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...announced, albeit in broken English, their decisions to become crossover artists with the goal of appealing to a worldwide audience. Paulina Rubio, Carlos Ponce, RBD (these names probably don’t ring any bells): they all tried it with only limited success. Juanes, who has recorded only in Spanish, has achieved the international acclaim that these Latin American artists strove for. Non-Spanish speakers have enjoyed Juanes’s music—no translation necessary. “La Vida...Es Un Ratico,” his first album in three years, happily proves no different. The album...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Juanes | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...this expansion is much more than just an excuse to sell more tickets and Goya posters. Moneo's design serves the museum's collections rather than overwhelming them. "We chose him because, in addition to being a great Spanish architect, he is humble," says Zugaza. "He knew how to work harmoniously with the neoclassical architecture of the original." The new wing was never intended to bear the bold signature of a Pei pyramid or a Gehry curve; it manages instead to be quietly beautiful. An exquisitely crafted foyer of cedar, textured granite and brushed bronze is lined on one side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Light at the Prado Museum | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...Bolivia's unloved," says Yuly Perez, Vice-President of the National Organization for the Emancipation of Women in a State of Prostitution (ONAEM in its Spanish initials), the sex workers' union. "We are hated by a society that uses us regularly, and ignored by institutions obligated to protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prostitutes Strike in Bolivia | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

After “The Mineola Twins,” Steinemann plans to take a break from theater to work on his thesis. His thesis focuses on the 17th-century Spanish play “Life is a Dream” by Pedro Calderón, a work that touches on many issues confronted in “The Mineola Twins...

Author: By Katherine L. Miller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Jeremy R. Steinemann '08 | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...level players is being drawn from youth squads in cities farther north. And, although less has been made of it than during France's victorious 1998 soccer World Cup campaign, the fact that the rugby team includes three African-born players and host of names resonant of Spanish, Italian and Polish origin demonstrates the game's role of integrating immigrants and their children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rugby Hits the Big Time | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

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