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AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors: Alfredo Corchado

This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. Leer en español | See the rest of our AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors A sandy riverbed and a few bridges are nearly all that physically separate El Paso, Texas, from Juárez, Mexico. That short distance belies over a century of history that … Read more

AQ Top 5 Embajadores de la Frontera: Adrián González

Read in English Para Adrián González, el béisbol comenzó en la frontera. Nacido en San Diego, criado en Tijuana, y ahora pelotero para Los Angeles Dodgers, creció jugando en las Pequeñas Ligas en los dos países, yendo y viniendo durante los fines de semana para jugar la mayor cantidad de tiempo posible. Evidentemente, valió la … Read more

AQ Top 5 Embajadores de la Frontera: Pati Jinich

Read in English “Ya no puedo ser de mucho uso aquí. Solo puedo pensar en comida”. Con eso, Pati Jinich dejó una carrera prometedora de análisis político en una firma en Washington D.C. para convertirse en chef. No se ha arrepentido de su decisión. En los 12 años que han pasado desde entonces, Jinich, nacida … Read more

AQ Top 5 Embajadores de la Frontera: Rebeca Vargas

Read in English Reunidos alrededor de una mesa cuadrada en Ciudad de México, un grupo de Dreamers americanos y senadores mexicanos hablaban con sinceridad, compartiendo su esperanza por un mejor futuro. Una reunión entre los dos grupos podría parecer inusual, pero no para la mujer que los unió. Por más de una década, Rebeca Vargas, … Read more

AQ Top 5 Embajadores de la Frontera: Alfredo Corchado

Read in English Un cauce y unos cuantos puentes son casi todo lo que físicamente separa la ciudad de El Paso, Texas con la de Juárez, México. Esa distancia corta esconde más que un siglo de historia que suele parecer insuperable para algunos. Pero para Alfredo Corchado, esa distancia pueda ser cruzada con tan solo … Read more

5 personas que acercan a México y Estados Unidos

Read in English Ya sea en el deporte, la política, la comida o las artes, los Estados Unidos y México se han enriquecido mutuamente de innumerables maneras. Por eso AQ ha seleccionado a los Top 5 Embajadores de la Frontera para destacar a aquellos que han sobresalido por su trabajo en el acercamiento de los … Read more

Film Review: “The Distinguished Citizen”

This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. Early in The Distinguished Citizen, Daniel Mantovani (Oscar Martínez) says the only thing he’s ever done is escape the town of his youth. The truth is that his past sustains him more than he would like to admit. Daniel, the “distinguished … Read more

10 Things to Do: Northwest Argentina

This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. Argentina’s northwest corner owes much of its appeal to the convergence of Andean deserts and fertile valleys, offering visitors an array of stunning natural landscapes to get lost in. Its isolation from the rest of the country, meanwhile, has helped the … Read more

Argentina on Display

This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. From London’s Frieze to Miami’s Art Basel, art fairs are the zenith of the art market, providing a platform for gallerists, artists, curators and collectors to interact. Buenos Aires, once isolated from the rest of the art world, is now attracting … Read more

Francis Mallman: From Patagonia to the World

This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. Francis Mallmann, widely acknowledged as Argentina’s top chef, is credited with bringing southern Argentina’s traditional wood-fired cuisine of grilled meats to the world. “I think I have developed a particular language that allows me to communicate beyond taste,” said the French-trained … Read more

“Fever Dream”

This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. “Haunting” is one of those literary descriptors that are applied perhaps a bit too liberally: We might read about illness or lost love, shipwrecks or close encounters, and find the term is as close as we can get to describing our … Read more

“Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela”

This article is adapted from AQ’s special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here. The story of Venezuela is one of Latin America’s most tragic. Home to massive oil resources, and once considered the region’s wealthiest country, Venezuela is today a nation in self-inflicted collapse. The ruling chavista movement — named for former President Hugo Chávez, who … Read more

5 Latin American Movies to Stream This Weekend

From tales of getting away to a story about staying put, these five Latin American movies make for perfect holiday weekend viewing – whatever your plans. (All currently available on Netflix U.S.) Semana Santa (2015)Though at times somber and introspective, Semana Santa, the debut feature from Mexican director Alejandra Márquez Abella, contains enough humor and hopeful … Read more

‘Ingobernable,’ the Netflix Take on Mexican Political Scandal

Going along with the twists and turns of Ingobernable requires something more than the suspension of disbelief: the debut episode includes the first lady of Mexico eluding secret service agents and running through the streets of Mexico City undetected (and in heels) thanks to the sly use of a popped-up jacket collar and some well-timed escapes out … Read more

Chávez on TV: What “El Comandante” Says About Rising Populism

Moisés Naím doesn’t shy away from new projects. But the Venezuelan economist and TV host’s latest creative endeavor has sparked more than the usual controversy. “El Comandante,” a telenovela about Venezuela’s late former President Hugo Chávez , takes liberties with the strongman’s biography even as it considers his legacy and sheds light on his rise … Read more