Ritmos Negros del Perú – a Documentary on Afro-Peruvian Music

Ritmos Negros del Perú is a documentary by filmmakers Florent Wattelier, Sonia Barousse and Hugo Massa. In it, they explore the often overlooked influence of people of African descent in…..

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November 23, 2014

What’s Driving the Violence Against Latin American Environmentalists?

It was three days before Christmas in 1988. Much of the world—following a blisteringly hot summer—had really begun to worry about rising global temperatures. That night, Chico Mendes stepped outside…..

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February 22, 2013

What’s new in South America? Blackface is okay in Peru

Peruvian media have revived the debate regarding Negro Mama, a popular character of the prime time TV show El Especial del Humor. The show, aired on one of the country’s…..

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September 27, 2011

Music Break / Calle 13

Puerto Rican band Calle 13 got their Peruvian fans talking today when they released the video for ‘Latinoamérica’ (which they partly recorded in Peru). And not just because it has…..

1 min read

August 2, 2011

Vargas Llosa in Congo

Not sure whether Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa’s new novel, El Sueño del Celta (The Dream of the Celt), has been published in English yet — so I might be…..

4 mins read

March 10, 2011

These People Have Been Contacted

Wired.com, which usually knows better, has a photo gallery on its site that “takes you on a tour” of “the last uncontacted people.” What drove them to publish the images…..

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December 18, 2010

Music Break

A really nice new video from the Afro-Peruvian roots-electronic crew out of Lima. Not too many people in the U.S. (or on the African continent) are aware of the existence…..