Word: latinized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...centerpiece of the volume is Fuku, an 87-page autobiographical odyssey that combines verse and narrative. The title is attributed to an African word used by Latin-American peasants to describe con men and exploiters. Yevtushenko has a little list, starting with Christopher Columbus, whom he evokes as a gold-hungry conquistador and an impatient actor on the set of a television mini-series (" 'When will this all end?!' grumbled Columbus, feeling his face to see if his gray beard had come unglued. 'Somebody, bring me a gin and tonic...
...business. As Margarita Cansino, a member of a famous family of Spanish dancers, she was dancing 20 shows a week professionally when she was in her early teens. Her father made his daughter his partner, and dyed her brown hair black in an attempt to make her look more Latin. Precociously alluring as well as arrestingly attractive, Rita soon found a place in such B-grade movies as Under the Pampas Moon (1935). At 18 she married Edward Judson, a sometime auto salesman who at once saw what was wrong: her real appeal was not Latin but all-American. After...
...many issues, Aquino is caught between the right and left wings of her fractious government. Her liberal advisers charge that the vigilantes threaten to become the Philippine equivalents of Latin American death squads. Says Haydee Yurac, a former member of Aquino's Presidential Commission on Human Rights: "It's a dangerous phenomenon that can easily get out of hand." Conservatives, including many officials of the Roman Catholic Church, counter that the people have a right to self-protection. The vigilantes, says Jaime Cardinal Sin, the outspoken Archbishop of Manila, represent the "people reacting to the violence of the rebels." Says...
Focusing on Latin American history, and the Spanish language, Robinson said he plans to leave his job as editor next year to return to reporting. He plans to concentrate his work on Latin American immigrants to the United States...
...middle class and the garb of the hippie left to the sounds and styles of the dispossessed. The emcee at this year's rally interspersed speakers with an angry rap. And while Peter, Paul and Mary performed before the march, the rally on the Capitol steps featured reggae and latin sounds...