Anya Ayoung Chee: Trinidad & Tobago fashion designer, entrepreneur and activist
Mere months before becoming a contestant on the trendy fashion design TV show Project Runway, Anya Ayoung-Chee was learning how to sew. The contestant from Trinidad and Tobago would go on to win the 2011 season of the competition, setting an example for cultural and...
Chile through Neruda’s eyes
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda once wrote that “love is so short, forgetting is so long”. Exploring Isla Negra, his favourite home overlooking the Pacific south of Valparaiso, I could see that these weren’t just words on a page. Neruda never forgot his friends. When people...
Welcome to Montevideo: Uruguay’s capital moves to its own beat
A Saturday afternoon in Montevideo’s old town feels like the first scene of post-apocalypse movie 28 Days Later. The rows of 19th-century townhouses look abandoned, with some of the windows concreted up and plants growing through the balconies. You peer down an empty...
Secrets of the Day of the Dead, a Mexican Tradition that Spreads Across Latin America
Day of the Dead is a celebration that extends throughout Mexico and other Latin American countries. For Mexicans, it is a very important date in which visits are made to cemeteries, offerings and altars are created. During these days, it is not uncommon in Mexico to...Interest Reading
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