A mayor’s edict in the Cuauhtémoc neighborhood of Mexico City whitewashes rótulos, the iconic designs of street vendors that have adorned city streets for generations.
Una artista indígena utiliza testimonios orales y el mundo a su alrededor para conectarse con la naturaleza, revitalizar su lenguaje y preservar la cultura de su comunidad.
While Cuba’s constitutional reform could help democratize the country, a new recently-enacted decree could lead to increased governmental censorship and repression in the arts.
The Peruvian government’s confiscation of a collection of art from a Lima museum on the grounds of “terrorism” suggests that Peru’s legacy of violence against Indigenous communities is alive and well.
A friend and colleague of Mexican cartoonist Eduardo "Rius" Del Río, who died last week at the age of 83, remembers his work and prodigious influence on political cartooning.
"It's the moment of extraordinary creation of comics by and about Latinos—and we’re here along with our scholarly hermanos and hermanas to shout this from rooftops."
