Reviews in February 2009

LatAmRoB, Volume 3, Number 2


Gripping tales from the ring

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Heather Levi emerges triumphant with this
crowd-pleasing bout
in the arena
of lucha libre

 

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The saint in tights

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Santo was a burly phenomenon in Mexico, and this retro classic will help you understand why

 

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No peace for La Paz

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Bolivia’s deep divisions are explored against the backdrop of its constitutional revolution in Unresolved Tensions Continue reading

Pass the bottle

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Andrea Blanqué’s Fragilidad enters the void of Uruguay’s dark past and
a present of empty aspirations

 

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Poet’s Corner: Ernesto Con

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The Costa Rican “Poet of the Periphery” Ernesto Con inaugurates our occasional series of interviews
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Finger on the global pulse

Stories that fix their gaze on spaces outside the national territory add to the diversity of a bilingual anthology of work by Mexican writers Continue reading

Colombia’s dirty secret

The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez exposes the wartime persecution of Germans Continue reading

A ghost to challenge a myth

The tragic tale of Rubén Jaramillo lays bare Mexico’s ‘miracle’ years of orderly growth under the PRI Continue reading

Betrayed by Rita Hayworth

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The Sound of Rio: Brasileirinho

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The Throes of Democracy. Brazil Since 1989

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Historias mínimas

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