El 15 de enero pasado ocurrió una noticia muy importante para la historia de México: Grupo Radiopolis donó a la Fonoteca Nacional todo su acervo, el cual data desde 1929. Casi 155 mil documentos sonoros, que forman parte de la memoria auditiva de México y son un tesoro intangible de nuestro país están ya a […]
Javier Garciadiego: conversando sobre Historia.
En esta ocasión, tuve el honor de platicar con uno de los historiadores mexicanos más importantes de nuestro tiempo. El Dr. Javier Garciadiego, presidente de El Colegio de México, para charlar, junto con Yuriria Contreras y la productora Silvia Ramírez, sobre uno de los proyectos para difundir el pasado de nuestro país que más éxito […]
Peru: President Says Country Closer to Overcoming Poverty
President Alan Garcia has claimed that Peru is a step away from overcoming poverty and soon will no longer be a developing nation. Garcia said that by the year 2015, less than 10% of Peruvians would be living in poverty. Bloggers throughout the country sized up on the president’s words: Roberto Bustamante, writing in El […]
Venezuela: Kusturica’s Visit Becomes Political
– by Laura Vidal Acclaimed film director Emir Kusturica visited Caracas to close out the week of celebrations for the city with a concert by his No Smoking Orchestra. After seven years from his last visit, Kusturica’s fans (myself included) gathered for the free concert that took place at one of the biggest parks in Caracas. In the end, Kusturica’s […]
Brazil: Making a Child Murder Into a Media Show
by Daniel Duende On the night of March 29, 5 year-old Isabella Nardoni was found dying in the front garden of the apartment block where she lived with her father, her stepmother and her two half-siblings, in a middle class neighbourhood in São Paulo. The caretaker found Isabella after she apparently fell out of her […]
Peru: Puno Leader Seeking Greater Autonomy for Region
by Juan Arellano The Regional President of Puno, Hernán Fuentes, is seeking that the region become an autonomous or federated state, in which it is given financial, administrative and political autonomy. This announcement attracted a lot of interest in the media, as well as in the blogs. Bernd Krehoff of Perú Politico [es] writes in […]