Sergio Ramírez (1942-), Nicaraguan author of 25 books, Dashiell Hammett Award (1988), Alfaguara Award (1998), and former Vice-President of his country.

This book complements Art of Latin America, 1900-1980 by Marta Traba. In this volume, Colombian historian Germán Rubiano Caballero provides an overview of the arts of Latin America during the last two decades of the twentieth century. He discusses the main exhibitions, trends, influences,...

Marta Traba, one of Latin America's most controversial art critics, examines the works of over 1,000 artists from the first 80 years of the 20th century. This book is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in studying the evolution of Latin American art.Abstract: Marta Traba, una de...

Language serves two key functions. It enables communication between agents, which allows for the establishment and operation of formal and informal institutions. It also serves a less obvious function, a reassuring quality more closely related to issues linked with trust, social capital, and...

The Bank is receiving an increasing number of requests from state and municipal governments to finance publicly owned convention centers. This paper suggests that few of these projects will bring the benefits expected and may impose fiscal burdens on states and municipalities that will make it...

This presentation focuses on the role of the Inter-American Development Bank in the socioeconomic development of the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Following a brief description of who the region's indigenous peoples are, and of the issues and concerns that face them, this paper presents...

The contributions included in this volume reflect both the challenges and opportunities of an incipient process of reflection and dialogue between indigenous peoples, governments and development agencies on a subject of vital importance for the approximately 40 million indigenous people of the...

46 sculptures by male and female indigenous artists executed over the last 15 years, depicting Inuit people, animals and legends, among other themes, made this show the most extensive and complete exhibition of Canadian Inuit sculpture of the last 15 years presented in Washington. All works come...

Michael Chibnik (1946-), Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa, based on his 2003 book Crafting Tradition: The Making and Marketing of Oaxacan Wood Carvings.

Thirty paintings and sculptures from the National Museum of Bolivia, the Museum Arturo Borda, the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore, the Marina Núñez del Prado Foundation, and the private collections of Mr. Fernando Romero and the BHN Foundation, and Mrs. Carmen Mazzi de...