A debut film examines the possibilities for tenderness across divides of race and class in the booming Dominican Republic.

Sandra Gamarra Heshiki’s inverted portraits challenge idealized notions of Peru’s history.

A new translation revives Alejo Carpentier’s classic novel about the betrayal of promises for Caribbean liberation.

The region faces many challenges.
But changes in the global economy, and some encouraging developments at home, could be opening up a new era of str growth.

Weak political representation and entrenched inequality is fertile ground for imitators of El Salvador’s president, writes AQ’s correspondent.

Electoral juggernaut and hotbed of discontent, the capital’s outlying cities have loomed large. Is that about to change?

Our music columnist’s latest round-up features love songs and social commentary from across Latin America.