UW-Milwaukee’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies’ co-produced documentary, El futuro maya II, is now available. The filming began in 2015 in various locations throughout Guatemala. It’s the sequel to El futuro maya: voces del presente, which was filmed … Continue Reading »
If you want to know a country’s deepest fears, look at its border.
Borders, a new show from Vox, has two different Latin American/Caribbean features. Haiti/Dominican republic, found here, focuses on “One Island, Two Worlds.” Mexico/Guatemala, found here, focuses on “How the US Outsources Border Security.” Find the show in its entirety here. … Continue Reading »
Largest Online Collection of Latin American Music
Over the last 30 years, Alejandra Fierro Eleta — also known as Gladys Palmera — has amassed the world’s largest private collection of rare Latin American recordings. The archive includes more than 50,000 albums, photographs, and other ephemera, focusing largely on Afro-Cuban … Continue Reading »