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Alfredo Castro


Magdalena returns

Considering how much evolution we’ve gone through to get where we are today, it’s more than a little amusing that, as a species, we’re often resistant to change. So, when we’re faced with a major upheaval or challenge, we’re likely to bury our heads in the sand and hope it simply goes away of its …

The concept of the innocence of childhood has troubled countless men down through history, often manifesting itself in sinister and dangerous ways. While the advent of the internet has brought the problem into stark relief, the likes of Vladimir Nabokov with his novel Lolita has tried to put this obsession in writing. Even Lewis Carroll’s …

Latin America has never been the most stable region in terms of politics or government. When not acting as a microcosm of the Cold War, the continent’s recent history has been marred by Military Juntas and brutal dictatorships. Argentina in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s is a case in point. A coup d’état in …