The 15 Must Read Books For Anyone Travelling to Latin America
I can still vividly remember the weeks preceding my first excursion alone in Latin America, to Nicaragua and Honduras, in... Read Article
Mario Vargas Llosa
REVIEW Embrace Of The Serpent
Ciro Guerra’s Oscar nominated third feature picks up where his second, 2009’s The Wind Journeys (Los Viajes del Viento), left... Read Article
Five Best Books About Latin American History
When I first saw Sounds and Colours ask for a list of the top books in Latin American history, I... Read Article
In Memoriam: Eduardo Galeano
“Now I feel more than ever proud of having been born in America, in this shit, in this marvel”: an... Read Article
REVIEW Storm In The Andes
Storm In The Andes (Tempestad En Los Andes) marks the final instalment of director Mikael Wiström’s “Peruvian trilogy”. The documentary... Read Article
EXCLUSIVE: Bareto “La Voz Del Sinchi” (Free D/L)
Peru’s tropical fusion combo Bareto are back with a new single, “La Voz Del Sinchi”, a first taste from their upcoming fourth... Read Article
Borges and his Successors
In his short essay Kafka and his Precursors, Borges writes of the Czech author that “at first I had considered... Read Article
Free to watch online: Ten Political Films from Latin America 1964-99
Cinema has always played a major role in the dissemination of political understanding and in developing a collective memory of... Read Article
Transitional Justice in Peru
Rebecca K. Root’s Transitional Justice in Peru is a thoughtful account of the human rights abuses which arose from the... Read Article
Ollanta Humala’s Path to Peruvian President
In 2000, Ollanta Humala led an unsuccessful military rebellion against Peru’s then-President Alberto Fujimori. Six years later, the left-wing nationalist entered... Read Article
Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel prize for literature
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has been awarded the Nobel prize for literature. The author, who we profiled in a... Read Article
Mario Vargas Llosa and the relationship between politics and journalism
Mario Vargas Llosa’s statement “literature is fire” provides both an insight into his views regarding the potent weight he feels... Read Article