A collection that brings together different perspectives on urban informality offers the prospect of fostering a new area study

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Hellish questions

Natalie Welsh’s dramatic true story about her escape from a Venezuelan jail raises questions about how we portray this country Continue reading

Family matters

Why should the traditional family with a patriarch at the helm be the organizing principle for Chicano cultural nationalism? Continue reading

African transgression

It is a good moment for the revival of a classic fictional examination of Afro-Latin American identity

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The hidden legion

A personal selection of Hispanic poetry by John Howard Reid reveals him to be one of that select, concealed, army of translators who labour for nothing more than glory Continue reading

Tale of settled scores

Adriana Lisboa’s meditation on unspoken moral codes and the role of women in Brazil is an elegant way of dealing with a hard subject Continue reading

Death is only the beginning

A translated collection of stories by Mario Benedetti reveals how Latin American writers remain endnotes in the annals of universal literature despite generous contributions to it Continue reading

Progress fit for a millennium

The Millennium Development Goals are often overlooked as a key global yardstick of development – yet Latin America is having concrete success in achieving them Continue reading

Spermatic post-modernity

Luis Alberto Ayala Blanco’s Automatas Espermaticos takes up the cudgel of Emil Cioran against progressive liberals whose redemptive rants have enslaved us Continue reading

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