David Carrasco (1944-), North American Professor of Religions at Princeton, later at Harvard Divinity School, editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures.

Roberto Sosa (1930-), Honduran poet, editor and journalist, Casa de las Americas Award (1971), National Rosa Literary Award (1972), National Itzamna Literary Award (1980).

Edith Grossman (1936-), preeminent North American translator of Spanish language works, including García Marquez, Vargas Llosa, and her new version of Don Quixote.

Given the limited scope and sustainability of urban heritage conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean, changes in how it is carried out and funded are needed in order to involve all social actors and use the preserved assets to meet demonstrated social needs. Based on a multidimensional...

Cristián Samper (1967-), Costa-Rican/Colombian biologist, Director of Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, former chief science adviser to Colombian government.

Rigoberta Menchú (1959-), Guatemalan indigenous leader, Nobel Peace Prize (1992), Prince of Asturias Award (1998), and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.

Over the past decade, the new creative-cultural industries have increasingly become one of the main sources of greater production and employment in many countries. Although the growth of cultural industries has been mostly limited to the world's richest countries, a number of low- and...

Fernando Savater (1947-), distinguished Spanish philosopher and novelist, Professor of Philosophy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Sakharov Prize (2002).