Retrospective (Review)
Juan Gabriel Vásquez's latest novel-biography tells the extraordinary life of the Colombian guerrillero-turned-filmmaker Sergio Cabrera ...
Children of Las Brisas (Review)
Marianela Maldonado's remarkable documentary follows the lives of three young musicians from Venezuela's youth orchestra El Sistema over the course ...
Football and Nation Building in Colombia (Review)
Historian Peter J. Watson's first book examines how former Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos used sports to garner support for ...
The Tribe: Portraits of Cuba (Review)
Through the stories of everyday citizens, writer and activist Carlos Manuel Álvarez highlights the island's diversity of people and experiences ...
Cuba: An American History Review
Ada Ferrer's latest book is a nuanced study tracing the importance of slavery to U.S.Cuba relations from American independence through ...
Letters to Eloísa (Review)
A new PBS documentary explores the life and career of literary figure José Lezama Lima in revolutionary Cuba ...
Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico (Review)
Juan Villoro's interpretation of the Americas' most extraordinary city offers readers the perspective of a well-traveled insider ...
Cuban Memory Wars (Review)
Michael Bustamante's new book explores contested narratives of the Cuban Revolution, focusing on its first two decades in power ...
Prison Writing of Latin America (Review)
Joey Whitfield uses the writings of incarcerated people from across Latin America to show how penal systems reinforce the socio-racial ...
Bolívar’s Afterlife in the Americas (Review)
A new history of Bolívar by Robert T. Conn explores his contested legacy in Latin America ...
