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Tag: Peru
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 expl…
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 wo…
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 d…
Music Break / Calle 13
Puerto Rican band Calle 13 got their Peruvian fans talking today when they released the video for ‘Latinoamérica&#…
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 b…
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 “…
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…