AQ’s Summer Playlist
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A Guatemalan cellist, a Uruguayan pianist and a Cuban funk phenom are highlighted in this edition of AQ’s quarterly music review
Cultura
At the Havana Biennial, Artists Test Limits on Free Expression
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Cuba’s biggest contemporary art celebration reflected heightened tensions with the U.S.
Film Review: The Highs and Lows of Mexico City Punk in “This Is Not Berlin”
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Set against the 1986 World Cup, “This Is Not Berlin” is an energetic coming-of-age tale from Mexican director Hari Sama.
AQ’s Spring Playlist: The Enduring Allure of Eydie Gormé y Los Panchos
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Our latest Latin America playlist features a look back at an all-time classic.
Amid Rio’s Violence, a Local Poetry Movement Offers Hope
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“Poesia de Esquina” collects work from aspiring poets and everyday people, offering an outlet for expression in Rio’s City of God favela.
Reckoning with the Shining Path and its Legacy in Peru
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A review of The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes.
Book Review: Lost Children Archive
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Mexican author Valeria Luiselli’s latest novel connects a family’s breakup to broader questions of fragmentation in the U.S. southwest.
AQ’s Winter Playlist
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AQ’s latest playlist features warming winter sounds from Cuba, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and beyond.
Why Roma May Be the Best Film of 2018
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Alfonso Cuarón’s latest release offers a sublime portrait of family life on a universal scale.
