Recently added articles from Americas:
UPFRONT
Sep 01, 2009; ... Disappeared Inaccuracies I appreciated the review of my film Nuestros desaparecidos (Our Disappeared) by Louis Werner in the August 2009 issue. Unfortunately it contains some historical inaccuracies that, need to be addressed. The reviewer says that Admiral Emilio Massera, one of ...
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Sep 01, 2009; ... Américas recently made an extensive journey through Guatemala and discovered a country of endless surprises, a land where the spirit of the Maya is still very present, not only in the great ruins of yesteryear, but also in the living presence of today's indigenous peoples. We visited the Mayan ...
A Storied Museum
Sep 01, 2009; ... Few cities ln the United States celebrate their heritage as enthusiastically as Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the recent opening of the New Mexico History Museum, speeches and ribbon-cutting were the prelude to two days of joyous festivities. An overflow crowd watched Governor Bill Richardson ...
Spanish Language Authority
Sep 01, 2009; ... In 1713, the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language was founded in Madrid with the objective of stopping Gallicisms and oilier corruptions threatening the Spanish language. The stated purpose was to "clean up, define, and give splendor" to Castillian Spanish. Years later in 1726, the six ...
Great House Gallery
Sep 01, 2009; ... A grand old plantation house that hosted meetings, of the Barbados Legislature back in the early 1700s and later was nearly destroyed by a hurricane has been given a new lease on life as one of the eastern Caribbean's most prestigious art galleries. The Gallery at Lancaster Great House ...