work, to “highlight her moral values and civic conduct,” and to “assist those wishing develop their knowledge in literature, music, and photography through scholarships, prizes, and contests.” The foundation has also esta…