Helena María Viramontes en sus proprias palabras

Se recogen varios ensayos sobre la existencia de valores universales y la inconmensurabilidad de cada cultura frente a las demás, en un momento en que los procesos de mundialización política, económica y mediática plantean estas cuestiones en la vida cotidiana de numerosos pueblos y colectividades.

Success didn't come easily to award-winning Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro. He experienced constant rejections in auditions for roles when he first started to pursue an acting career. It wasn't until he moved to Los Angeles that he started getting parts, starting with small ones in films like Big Top Pee Wee and eventually leading to a breakout role in The Usual Suspects. When he won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in the movie Traffic, he was only the third Puerto Rican American to win an acting Oscar. Read all about del Toro in this full-color...

A richly documented autobiographical account of Puerto Rican life during the first three decades of the 20th century.

An ethnographic look at how traditional Maya families in the Puuc hills today store various materials and what it is they store. The information garnered is then considered for its implications in archaeological reconstructions, with particular application to the remains at Sayil. Complete text in English and Spanish.