Let's talk Latin America
Let's talk Latin America
Following the 7th annual Copa Criadores, Bristolatino contributor Vladimir Lazareff gives us an insight into his experience of horse racing “a la mexicana”. During my stay in Mexico, I was lucky enough to experience a unique feature of Mexican culture: horse racing. Although I had already been to the races in the UK and France, I was […]
Bristolatino’s Literature Editor Isaac Norris visited the Estadio Palillo in Mexico City last week, a stadium which temporarily housed Central American migrants en route to the US border. On the 12th October, 2018, around 7,000 migrants hailing predominately from Honduras began the gruelling journey from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, towards the United States. Since then, various other […]
In 2015, Mexico’s most famous telenovela actress became embroiled in a politically-charged media storm after meeting with the world’s then ‘most wanted’ criminal, the cartel leader, ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán. The 3-part Netflix documentary which tells Kate del Castillo’s version of the story is directed by Castillo herself, and features interviews with her family, friends, lawyers, […]
The team behind the Anyone’s Child i-documentary invited the public to learn about their campaign at its Bristol launch last Wednesday 11th April at the Art’s House, Stokes Croft. Rebecca Wilson reports. The concept Every one of the 150,000 people who have died due to the drug war since 2006 is somebody’s child. […]
Callum Smith talks us through the Anyone’s Child event this Wednesday 11th April at The Arts House on Stokes Croft: ‘How to End Mexico’s Drug War’. ‘The conflict for control of the drugs trade in Mexico has become increasingly violent in recent years. Anyone’s Child Mexico provides the opportunity to listen to the stories from […]
BristoLatino’s Helen Brown talks festivals, life experience and spirituality in photography with Juan De La Cruz, award-winning Mexican photographer. Juan De la Cruz is a photographer living in Veracruz, Mexico, who gained recognition as one of the six winners of the Latin American Fotografía award. His submission was part of a project called ‘The Labyrinth’, which explored […]
Hailed as a return to his Gothic cinematic roots, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water has already started to garner acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Bristolatino’s Helen Brown takes us through a closer look at the allegorical meanings hidden in the film. Guillermo del Toro’s new film The Shape of Water features an amphibian humanoid […]
A Mexican take on Jean Genet’s The Maid’s, Vaca 35 theatre company and Director Damien Cervantes’ The Only Thing a Great Actress Needs is a Great Play and the Desire to Succeed made it’s London premier at CASA 2017. Isabella Bruton reviews. This two woman show, starring Diana Magallón and Mari Carmen Ruiz, is a […]
JR’s boarder-spanning picnic has turned the forgotten Mexican city of Tecate into a place of pilgrimage for peacemakers. Art editor, Beatrice Murray-Nag reports. The city of Tecate in the Baja California state of Mexico has become evermore present in the public eye since president Trump uttered the words ‘border wall.’ The divisive proposal would see […]