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Celebrating Sexuality in Condomnauts
Imagine this scenario. You’re watching Denis Villeneuve’s hit 2014 sci-fi classic, Arrival. But instead of attempting to communicate with...
Francis Buchanan
May 27, 20196 min read
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Corbyn & Maduro: An Ideological Kinship
Away from the all-devouring monster of never-ending carnage & mayhem that is Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn has managed to find himself in another...
Francis Buchanan
May 11, 20195 min read
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The Pursuit of Purpose in Gueros
Director, Alonso Ruizpalacios, was born in Mexico City in the late 1970s and grew up in the Distrito Federal area. The burgeoning...
Francis Buchanan
May 4, 20195 min read
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How ‘Fever Dream’ Subverts Conventional Literary Forms
“For the first time in a long while, he looked down and saw his hands. If you have ever had this experience, you’ll know just what I...
Francis Buchanan
Apr 20, 20194 min read
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Triple Frontier: An Unpatriotic War
If you know me well, you’ll know that there are few things I like more than a little bit of over-analysis – especially when it comes to...
Francis Buchanan
Mar 31, 20196 min read
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The Cycle of Grief in Umami
Laia Jufresa’s first novel, Umami, begins with her young protagonist Ana stating her intentions to plant a ‘milpa’ – a small crop-growing...
Francis Buchanan
Mar 24, 20193 min read
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Wiping the Slate Clean in Roma
Released in late 2018, Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma immediately received swathes of plaudits from high-ranking critics all around the globe. On...
Francis Buchanan
Mar 9, 20193 min read
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Putting Chatwin on the Map In Patagonia
Endlessly pigeonholed as a travel memoir, Bruce Chatwin’s In Patagonia often resembles anything but that. Chatwin’s 1977 classic is, at...
Francis Buchanan
Feb 23, 20194 min read
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A Brief History of US Interventionism in Latin America
The eyes of the international community are currently trained upon the political stalemate in Venezuela. With the Trump administration...
Francis Buchanan
Feb 10, 20194 min read
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Sobering Truths in The Rum Diary
Hunter S. Thompson is one of those writers who everyone seems to have read a hundred times over. I’ve had a number of phases in my life...
Francis Buchanan
Feb 4, 20195 min read
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Parallel States: Political Turmoil in Venezuela
On January 23rd, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Caracas to urge Juan Guaido to swear himself in as acting President...
Francis Buchanan
Jan 26, 20193 min read
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Ignorance is Bliss in 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s seminal novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude is perhaps one of the most iconic works of fiction to ever emerge...
Francis Buchanan
Jan 22, 20195 min read
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Books Beyond Borders: An Exploration of Latin American Literature, Film and Culture
Welcome to Books Beyond Borders, my new literary review that will see all the best works from the exotic climes of Latin America...
Francis Buchanan
Jan 21, 20192 min read
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