Reviews in January 2009

LatAmRoB, Volume 3, Number 1


The faceless demons

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Everyone without a gun is a victim
in The Armies. Evelio Rosero
communicates the nature of
arbitrary and anonymous terror
in Colombia with chilling skill

 

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There is no paradise without snakes

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In Samahua, the Mexican novelist Leonardo da Jandra recounts how his search for Eden led him into Hades

 

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Just so you know

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A documentary by Rosie Pérez that delves into Puerto Rican history belies her image as a Brooklyn broad

 

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Peru’s angry young man

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A former Peruvian soldier finds the city more bloodthirsty than the battlefield in Josué Méndez’s assured debut Días de Santiago Continue reading

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AS CUBA celebrates the 50th anniversary of a revolution that shook the world, LatAmRoB writers weigh up the possibility of a change in its troubled relationship with the US and review some recent titles about the island and its people

Knot and noose

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By exploiting Kennedy’s style, Barack Obama has drawn attention to Cuba’s role in the lionised former president’s foreign policy failures, writes Gavin O’Toole

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A bomb at the party

Cuban Anarchism uncovers the fascinating story of a forgotten movement and tries to light a fuse under Castro’s regime Continue reading

Old carbine, new target

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Steven Soderbergh’s Che is an effort to force the viewer to form their own opinion about the feted Argentine-Cuban revolutionary Continue reading

Where there’s snow, there’s mud

The Cuban Connection challenges officially propagated US myths about the involvement of the Castro government in drug trafficking Continue reading

The Mafia in Havana

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A thicket with many thorns

Adrian Hearn makes a fruitful foray into Cuban civil society and uncovers amid the foliage some healthy shoots Continue reading

Cuban Revolution Reader

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Fidel and Religion

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Havana Fever

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