Who are the major Latin American authors?

What influences these writers?

What challenges do these writers face?

Here you can read and listen to exclusive interviews with authors, academics and critics from across Latin America.

Learn about Brazil - from the power of the idealistic rags-to-riches soap-operas, to the challenging lyrics of rap music, which denounce social injustice.

Find out about Argentina, a nation that continues to come to terms with the 'savage tragedy' that was the military dictatorship of 1976-1983.

Understand the culture of death and violence in Colombia.

And discover the influence of Mexico City, the largest city in the world, described as'gorgeously ugly' by one writer, as inspiring as it is defeating.


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