Latin America
The Cliff Divers of Acapulco
Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** Acapulco as seen from above At the end of March, I went to Acapulco for the first time in my life; I was a guest of a PR firm, invited to the city for the annual Tianguis, a travel and trade show. I’d heard about Tianguis from some … Continue reading
Film Review: “La Teta Asustada”
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** The question that stayed with me for several weeks after watching “La Teta Asustada” (released with the English title “The Milk of Sorrow,” but literally “The Frightened Breast”) was this: Are there films whose topics are so specific, so insular in some way, that their audience just won’t “get” them? … Continue reading
“Celebrating Latin America at Ground Level” is released today
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Image: Courtesy of Steven Roll ** Steven Roll, the founder of the blog, Travelojos, has just released Celebrating Latin America at Ground Level, an ebook to which I and many of my Matador colleagues and friends contributed. The participating writers are all passionate about Latin America; many of us have lived … Continue reading
Brazilian Day 2010
Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo Translation: Francisco Collazo [vease abajo para la version en español] ** For me, New York isn’t the Big Apple everyone talks about. It’s a grand piano, an enormous trumpet, a giant book, a city full of cultural events I want to experience: lectures, exhibits, concerts, sporting events, and an … Continue reading