Americas (English Edition)

Organization of American States' Radio and Television unit The Organization of American States' Radio and Television media unit now has the capacity to become a major force for inter-hemisphere unity. Journalist Jorge Telerman of Argentina and assistant Jorge Dorio play key roles in this new wave of communication.

Alchemist of forgotten stories.

Artist Guillermo Nunez Artist, writer and theater designer Guillermo Nunez continues to draw the ire of Chilean authorities with his artistic works. Nunez, who has an obsession for violence as a subject, creates works that reflect man's anonymous inhumanity to other human beings.

An encounter in focus.

Fifth Inter-American Encounter of Photographers The Fifth Inter-American Encounter of Photographers will be held at Mexico City's new Centro Nacional de las Artes, Sep 24-27, 1996. Sebastiao Salgado of Brazil, Pedro Meyer of Mexico and other well known and controversial photographers around the world will grace the Encounter's seminars.

Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings - An Anthology.

Cultural sites at risk.

World Monuments Fund's compilation of 100 world historical sites in dire need of conservation The World Monuments Fund's 1996 list of the world's 100 most at risk historical sites has been published. The list includes 24 monuments in 12 South and North American nations. Easter Island's Orongo stone village and Alaska's Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church are two of listed sites.

Diana, o, La cazadora solitaria.

Diana, the Goddess Who Hunts Alone.

Inside a theater of words with Ilan Stavans.

Mexican-born writer and translator Mexico-born Ilan Stavans is one of the most prolific writers in Latin America and possibly the US. Stavans, who possesses a versatile and thoughtful approach, is a fine creator of original texts and anthologies. His works reflect the influence of various universal authors.

Keyboardist of contemplated spontaneity.

Cuban keyboardist Gonzalo Rubalcaba Cuban keyboardist Gonzalo Rubalcaba's music has traces of jazz, classical music and Cuban styles. Rubalcaba started recording during his teen-age years when he got the chance to play with the late legendary bebop trumpeter and composer Dizzy Gillespie.

NAFTA's clean-up act.

North American Free Trade Agreement Canada, Mexico and the US will conduct a regional phase-out or reduction of DDT, mercury and chlordane in accordance with an agreement drawn up by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. This is the first time that the three NAFTA nations will jointly target a list of specific pollutants.

Panama at a new watershed.

Panama Canal maintenance and the environment Panama needs to stabilize the 806,000-acre watershed that supplies water to the 500-ft-wide Panama Canal. Over 60% of the watershed has been cleared for agriculture, industry or housing. Approximately 11 tons of soil has reportedly been lost for every acre disturbed.

Rooting for peccaries.

The endangered Chacoan peccaries The rarest of the three peccary species native to the American continent is found in the Gran Chaco of southeastern Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature has listed the species as endangered.

Stella Manhattan.

The democratic process at work.

The Dominican Republic's 1996 national elections The Dominican Republic's 1996 national elections were another victory for democracy as the country's most respected newspaper, 'Listin Diario,' reported orderly conduct and the absence of untoward incidents. An Organization of American States Observer Mission monitored the political exercise.

The Lizard's Smile.

The lore of a desert dive.

Lake Chiu-Chiu in northern Chile A diver recounts his experience diving in Lake Chiu-Chiu in northern Chile. The circular lake is located in the middle of the extremely dry Atacama Desert. The lake's bottom was found to be surrounded by three-feet-high vegetation, with a layer of sedimentation deeper than an arm's length.

Truth & fiction chart a miraculous journey.

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's 'Naufragios' - Includes related article on retellings in modern media Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's 'Naufragios' is a narrative that depicts the ordeals encountered by the Spanish explorer in his odyssey from Tampa Bay, FL, westward to the Pacific and southward to Mexico. The narrative is questioned by many scholars who believe that the contents have been enhanced with fiction.