2010 represents a milestone in Latin America’s history as much of the continent celebrated their bicentenary of freedom from the Spanish Empire. The Latin American Bicentary Group is looking back on this momentous occasion with an upcoming talk on “Latin American Independence 200 Years after Bolivar’s Visit to London”, headed […]
Culture
‘Complexo do Alemao’, the parallel universe of favela life
– Interview with Mario Patrocinio and his new film – He first went to Brazil in 2001 when he was 21, to study acting with the director Wolf Maya from Global TV. He felt then that Brazil “was pumping for change” and he had to come back and experience the […]
Arquitectura Justa… Fair and universal architecture
They came second in the Wold Architecture Challenge, organised by the Open Architecture Network from the United States. David Martins A young group of young architects have united in their creativity in a Colombian and an Austrian town to create something the world needs – architecture based on reality. Fabiola […]
Los Saicos: pioneers of punk from Peru
It is written like this: Saicos, a Spanish rendering of ‘Psychos’, we believe. Here is a term transferred from the Anglo-Saxon to the Latin, which doesn’t stop at the band’s name, as their music is pure North American psychedelic garage, taken to the South American market. Noel Hernández Before going […]
Antonio Díez Fernández: ‘The translator has to be like a ghost’
The lecturer of Spanish language and literature, translator and writer tells us how the discovery of some old international brigaders’ letters introduced him to the world of translation. Vanessa Guzmán Up to now the ideal of the invisible translator has been very much in evidence in his subsequent projects […]