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To understand Latin America's political culture, and to understand why it differs so greatly from that of the United States, one must look beyond the political history of the region, Howard J. Wiarda explains in this comprehensive book. A highly respected expert on Latin American politics, Wiarda explores a sweeping array of Iberian and Latin American social, economic, institutional, cultural, and religious factors from ancient times to the twentieth...
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An Argentine composer of contemporary classical music, Alberto Ginastera is considered one of the most important composers of the twentieth century. He composed with writer Manuel Mujica Lainez on the opera Bomarzo. Ginastera was also known outside academia. Rock band, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer adapted the fourth movement of his first piano concerto and recorded it on their popular album Brain Salad Surgery under the name Toccata. The recording not...
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Juan Manuel Fangio (Balcarce, 1911 - Buenos Aires, 1995), son of Italian immigrants, was an Argentine car racer. The "Chueco" is considered one of the best drivers of the world motorsport of all the times, in particular for being quintuple champion of Formula 1 with four different teams. In 1958, in Batista's Cuba, a command of the 26 de Julio Movement, led by Fidel Castro, kidnapped him for 26 hours.
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Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908 - 1992). Born Héctor Roberto Chavero, Yupanqui recalls his childhood in the Pampas "the first music was the spur, mirror of the night." His many works include: poetry books The song of the wind and The Pagador Persecuted;song The Axes of My Cart;and composition: The Sacrifice of Tupac Amaru.In 1950, he performed in Parisat the behest of Edith Piaf.When he recorded this A FONDO in 1977, his success was international. "I have...
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QUINO, Joaquín Salvador Lavado, was born as the son of Spanish and Andalusian immigrants in the city of Mendoza (Argentina) in 1932. Since his birth, he was called Quino to distinguish him from his uncle Joaquin Tejon, a painter and cartoonist with whom he discovers his vocation. In 1976 in Argentina, amilitary coup occurs and General Videla takes command; Quino and his wife move to Milan. In 1976 at the request of UNICEF, his cartoon characterMafalda...
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Julio Iglesias is a Latin singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 1976, heperformed atMadison Square Garden, in New Yorkwhere he set a box office record. In 1983, heentered the Guinness Book of World Records forhaving sold the most records in the most languages in history. Iglesias is one of the most popular Latin artists of all time.
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Libertad Lamarque (1908-2000). The singer and actress Libertad Lamarque, was an icon of the Golden Age. She discussesthe 1938 musical filmMadreselva (Honeysuckle)and from "the bride of the romantic tango, always feminine" we hear: I am Crazy about the Horns of Cars and The Girl of the Seventeen. She recountsher trajectory in the theater, musical comedy, and hertours of America.
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Matilde Urrutia (1912-1985) traveled from Isla Negra to participate in the 1976 A FONDO program. She is the third wife and widow of poet Pablo Neruda, whom she met in 1946 and married in 1955. She describes with extreme sensitivity the years they shared together until the death of Neruda, which coincides with the bloody military coup of 1973, and concludes the program reading poem64 of Cien sonetos de amor.
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Rodolfo Enrique Cabral (La Plata, Buenos Aires, 1937 - Guatemala, 2011), was a singer-songwriter, poet, writer and Argentine philosopher. He was characterized by his compositions of trova and his monologues with personal anecdotes, parables, social criticism to promote self-realization, the awakening of consciousness, and spiritual reflection. In 1970, he recorded No soy de aquí, no soy de allá (I am not from here nor am from there). During the...
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During his career, Ennio Morricone worked withseveralforms of musical composition: first as orchestrator and conductor in the recording field, then as a composer for theater, radio, television, and film. He made music for more than 400 films working with various Italian and international directors such as Gillo Pontecorvo , Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe Tornatore, Brian De Palma, Roman Polanski, Adrian Lyne, Oliver Stone, Roland Joffe, and Quentin...
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"Political Culture in Spanish America, 1500-1830 examines the nature of Spanish American political culture by reevaluating the political theory, institutions, and practices of the Hispanic world. Consisting of eight case studies with a focus on New Spain and Quito, Jaime E. Rodríguez O. demonstrates that the process of independence of Spanish America differs from previous claims. In 1188 King Alfonso IX convened the Cortes, the first congress in...
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