News of latin culture

IDB: Uber drivers in Latin America are educated men earning US$7/hour

26-02-2026 08:25 Uber drivers in Latin America and the Caribbean are overwhelmingly male, most have a high rate of university education and tend to take on the work part-time.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Latam-GPT: a Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias

10-02-2026 07:39 Chile set to launch Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model designed to combat biases built by the primarily US-centric industry.

ACADEMY AWARDS

Argentina’s ‘Belén’ joins Brazilian feature on Oscars foreign film shortlist

17-12-2025 12:15 Argentine legal drama 'Belén' and Brazilian political thriller 'O Agente Secreto' have made it onto the shortlist for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars.

CELEBRITIES IN LATIN AMERICA

Samba, football and tacos: Dua Lipa seduces Latin America with eye on local culture

04-12-2025 12:10 British singer Dua Lipa captivated Latin America by embracing the passions and melodies of the countries she visited during her regional tour.

HISTORY & CULTURE

Peñico: Peruvian citadel that is nearly 4,000 years old opens doors to tourists

14-07-2025 10:20 Site of 3,800-year-old citadel from the Caral civilisation, one of the oldest in the world and located in northern Peru, opens to the public after eight years of scientific studies and restoration work.

FILM & CINEMA

Fear and loathing: Trump film threat shocks Latin America

07-05-2025 23:25 Trump's threat to slap tariffs on foreign-made movies leaves Latin America's burgeoning film industry baffled and fearful.

OBITUARY

Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian Nobel-winning novelist

13-04-2025 23:25 As one of Latin America’s foremost writers and intellectuals, Mario Vargas Llosa defended individual liberty, democracy and the free market, which often put him at odds with his peers and political leaders in the region.

LITERARY LEGEND DIES

Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89

13-04-2025 23:15 Mario Vargas Llosa has died in Lima at the age of 89, confirms family; Nobel literature laureate is considered to be one of the greats of Latin America's literary "boom" of the 1960s and 1970s.

FILM & LITERATURE

Latin American classics get the streaming treatment

25-02-2025 10:54 Decades on from the Latin American literary boom that took magical realism to the wider world, several notable artworks and comic books – including ‘Mafalda’ and ‘El Eternauta’ – are being given a new lease of life on streaming platforms.

ART

Small Uruguayan town of Garzón seeks place on international art map

06-01-2025 13:19 It may not be the most obvious location for an international art festival, but Pueblo Garzón is a small town with big ambitions to join the world's cultural hotspots.

CULTURE

Netflix is betting big on Latin America to expand its viewership

25-04-2024 16:15 Netflix attracts viewers from all over the world, but its biggest untapped audiences lie outside the United States.

INTERVIEW

James Rubin: 'China is supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and repeating its crazy arguments'

20-04-2024 05:24 China is supporting “materially, diplomatically, and even repeating Russia’s crazy arguments for this war,” says James Rubin, the United States’ top diplomat in charge of battling disinformation abroad.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Bloomberg

Tech giant with 30,000 employees has no return-to-office policy

12-04-2024 14:17 Software company Globant SA’s sleek office in downtown Buenos Aires are quite the attraction, but Chief Executive Officer Martin Migoya is choosing not to adopt a return-to-office policy for his nearly 30,000 employees across 33 countries.

News of latin culture

IDB: Uber drivers in Latin America are educated men earning US$7/hour

Latam-GPT: a Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias

Argentina’s ‘Belén’ joins Brazilian feature on Oscars foreign film shortlist

Samba, football and tacos: Dua Lipa seduces Latin America with eye on local culture

Peñico: Peruvian citadel that is nearly 4,000 years old opens doors to tourists

Fear and loathing: Trump film threat shocks Latin America

Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian Nobel-winning novelist

Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89

Latin American classics get the streaming treatment

Small Uruguayan town of Garzón seeks place on international art map

Netflix is betting big on Latin America to expand its viewership

James Rubin: 'China is supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and repeating its crazy arguments'

Tech giant with 30,000 employees has no return-to-office policy

Arcor, Danone take control of La Serenísima, reshaping Argentina dairy market

Two suspects in Liam Payne drug supply case released pending trial

Milei’s approval rating hits new low as Argentina's unemployment rises

Argentina votes against UN resolution on transatlantic slave trade

‘Nothing to hide’ – Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni pushes back on questions over wealth, assets

Manuel Adorni adquirió un nuevo inmueble y aumentan los cuestionamientos sobre su patrimonio

Entre la ofensiva de Netanyahu y el rechazo de Irán al plan de Trump: el mundo en vilo por la escalada regional

España: una paciente psiquiátrica de 25 años será este jueves la persona más joven en recibir la eutanasia

A cuánto cotiza el dólar hoy, jueves 26 de marzo de 2026

Nicolás Maduro se enfrenta a su primera gran prueba judicial en Estados Unidos