Theme: History

We must demystify Amazonia

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The image of the wild Amazon jungle full of snakes, monkeys and alligators, is more a Hollywood creation than anything to do with reality. Truth is, it is rare to see wildlife in the Amazon; and it’s not because animals are scarce in one of the most biodiverse places in the…

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History and Myth

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It’s well known that Blaise Cendrars inadvertently set off the “rediscovery of Brazil.” Following his example and seeking to make Río de Janeiro and the…

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Afro-Peru

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For over three centuries, streams of people, the smoke of incense, and the sounds of horns, bells and hymns have filled the streets of Lima in late October. Each year tens of thousands of Peruvians pay homage to a fresco of a crucified Christ painted by a 17th-century Angolan slave…

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