The rapport that existed between the celebrated Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the relatively silent Fidel Castro has made headlines. Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo takes a critical look at this issue in the wake of Marquez’s passing.
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In today’s column, Tarik Günersel culls ideas from millenia-old stories and puts his personal stamp on them. Here are two selections from his “life guide” To Become.
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Cartoonist Raul Fernando Zuleta (Colombia) mourns the death of writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Israel Centeno draws from the history of the Weimar Republic to contextualize and analyze elements of the recent Venezuelan protests.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao elucidates a growing trend about Chinese pregnant women and emigration known as ‘birth tourism’.
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Sampsonia Way’s new video series, “The Freedom Chat”, introduces author and artist Linor Goralik. Throughout her interview, Linor reveals the struggles of publishing in Russia as well as the external forces that affect her personal work. She also keenly differentiates two propaganda “styles” during this discussion.
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In his column, Yaghoub Yadali throws some light on the media war that is stymieing the burial of professor and distinguished scholar, Richard N. Frye, in Iran.
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