Since their first hit album, “El Dorado”, Aterciopelados led by Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago has been a staple of Colombian rock. In a list of 1000 of the most important Colombian rock songs, their “Bolero Falaz” was ranked number one. This year the band will be performing in the […]
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Colombian journalist María Paulina Baena is making a new beginning. After a decade as the host of the satirical news program “La Pulla” for the newspaper El Espectador, she’s reinventing her career as a actress. We talk about the combination of journalism and performance, and reinventions. Spanish version La periodista […]
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Peruvian filmmaker Martin Guerra has premiered in Spain and Latin America his feature film “Los Bárbaros” [The Barbarians], co-directed with Javier Barbero. The film is set during the Spanish crisis around 2010 and follows three young people living in an abandoned building on the outskirts of Madrid. Indie, contemplative, and […]
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Born in the UK from Jewish descent, Venezuelan-American comedian Joanna Hausmann talks with Polivision’s Paul Alonso about her evolution as a comedian, the role of “discomfort” as a central component for satire, intersectional identities and the implications of criticizing the left and right in today’s polarized environment. Hausmann became initially […]
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Over the past ten years, Chile has witnessed the emergence of a large electropop scene in which different artists use drum machines, synthesizers and state-of-the-art software to explore the different political, social, romantic and sexual manifestations of men and women immersed in modern life. From names known in Latin America, […]
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From denialism during the pandemic to the emerging content creator economy, Argentinian journalist and Youtuber Ivana Szerman describes the social and digital landscape Argentina is experiencing after the pandemic. This video column is part of our series on Reimagining Latin America After the Pandemic: Media, Culture and Democracy Ivana Szerman […]
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