Americas (English Edition)

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Latest documents

• Minga the Communal Work Tradition of Bolivia.
• Access to Food: Identifying issues and developing solutions for food security in the Americas.
• Bolivia.
• Roberto Sierra: Musical Visionary of the Caribbean: the colorful and rythmic music of this classical composer draw heavily on his Puerto Rican heritage.
• Celebrations that resound throughout the hemisphere.
• Through the Eyes of Rey Rosa: Considered one of the best Central American writers and master of enigmatic and precise prose, Rodrigo Rey Rosa captivates readers with his acute vision of everyday life and violence, while skillfully portraying the real ity of his native Guatemala.
• Contemporary Art Behind Bars: The emblematic Miguelete Jail in Montevideo, Uruguay, is a venue where a past of imprisonment merges with art of the present, creating new forms of expression.
• Editorial.
• Colombian heritage.
• Brimstone Hill Fortress: Gibraltar of the Caribbean: This Bastion on St. Kitts and Nevis was created against a backdrop of empire-building, slavery, an immensely profitable sugarcane industry, and the American War of Independence.

Featured documents

• The OAS mission.
• Leading ladies Latin America: in less than four decades, these commendable females have advanced and influenced the role of women, transcending the typically male-dominated political realm.
• Prized Guatemalans.
• Mayan secrets come to light.
• The OAS Mission in Colombia.
• The rap on the raperos.
• Remaking a Lost Harmony: Stories from the Hispanic Caribbean.
• Los Roques: keys to life secrets.
• Is culture a barrier to human rights?
• Bird's-eye view.