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  • Poetry / Features

    In the shadow of Lorca

    The poems of Federico Garcia Lorca have touched and inspired people and poets worldwide. Yet his passion, defiance to oppression and his unique vision of Andalucía as a tolerant fusion of cultures makes him particularly special to the Arabs, whose own poetry Lorca was deeply connected to. No better example of this connection, writes Atef Alshaer, is Lorca’s 'The Gypsy Ballads', whose new English translation is to be launched next week in an event hosted by the Cervantes Institute.

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    Sarmiento: Argentine National Hero or Ideologue of White Settler Racism?

    2011's Latin American bi-centenaries saw governments celebrating their national heroes again. In Argentina, a broader process of revising its recent 'Dirty War' history has made many eager to revisit their more distant past of indigenous annihilation. It means uncovering some unpleasant truths about their national heroes, and an opportunity to create new ones, as Richard Gott explores in this two part series

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    Sarmiento: The Forging of a Racist Ideologue (part 2)

    In this second part of our article on the Argentine national hero, we travel with Sarmiento to Africa where he took notes on how the French waged war on the natives to promote white immigration and settlement. The lessons he learnt, argues Richard Gott, were to be crucial to Argentina's future.

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    Loathe the term Latino? Blame it on the French

    The word ‘Latino’ may conjure up style and swagger (Latino Life, of course, equalling all things cool). But having been created as a tool in Europe’s colonial tussle for territory, is the word really cool or has Latin America come to signify relegated America? Being an introspective and thoughtful lot at Latinolife, we decided to throw the spanner in the works and, risking being our own worst critics, question the word Latino itself.

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  • Latin London / Features

    Being Latin in London - Part 1

    We all come with a different story. From the high life of Carlos Acosta to the invisible cleaner working double shifts so that she can put her children through school back home. Some came here as political refugees, others as economic migrants, and those born and bred here, form part of the new generation of UK Latinos. So what is Latin Identity in Britain? What makes the Latin identity here, as opposed to Spain the US, unique? In this two part article, Candela went out on the streets of London to talk to Latinos of all generations who were born or have settled here about what being Latin in London means to them, and how it has changed their perspective of themselves and others.

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    Part 2 - The Liberation of being Latin in London

    Lazy, violent and corrupt?…it’s sometimes tiring countering the contantly reinforced stereotypes of Latin America in the British media, but if we don’t do it who will? In the second part of our Latin London identity series we explore this issue. We also learn from our Latinos how moving from Latin America to London has changed their perspectives, broadened their horizons, and enriched their life. Whatever the ups and downs, having two identities can be a liberating thing.

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  • Cumbia / Features

    From The Docks To The Decks: The Cumbia explosion

    Cumbia, a Colombian musical genre whose humble beginnings lie in the port of Cartagena, is finding its way into the hands of enthralled DJs and producers across the world. Why is it, asks Olly West, that a genre celebrated globally struggles to find the same glory in the national consciousness? Candela tells the story of Latin America’s most exciting musical movement.

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  • Society / Features

    Modern Spain: Stylizing the Stereotypes?

    Spain is a country that attracts strong stereotypes. Images of wife-beating machos, blood thirsty sports and crazy drivers may have dissolved since the years of Franco isolation, but siestas, fiestas and Flamenco is still what most people think Spain is about. So what is modern Spain? Maybe maturity is not worrying about what people think or maybe the key to modrrn Spain is in the stereotype. Latinolife investigates Spain's image of its contemporary self

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  • Panama / Features

    PANAMA’S CHARM (just keep it to yourself!)

    Amaranta Wright explores the unspoilt joys of Panama, from the friendly faces and swing of the capital to the stunning archipelagos of the Caribbean.

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  • History / Features

    Los Niños Vascos and The English Lord

    In 1937, as Bilbao was being bombarded, 4,000 Basque children arrived in Southamption, thanks to some extraordinary individuals who defied the British government's official policy of appeasement (which ultimately contributed to the victory of Fascism in Spain). This is the incredible story of an English Lord, an exiled Spanish poet and the Basque children who stayed on his Oxford estate.

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