This book offers a groundbreaking perspective on the 1973 Chilean coup, highlighting Brazil’s pivotal role in shaping the political landscape of South America during the Cold War. Shifting the focus from the United States to interregional dynamics, Mila Burns argues that Brazil was instrumental in the overthrow of Salvador Allende and the establishment of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.Drawing on original documents, interviews, and newly accessible archives, particularly from the ...

Em 1981, Dona Ivone Lara lançou seu terceiro álbum solo, Sorriso negro, que representou uma grande virada em sua carreira. Com produção e direção artística do jornalista Sérgio Cabral e arranjos e regências de Rosinha de Valença, o disco conta com participações de grandes nomes como Maria Bethânia, Jorge Ben Jor e Jorge Aragão. Neste livro do disco, a jornalista e pesquisadora Mila Burns mostra como o álbum, com canções sobre liberdade, orgulho negro e empoderamento feminino, refletia as m...

More than simply a paragon of Brazilian samba, Dona (Lady) Ivone Lara's 1981 Sorriso Negro (translated to Black Smile) is an album deeply embedded in the political and social tensions of its time. Released less than two years after the Brazilian military dictatorship approved the Lei de Anistia (the "Opening" that put Brazil on a path toward democratic governance), Sorriso Negro reflects the seminal shifts occurring within Brazilian society as former exiles reinforced not...

The Other Fridas: The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists explores the lives of prominent and lesser known artists from a dozen different countries, and seeks to understand their artistic contributions and their complex lives. Frida Kahlo is one of the most recognizable women artists of the Western world and an icon of feminism. Yet, Latin America has produced many other women artists who, like Kahlo, challenged conventions of their day, transgressed gender stereotypes...