10 December 2015 Exorcising Magic Realism Cold reality for a hot continent by Neil Tidmarsh The world-class literature of Latin America is characterised by a refusal to accept the true nature of reality. Novelists such as Mexico’s Juan Rulfo, Colombia’s Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Peru’s Mario Vargas Llosa, Argentina’s Jorge Louis Borges and many others have… Continue reading Issue 32: 2015 10 10: Exorcising magic realism
Tag: Daniel Scioli
Issue 30: 2011 11 26: Week in Brief: International
26 November 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL ARGENTINA: In the election’s second round of voting, opposition leader Mauricio Macri, the Buenas Aires mayor who stands for centre-right free-market liberalism, defeated the left-wing protectionist Daniel Scioli, the protégé of the out-going President Kirchner. AUSTRALIA: Bushfires, thought to have been started by lightning, killed a farmer and… Continue reading Issue 30: 2011 11 26: Week in Brief: International
Issue 26:2015 10 29:Week in Brief International
29 October 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban and the Afghan army are fighting over the city of Lashkar Gar for control of Helmand province. The army drove the Taliban back from the city of Ghazni last week, and from the city of Kunduz the week before. ARGENTINA: The first round of elections… Continue reading Issue 26:2015 10 29:Week in Brief International
