![Didi Bortoluci had cancer while his son interviewed him for What Is Mine. He died in November 2023.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/639PngI9b-300x197.jpg)
“Your Dad Helped Build This Airport”: Brazil’s 20th Century in One Family’s Eyes
In an internationally hailed new book, a sociologist traces Brazil’s tumultuous development through his trucker father’s life story.
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Searching for Argentina’s Lost Yiddish Theater
In a young Argentine literary standout’s new novel, the country’s Jewish past and present collide.
![Orquestra Mundana Refugi performing their song “Taranta” from their album Todo lugar é aqui](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-05-30830pm-300x172.jpg)
AQ’s Summer Playlist: Unexpected Collisions
From São Paulo to Havana, surprising musical and cultural combinations mark AQ’s music critic’s warm-weather selection.
![Using paints made from local soil, Dell Alvarado depicts the environmental toll of resource extraction in her native part of Oaxaca.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Layu2-300x231.jpg)
The Dark Side of Development in Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec
With handfuls of earth and hard data, a Oaxacan artist testifies to the toll that a wind farm boom and other changes have taken on her native lands.
![La laguna del soldado’s experimental structure overlays images of Andean grasslands with the voices of scientists and locals—and a reading of Bolívar’s poetry.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Filmalt-300x192.jpg)
In the Footsteps of Bolívar, A Meditation on Nature’s Superhuman Power
A new film retraces the Liberator’s difficult campaign across the Colombian Andes, revealing the natural world’s final victory over mankind.
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When Mexico City’s Salsa-Dancing Pensioners Became Political Kryptonite
A showdown over dancing in a public plaza brought a halt to Sandra Cuevas’s rapid ascent—and continues to hang over her Senate campaign.
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A Son of Mexico’s Elite Bids for Literary Stardom in the U.S.
In Nicolás Medina Mora’s debut novel, a failed attempt at Americanization yields critical reflections on two North American elites.
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AQ’s Spring Playlist: Hearing Voices
AQ’s music critic highlights the lingering power of the human voice in this roundup of tracks old and new.
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When Latin America Took the “Talking Cure”
An exhibition in London traces the history of psychoanalysis in the region, from dream-interpreting radio shows to Freud’s Peruvian connection.
![Actor Jaime Vadell as El Conde in Pablo Larraín's Netflix reimagining of Augusto Pinochet as ancient vampire. In the Oscar-nominated satire, Chile’s dictator lives on as a vampire. But it doesn’t take magical thinking to see his continuing influence on politics.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/L1060080_R_V2-300x208.jpg)
Pinochet’s Supernatural Staying Power
In an Oscar-nominated satire, Chile’s dictator lives on as a vampire. But it doesn’t take magical thinking to see his continuing influence on politics.
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Lucha Libre’s First Queer Star: More than a “Shining Superhero”
Saúl Armendáriz’s 1990s breakout was dazzling. But a new biopic substitutes Hollywood glitter for real-life complexity and depth.
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A Brazilian Noir Writer Investigates Her Biggest Crime Yet
Femicide—the killing of women—is the subject of Patrícia Melo’s experimental novel, set on the edge of the Brazilian rainforest.
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AQ’s Winter Playlist: Flying High, But Solidly Grounded
Our music critic highlights songwriters refashioning high-flown poetic themes—and the low rhythms of the double bass.
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Fernando Botero’s Political Masterworks
The late artist wasn’t thought of as highly political. But many of his best paintings satirize the powerful and sympathize with history’s victims.
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In L.A., a Testament to a Champion of Venezuelan Art
An exhibition on the life and photography of Alfredo Boulton showcases the vast sweep of his artistic gaze, along with its occasional oversights.