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...Austin, TX. Sus sangrientas cintas, la primera fue El mariachi, y alegres fantas?as -la ?ltima es The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl en tercera dimensi?n- han ganando m?s de $565 millones. Su triunfo ha facilitado el camino para una nueva generaci?n de cineastas, tales como el chileno Nicol?s L?pez de veinte y pico de a?os, que est? causando conmoci?n en Hollywood con su pel?cula, Promedio rojo. Pero Rodr?guez, de 37 a?os no est? preparado para hablar sobre su legado. ?El t?tulo de ?m?s poderoso latino en Hollywood? est? bien porque sabes que muchos j?venes te miran y pueden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Rodr?guez | 8/15/2005 | See Source »

...Santiago, demonstrators stoned a tew Axis-owned stores, the PACH newsagency and the office of the pro-Axis newspaper El Chileno. The Japanese brazenly announced convoyed resumption of Japan-to-Chile shipping, promised within a week 24,000 tons of auto accessories, motors and tires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Percussions & Repercussions | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...sometime in the 1860's, gave the Barbary Coast its apt title. The district then was already famed since the beginning of the Gold Rush as "Sydney Town"-named for the Australian ruffians, escaped convicts and ticket-of-leave men who clustered there around the earliest tent-dwelling Chileno (Spanish-American) harlots. These "Sydney Ducks" made up the city's first criminal element. Their grog-shops, dancehalls and bawdy houses became spawning grounds for swindlers, burglars, thugs, arsonists and murderers of infamous skill and boldness. In a 40,000 population there was an average of two murders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: San Francisco's Scarlet | 8/7/1933 | See Source »

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