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Paco Peña's Flamencura

A truly memorable evening as London's favourite Flamenco guitarist brings Sadlers Wells to their feet.

Iphigenia: Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell that was once her Heart (A Rave Fable)

A challenging multi-media and a multi-layered play by Caridad Svich, an Argentine- American playwright, with a richness of references that are not entirely lost even to those who never read the Greek Myth. It debued at The Clumsy…

Tanguera @ Sadlers Wells

The Tango ballet/musical that was born out of an Argentina crisis shows its relevance to a London audience

HOLA London @ The 02

Summer Showers Couldn’t Rain on Hola! London’s Parade of Latin Stars including Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes, David Bisbal and Sebastián Yatra

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs in London

Argentine rock band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (aka LFC) set the place on fire for almost two hours non-stop at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire London on Friday.

Memorable Films: Hectór Babenco and 'The Kiss of the Spider Woman'

Corina Poore pays tribute to one of Latin America's great directors Hectór Babenco and his most memorable film ‘The Kiss of the Spider Woman' which continues to draw public fascination, even more remarkable for being…

Ana Victoria's Story - Part 4: A Life of Purpose

Ana Victoria is an Afro-Colombian biologist and the first female Colombian Anglican priest. After being kidnapped by armed traffickers while she was working with indigenous communities in the Choco region, she subsequently fled…

LATIN HOTLIST #6 - SUMMER 2017

Think Latin, Feel Latin, Buy Latin...here's our choice of great Latin products on the market this Summer

Ana Victoria's Story - Part 3: The Search for Kio

Ana Victoria is an Afro-Colombian biologist who will be ordained as the first female Colombian priest of the Anglican church in July 2017 in St Paul Cathedral. After being kidnapped by armed traffickers while she was working with…

These Trees are Made of Blood @ The Arcola Theatre

A brave piece of theatre, using sensitivity, humour and music, to depict the horror of Argentina's dirty war.

Ana Victoria's Story - Part 2: Helena

Ana Victoria is an Afro-Colombian biologist who was ordained as the first female Colombian priest of the Anglican church in July 2017 in St Paul Cathedral. After being kidnapped by armed traffickers while she was working with…

Esnayder's Empanadas Paisas

Empanadas are the most traditional of Latin American dishes, with their origen in the north of Spain, introduced the by moors during the their ocupation. Today you can find empanadas on any Latin American high street, as one…

Ana Victoria's Story - Part 1: In Exile

Ana Victoria is an Afro-Colombian biologist who was ordained as the first female Colombian priest of the Anglican church in July 2017 in St Paul Cathedral. After being kidnapped by armed traffickers while she was working with…

Mexico: Trump Weakens Fragile Economy

A sober assessment of the economic impact on Mexico of the promises and policies of the new US President.

La Follía de Corelli - music video with Lina Tur Bonet and Ángel Haro

A superb collaboration between Lina Tur Bonet, the renowned baroque violinist and the Spanish visual artist Ángel Haro has resulted in possibly the first ever Classical music video. Taking the music of one of Arcangel Corelli’s…

JESSE & JOY (East West Records)

This is the album that won Jesse & Joy, the Mexican brother and sister duo, their first US Grammy for best Latin pop album in February this year. It’s also their first to feature songs in English, some of which have already…

Argentina: Forty years of the ‘Mad Mothers’

April 30 marked the 40th anniversary of the foundation in Argentina of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo. Some of them are still searching for their disappeared loved ones.

LATIN HOTLIST #5 - SPRING 2017

Think Latin, Feel Latin, Buy Latin...here's our choice of great Latin products on the market this Spring

Eliane Elias: Dance of Time (Concord Jazz)

Eliane Elias breathes new life into samba in her latest album - a celebration not only of this uniquely Brazilian sound, but also of her collaboration with musicians who have played an important role in her career.

For the Love of Plantain

Pioneering Pan-Latin chef and restauranteur, Esnayder Cuartas, declares his love for this over-sized banana.

Sembrando Cultura: This is How We do It!

Maria Luna, a Dominican American residing in London, speaks to four Latinas in the United States, Scotland and England to find out what it means to be a Latina and how a Latina maintains or compromises her culture when she starts…

Paradise City by Joe Thomas (Arcadia Books)

American style 'noir' set in South America's biggest megatropolis - a lonely cop's battle with corruption, despair, and his own demons makes for an enthralling Sao Paulo thriller.

Brazil: the flesh is weak but the meat is rotten

Police investigations reveal another massive web of corruption involving Brazil's strategic meat industry, inspectors and politicians

Neruda (2016) Dir. Pablo Larrain

The latest Chilean addition to a great Latin American tradition of highly entertaining political thrillers, or 'Latin Noir' as the genre is now known. Neruda, focuses on the the arrest warrant issued in 1948 for the…

COSMIC CONNECTIONS

Patricia Diaz describes herself as a migrant storyteller, for she has lived longer in London than in her native Colombia. Her debut novel ‘The Golden Bat’ touches on the tragic events of the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano eruption…

The Films of Armando Bó

In the first of our 'Memorable Film' series on Latin America and Spain’s most memorable films and directors, Latinolife’s film editor, Corina Poore, profiles the ground-breaking Argentine director Armando Bó

“Fenix” Nicky Jam (Sony Music)

Reggaetón pioneer who sprung to global fame with his first album “Diferente a Los Demás” and consolidated his success in 2015 with “El Perdón” ("Forgiveness"), delivers another classic.

Cupuaçu: Brazil's Alternative to Chocolate

Forget cocoa, meet cupuaçu, a brand new contender in the arena of chocolate substitutes.

Aquarius (2017 Dir. Kleber Filho Mendonça)

A richly painted portrait of Brazilian society, of corporate greed and, ultimately, of a woman of a certain age.

'Yo amanecí' Andres Landero (Vampisoul)

A fantastic compilation of Colombia's King of Cumbia

La Tortuga de Darwin @ Cervantes Theatre

A delightful, thoughtful and hugely comical experience at the innovative Spanish Theatre initiative in Southwark

“Macondo revisited” Various Artists (Vampisoul)

A rare and unique compilation from one of Latin America's most innovative record labels

Colombia: What does Peace Mean in Comuna 13?

Gwen Burnyeat visits Comuna 13, the Medellín community blighted by guerrilla, militia and state violence during Colombia's civil war and finds that graffiti and urban escalators have achieved a sense of pride and…

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