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The International Booker longlist signals a “second ‘boom’ in Latin American fiction”, said judges, with a quarter of the nominated authors being South American.Argentinian poet Selva Almada, Venezuelan writer Rodrigo Blanco Calderón, Brazilian writer Itamar Vieira Junior and Peruvian journalist Gabriela Wiener have all been longlisted for the prize, which recognises the best novels and short story collections from around the world that have been translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.The first…

Peso Pluma has canceled three scheduled performances in Latin America. The musician planned to make stops in Perú, Paraguay, and Chile over the next week but has backed out of those appearances, citing “personal reasons.” Two headlining performances — at Parque Olímpico in Asunción, Paraguay, on Feb. 24 and Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, on March 2 — have been scrapped in addition to Peso Pluma’s appearance at Viña del Mar. The event, scheduled for March 1, would have marked his first appearance at the…

Samsung has released a new security update to one of its best-selling Fan Edition devices: Galaxy S20 FE. The smartphone has started getting the February 2024 security update in North and South America. Galaxy S20 FE gets February 2024 security update in North America and South America The new security update for the Galaxy S20 FE has arrived in all Latin American countries with firmware version G780GXXS8EXA6. The Galaxy S20 FE 5G is also getting a new security update, and it has arrived on the carrier-locked variant of…

We’ve got one month of 2024 behind us and for fans of Latin music, it’s been a very fruitful one. With another 11 months of the year to go, we’re excited about the new music coming our way and January has set the bar incredibly high. From Latin superstar Marc Anthony through to new stars such as Emilia and Nathy Peluso, there’s been some corking tracks released already. We’ve picked 5 of the Latin songs that we’ve had on repeat since they came out and you can find out what they…

Taiwan's battery-swap and e-scoot company Gogoro is about to land on South American soil, thanks to a partnership with energy company Copec. The move will see GoStations and electric Smartscooters roll out in Chile and Colombia.Along with manufacturing electric Smartscooters, such as the recently-announced Pulse, Gogoro has operated a bunch of battery-swap hubs – called GoStations – since 2015. So instead of riders needing to mull around at charging points while their batteries get topped up, they just roll up, remove a…

Bad Gyal is not, as her name might suggest, a Jamaican MC, but a singer and rapper from Spain whose output incorporates Puerto Rican reggaeton and Jamaican dancehall. Alba “Bad Gyal” Farelo first hit in 2016 when she covered Rihanna’s song Work in Catalan (Pai). Since then she has networked extensively with artists from the Caribbean and Latin America. Her recent threeway with female rappers Young Miko and Tokischa, Chulo Pt 2, is one permutation of her supersexualised party music, which at its best boasts either reckless…

The band remains in a state of reconfiguration following the end of their 20-year recording contract with Atlantic Records Paramore‘s unforeseen circumstances are becoming a little more foreseen. On Thursday, the band announced that they would no longer be performing at a string of festivals in Latin America. The band remains in a state of reconfiguration following the end of their 20-year recording contract with Atlantic Records, sharing via Instagram Stories that they “will see you in the next…

From Q-pop visionaries to teen rap sensations, here's a list of who we have our eye on this year 2023 was a star-making year for Latin artists across genres. One of the biggest stories was, of course, the global ascent of música mexicana, which opened the door for sensations like Peso Pluma, Grupo Frontera, Fuerza Régida, and Junior H. In Puerto Rico, powerhouses like Young Miko and Omar Courtz paired up with the biggest names in urbano and dominated the scene, while rappers…

No one could accuse Kali Uchis of wasting time. The tour to promote her third album, Red Moon on Venus, ended a matter of weeks ago – with a performance at Camp Flog Gnaw, the festival curated by her sometime collaborator Tyler, the Creator – and yet here is its follow-up. She announced its arrival – or rather she announced a “new era” for her music – back in July, a mere four months after Red Moon in Venus came out.The artwork for Orquídeas.Perhaps, like persisting in calling new albums “eras”, this is just the way…

The Latin Grammys made history last year when its awards ceremony, typically hosted in the United States, moved overseas to Seville, Spain. During the big event, the Latin Recording Academy President Manuel Abud took Rolling Stone behind the scenes and showed us how the organization pulled off a “magical celebration.” In a new video, we see Abud walking through different elements of the awards show, from its red carpet to its magnificent stage. Abud stops by the outside rotunda of Seville’s Conference and…