News of latin culture

Fear and loathing: Trump film threat shocks Latin America

07-05-2025 23:25 Trump's threat to slap tariffs on foreign-made movies leaves Latin America's burgeoning film industry baffled and fearful.

OBITUARY

Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian Nobel-winning novelist

13-04-2025 23:25 As one of Latin America’s foremost writers and intellectuals, Mario Vargas Llosa defended individual liberty, democracy and the free market, which often put him at odds with his peers and political leaders in the region.

LITERARY LEGEND DIES

Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89

13-04-2025 23:15 Mario Vargas Llosa has died in Lima at the age of 89, confirms family; Nobel literature laureate is considered to be one of the greats of Latin America's literary "boom" of the 1960s and 1970s.

FILM & LITERATURE

Latin American classics get the streaming treatment

25-02-2025 10:54 Decades on from the Latin American literary boom that took magical realism to the wider world, several notable artworks and comic books – including ‘Mafalda’ and ‘El Eternauta’ – are being given a new lease of life on streaming platforms.

ART

Small Uruguayan town of Garzón seeks place on international art map

06-01-2025 13:19 It may not be the most obvious location for an international art festival, but Pueblo Garzón is a small town with big ambitions to join the world's cultural hotspots.

CULTURE

Netflix is betting big on Latin America to expand its viewership

25-04-2024 16:15 Netflix attracts viewers from all over the world, but its biggest untapped audiences lie outside the United States.

INTERVIEW

James Rubin: 'China is supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and repeating its crazy arguments'

20-04-2024 05:24 China is supporting “materially, diplomatically, and even repeating Russia’s crazy arguments for this war,” says James Rubin, the United States’ top diplomat in charge of battling disinformation abroad.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Bloomberg

Tech giant with 30,000 employees has no return-to-office policy

12-04-2024 14:17 Software company Globant SA’s sleek office in downtown Buenos Aires are quite the attraction, but Chief Executive Officer Martin Migoya is choosing not to adopt a return-to-office policy for his nearly 30,000 employees across 33 countries.

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Jorge Luis Borges was ‘the most British of Latin America’s writers’

31-01-2024 15:40 Argentina’s most famous author holds great attraction for British writers, scientists, artists and filmmakers – no surprise given his family history and command of both the Spanish and English written word.

Society

Argentina is the world's most pet-rich country

24-09-2023 16:25 According to various surveys carried out to date, the vast majority of Argentines have at least one pet in their homes.

by Dante Gabriel Bogani Sandez

MUSIC

Argentine urban music conquers the world – Duki, Nicki Nicole, Bizarrap lead way

21-07-2023 15:31 Wave of Argentine musicians including Bizarrap, Duki, Emilia Mernes, Nicki Nicole and Wos are selling out shows and shining in the northern hemisphere.

FIFA U20 WORLD CUP

Estadio Madre de Ciudades: Ode to modernity in the birthplace of folklore

06-06-2023 12:41 The Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero, home to recent FIFA U20 World Cup fixtures, stands as an ode to modernity in the birthplace of Argentine folklore.

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Inflation woes reach book publishers as the price of paper surges

27-05-2023 06:31 Small publishers at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair discuss the challenges of coping with runaway inflation; Resistant readers help literary houses to survive crisis.

by Api Dhadda

News of latin culture

Fear and loathing: Trump film threat shocks Latin America

Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian Nobel-winning novelist

Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89

Latin American classics get the streaming treatment

Small Uruguayan town of Garzón seeks place on international art map

Netflix is betting big on Latin America to expand its viewership

James Rubin: 'China is supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and repeating its crazy arguments'

Tech giant with 30,000 employees has no return-to-office policy

Jorge Luis Borges was ‘the most British of Latin America’s writers’

Argentina is the world's most pet-rich country

Argentine urban music conquers the world – Duki, Nicki Nicole, Bizarrap lead way

Estadio Madre de Ciudades: Ode to modernity in the birthplace of folklore

Inflation woes reach book publishers as the price of paper surges

Clean slates – for greenbacks only

Milei looks like a one-trick pony

Fernández de Kirchner’s present points to Milei’s future

New songs and Peronism

Four-by-four voting

Un cura cercano a Francisco explicó por qué lo "eligió" a León XIV antes de morir: "Es el Papa que él quería"

A Caputo se le acaba el tiempo, el riesgo país no baja y volverá a usar reservas

Un senador del PRO de Misiones criticó a Milei y le exigió al gobernador pronunciarse por el escándalo de Ficha Limpia

León XIV contó ante el Colegio de cardenales por qué eligió su nombre y habló sobre la Inteligencia Artificial

Efecto "vendetta": Macri podría golpear en Diputados