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There is a hellish scene in the new Colombian film Paraiso Travel that should be watched by any American who has ever hired illegal immigrants -and, for that matter, any American who has ever shouted for their deportation. A group of weary Colombian migrants, having waded across a rushing river from Guatemala to Mexico, is violently set upon by the Maras, bloodthirsty gangbangers who prowl that border corridor. Men are shot, women are raped, children are terrorized. It's an almost daily occurrence of migrant life in this hemisphere, and the film captures it with haunting authenticity...
...What's almost as disturbing is that few if any good films have ever captured it until now. Latin America's poorly financed movie industry can be as erratic as the region's governments; but the infrequent hits are always worth the wait, and that's certainly true of Paraiso Travel, which opened last month in Bogota and is setting Colombian box-office records before it heads to New York's Tribeca film festival next month. Like other memorable Latin films of this decade, including Mexico's Amores Perros and Brazil's City of God, Paraiso Travel is as richly...
...Latin Americans think twice about traveling to the U.S. illegally," says its Colombian-born director, Simon Brand, "but one that also makes Americans think twice about how these people are treated once they get here." He scores on both counts. Adapted from the novel by Colombian author Jorge Franco, Paraiso Travel (paraiso is Spanish for "paradise") makes you consider the darker consequences of open borders and closed minds alike. The former lure indocumentados into risking their lives getting here and straining the social infrastructure once they do; the latter cause xenophobes to ignore the causes of illegal immigration - the deep...
...CABOS: The vast Spa Suites at Mexico's Las Ventanas al Paraiso, tel: (52-624) 144 2800, each come complete with a dedicated spa butler, treatment room, infrared sauna, rainforest shower and organic minibar. They're also the setting for the 14-day Ultimate Fitness Program for Two - a tailor-made overhaul that includes 26 yoga, pilates or fitness classes, four exfoliations, 18 sports massages, three silver-ion facials and daily herbal remedies. The package costs a total of $59,400 - a sum that might have given you a heart attack, were you not in such tip-top shape upon...
...Could anything be more romantic than strolling barefoot at surf's edge with your beloved? Well, yes, according to Marissa Woods, the director of romance at the Las Ventanas al Paraiso resort at the tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula. She could enhance your romantic tryst by the Sea of Cortez by raking an enormous heart into the sand and perhaps, when you return from the beach, you'll find your bedroom decorated with 1,000 red roses. Woods can order up a white stallion to deliver a wedding ring or strolling classical guitarists to set the mood. She also...