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Following British Footsteps in South America

A new book revisits the fascinating but often overlooked history of the British presence across the continent.

“A Certain Lucas” gets a new edition at an opportune moment.

Its exhibitions in Valparaíso showcase the waves of newcomers who shaped the port city’s heyday.

“How to Save the Amazon” confronts the complexity of the rainforest crisis—and still manages to inspire.

A riveting new documentary connects the Stroessner regime to broader forces beyond Paraguay’s borders.

AQ’s music columnist spent a week exploring Bogotá’s Festival Internacional de Música Clásica and the city’s vibrant music scene.

Daniel Saldaña París reconstructs a centuries-old tale for this age of wildfires and pandemics.

New York’s famed museum reintroduces its Americas collection with a fresh, future-facing vision.

Adriana Varejão brings Amazonian folklore and colonial critique to Manhattan.

A real-life Spanish nun turned conquistador is the focus of a new novel by an Argentine writer.

A new documentary looks back at the remarkable cinema that came out of the island’s midcentury moment of optimism.

AQ’s music columnist visits La Serena Festival de la Canción, put on by the Oscar-winning Drexler family.

The 1920s movement is winning fans abroad, even as its legacy is embattled at home.

The late pontiff’s autobiography provides a rare window into the inner and outer life of a beloved and complicated man.

“Buena Vista Social Club” puts Latin America on the musical theater map.