"Its tumultuous past, marked by massacres, slavery, violent domination, coups d'etat, revolutions and uprisings, often overshadows another narrative of Latin America: that of a vibrant, culturally rich region where art, creativity and solidarity hold a central place in society. Throughout its post-Columbian history the period after Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492 Latin America has grappled with the tension between subjugation to colonial and imperial powers, resistance and the pursuit of independence."
"Juan Vicente Gomez, the dictator of Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935, was reputedly the wealthiest man in South America This deeper, more sophisticated history less defined by institutional crisis now finds visual expression in Historia da America Latina em 100 Fotografias (History of Latin America in 100 Photographs), the latest work by Paulo Antonio Paranagua. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1948, the journalist and historian uses images as threads weaving together a transnational narrative of the continent."
"The son of a diplomat, Paranagua grew up in Buenos Aires and Madrid, learning Spanish before Portuguese and absorbing early lessons in defying dictatorship. As a teenager under General Franco, he read clandestine newspapers from exiled republicans in Tangier. Back in Brazil, he began studying social sciences before moving to Leuven in Belgium and finally to Paris in 1968, drawn by its radical, intellectual ferment."
Latin America combines a history of massacres, slavery, violent domination, coups, revolutions and uprisings with a parallel narrative of vibrant culture, creativity and solidarity. A visual project compiles one hundred photographs to trace a more nuanced, transnational history that emphasizes cultural expression alongside political struggle. The compiler's cosmopolitan upbringing across Buenos Aires, Madrid, Leuven and Paris informed a commitment to anti-dictatorial activism rooted in May 1968 and Trotskyist organizing. Experiences of imprisonment by Argentina's dictatorship and loss of passport under Brazil's military regime shaped a life devoted to documenting historical memory through images and cross-border narratives.
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