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...learn more about these nasty little tomes. There he meets the creators who churn out 80 pages a week(!) for each title. A true cultural critic, Raeburn folds interviews, deep research and travel into an essay form that uses the little comix as a lens to examine everything from Latin-American history to the different uses of irony across cultures. In particular Raeburn uses the historietas to get at the Mexican way of life. For example, though sold openly on every street corner, these "ghetto libretti" are technically illegal, defying Mexico's obscenity laws. This way the government...
Pedro Russello just finished his second term as Governor of Peurto Rico. He will discuss public policy and community service while working with the Institute-affiliated Project H.E.A.L.T.H. Rusello has worked as a pediatric surgeon and professor of medicine at Harvard University before addressing issues in Latin-American politics and assuming the seat of Governor...
Collins encouraged Latin-American students to take advantage of the resources at Harvard while Curiel stressed the importance of mentor-ship, prompting John D. Couriel '00 to ask for an internship during the question and answer session...
...well-produced orientation video, Meireles likens the place of a Latin-American contemporary artist to the spectator at the back of a movie theater, watching the film and the audience reacting in front of him. So while he and other Latin-American artists like Lygia Clark and Helio Oiticica may have had their eyes on the art world, few could see them in the back row. Yet as his retrospective proves, he has consistently engaged, and sometimes foreseen, the same theoretical issues and artistic strategies of his better-known international counterparts. His installations of room corners, whose walls and base...
...Latin-American community has typically been viewed as a Democratic stronghold, but they are beginning to move toward the right, said Mercedes L. Barnet, president of Massachusetts Hispanic Republicans...