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...ironically allows them to remain together eternally, through life and death.Although “Love in the Time of Cholera” is much too long and relies on the cliché (imagine “I have bigger fish to fry” being said in a cheap Colombian accent), the inherent splendor and appeal of the story make this a good film, even if it pales in comparison to García Marquez’s novel...
...security may trump the economy in the minds of voters, which will help Molina. The bulk of Colombian cocaine en route to the United States passes through Guatemala and the narco industry has had an impact even on the country's politics. Several alleged drug kingpins ran for local office in areas along key trafficking routes during the first round of voting in September...
...surrendering to one’s passions, and the song accordingly feels like it’s sung in a single, energized breath. “Báilala” is bound to induce dancing in anyone who comes across it: the enlivening blend of caja vallenata (Colombian drums that are played between the knees) and electric guitar makes this the album’s most invigorating song. Unlike the rest of Juanes’s albums, “La Vida...Es Un Ratico” has its fair share of ballads. Yet they prove to be just...
...Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America Davíd Carrasco was the first to present, showing the “Mapa de Cuauhtinchan,” a drawing of a pre-Colombian metropolis. When Carrasco pointed to a portion of the map where an Aztec goddess is leading her people into a new era of salvation, he remarked, “Here we have, perhaps, an earlier incarnation of President Faust...
Indeed the culture still celebrates people like Jamal Hamieh, a down-to-earth but shrewd farmer from Taraya village. Protected by a private army drawn from the Hamieh clan, he hosted Mafia dons, Colombian drug lords and New York gangsters, and threw lavish parties for top Syrian military intelligence officers based in the Bekaa, plying them with whisky, women and thick wads of $100 bills. Hamieh received expensive presents in return from his grateful clients. One gift was a brand-new Porsche which Hamieh, unaware of the car's status value, blithely destroyed in a matter of days by driving...