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6 days ago

‘I wanted to make people dance, or cry, or puke’: Marc Ribot, the wildcard sideman for Tom Waits, Robert Plant and more

He started as a jazz guitarist making Barbie albums on the side, and has ended up on over 500 releases. From bebop with Elton John to Americana with Alison Krauss, Ribot recalls the richest of career…

10 days ago

As Trump focuses on his trade war, Brazil and China forge closer ties

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed up to Xi Jinping’s vision of a multi-polar world, as Beijing expands its influence in Latin America

Few world leaders can say they’ve been hugged by Xi Jinping, Ch…

13 days ago

‘We’re zombies. We’ve lost all connection to one another’: Astropical, the Latin supergroup healing our broken brains

After his band Rawayana were driven out of Venezuela by their own president, Beto Montenegro joined with Li Saumet of Bomba Estéreo to make music that battles political strife with pure joy

The coming…

15 days ago

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Latin American leaders spend millions to influence Trump’s White House

El Salvador’s Bukele has scored an Oval Office Trump meeting, nuclear deal and US prison support

US government records reveal Latin American leaders have spent millions hiring Washington’s top lobbyis…

19 days ago

José ‘Pepe’ Mujica obituary

Former president of Uruguay who began his political carreer as member of the Tupamaros guerrilla group

On 8 October 1969, a band of guerrillas disguised as mourners in a funeral procession marched int…

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The big idea: could the English language die?

For the time being it’s dominant – but as the Romans could tell you, nothing lasts for ever

Given that a staggering 1,500 languages could vanish by the end of this century, by some estimates – close t…

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'Judas' Pope Leo's brazen snub of America revealed by Peruvian President as he taunts Trump

'He chose to be one of us,' Peru's president said in a public address lauding the selection, after Pope Leo XIV spoke to the world in Latin, Italian and Spanish - but not his native English.

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