An Argentine novel uses the supernatural to explore abuses of power in the country’s past and present.
Americas Quarterly
Mariana Enríquez’s Meaningful Monsters
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Alejandra Oliva
Luke Skywalker Inspired Him As a Boy. Now, His Company Makes Low-Cost Prosthetics.
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Khalea Robertson
From Urubamba, Peru, Enzo Romero started LAT Bionics to put prostheses within reach for more people.
NEW AQ: Uruguay: Latin America’s Imperfect Success Story
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AQ Editors
Uruguay has built one of the world’s strongest democracies, despite its flaws. We explore the country’s many lessons in our latest special report.
AQ’s Winter Playlist: Mellow Music for the Southern Summer
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Sebastián Zubieta
A selection of new Latin American releases, to warm a cold Northern night or dance a Southern summer night away.
Explaining Evangelicalism’s Uneven Political Success
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Nick Burns
A new book sheds light on why evangelical Christianity has generated greater electoral power in some Latin American countries than in others.
Windows Onto a “Hidden City”: Bogotá’s Creative Districts
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Juan Pablo Daza P.
Renewing distressed areas and recognizing bohemian haunts, these districts in Colombia’s capital have been praised—and also criticized.
Inside the Vicious Cycle of Mexico’s Disappearances
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Ena Alvarado
A new film by Lorenzo Vigas probes the cruel process by which victims of violence can become participants.