Óscar Martínez
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English
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"Heartbreaking immersion into the lives of people enduring extreme violence in Central America El Salvador and Honduras have had the highest homicide rates in the world over the past ten years. Oscar Martinez, author of The Beast, which was named one of the best books of the year by the Economist and the Financial Times, shares a beautiful and immersive account of life in one of the most violent places on earth. Martinez travels to Nicaraguan fishing...
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"One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. Óscar Martínez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, and his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories he garnered from two years spent traveling up and...
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2019.
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English
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Martinez and his brother Juan tell the story of a violent life and death of a Salvadoran gangster--and of the geopolitical forces that propelled a country into becoming one of the most violent on earth. As a boy, Miguel Angel Tobar fled a small town in El Salvador torn apart by warring guerrillas and US-backed death squads. Still a preteen, he joined a different kind of death squad--the Hollywood Locos Salvatrucha--a clique of the Mara Salvatruchas,...
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Debate
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[2016]
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Español
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La alta tasa de homicidios que se registra en el triángulo compuesto por Honduras, El Salvador, y Guatemala es el resultado de una mezcla de gobiernos corruptos con una guerra auspiciada por Estados Unidos que, como efecto boomerang y a pesar de sus esfuerzos para detenerlo, regresa a sus manos. Para evitar que esas muertes caigan en desestima de la incomprensión, en estas páginas se hace visible la cotidianidad de una sociedad sumida en el abandono...
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Debate
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2018.
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Español
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¿Qué tiene que ver la administración Reagan con que un pandillero centroamericano haya asesinado a más de 50 personas en su país? ¿Qué relación hay entre la ciudad de Los Ángeles de los años 70 y el violento occidente salvadoreño del nuevo siglo? ¿Cómo un grupo de migrantes adictos al heavy metal terminó pariendo a la pandilla más reconocida del mundo? ¿Es una tontería explicar un genocidio indígena, los procesos del café en El...
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Español
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"¿Qué tiene que ver la Administración Reagan con el asesinato de más de cincuenta personas a manos de un pandillero centroamericano? ¿Qué relación existe entre la ciudad de Los Ángeles de los setenta y el violento occidente salvadoreño del nuevo siglo? ¿Cómo unos migrantes adictos al heavy metal terminaron pariendo la pandilla más conocida y temida del mundo? ¿Cómo de osado sería explicar un genocidio indígena, los procesos de producción...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Español
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"When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited dto mastermind this ambitious endeavor. Completing the all-star team are two actors with enormous talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by...
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Darkstar Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
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Following the death of his son, Jorge travels from conservative Bolivia to NYC to confront Sebastian, his son's boyfriend. While Jorge struggles to accept the life of his son, Sebastian channels his grief into a bold play honoring his lost love.
10) Inseparables
Publisher
Omnibus Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Español
Description
Felipe, a wealthy businessman who has become quadriplegic due to an accident, is looking for a therapeutic assistant. Although Felipe has several qualified candidates to do the job, he decides to hire Tito, who does not have the abilities or the conditions needed to do the job. The people closest to Felipe strongly try to convince him not to hire Tito but Felipe remains firm in his decision. Tito is the first person in a long time who doesn't treat...