He was known for magical realism, but the genius of 'Gabo' was that his work defied genre Not many pillars of literature who held the century past upon their shoulders lived this far into the 21st. Seamus Heaney, Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García Márquez were among the very few in their league to remain among us until recently, and now the last of that triad has departed arguably the...
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Colombia's president Juan Manuel Santos declares three days of mourning after the death of Nobel prize winner Gabriel García Márquez. Vigils are held throughout the country. Márquez, considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, died in Mexico City. He was 87 Continue reading... ...
Colombian Nobel laureate who helped to launch boom in Latin American literature with novel One Hundred Years of Solitude Few writers have produced novels that are acknowledged as masterpieces not only in their own countries but all around the world. Fewer still can be said to have written books that have changed the whole course of literature in their language. But the Colombian writer Gabriel García...
An appreciation of the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, who has died aged 87, by American novelist Edmund White One Hundred Years of Solitude is a masterpiece because it is an episodic novel that has a rigorous form an unprecedented combination. From the very beginning we know the town of Macondo will endure only a century, so there is a limit to the length of the narrative. We discover that...
Singer Shakira joins presidents of Colombia and Mexico, as well as Bill Clinton, in paying tribute to Nobel prize-winner The death of Latin American literary giant Gabriel García Márquez prompted immediate reaction from across the continent and beyond, almost as soon as the first rumours hit the internet early on Thursday afternoon. Politicians weighed in quickly with Juan Manuel Santos,...
Observer review (of translation by Gregory Rabassa) by David Gallagher England is now certainly the last remaining civilised country in which the extraordinary zest and originality of contemporary Latin American fiction has not been recognised. At a time when the novel appears to many to have generally burnt itself out, Latin Americans have boisterously resuscitated the genre by presenting sheer original...
Colombian author became standard-bearer for Latin American letters after success of One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez a life in pictures The Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, who unleashed the worldwide boom in Spanish literature with his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, has died at the age of 87. He had been admitted to hospital in Mexico City on...
Medellín flaunted its makeover as it hosted UN Habitat's World Urban Forum with tours of futuristic schools and libraries, parks and city cable cars but some old problems remain Residents of Medellín's poorest slums used to be suspicious of strangers. Who in their right minds would be wandering the winding steps up the steep slopes of their neighborhoods, controlled by local criminal gangs...
Nobody knows cities better than the bloggers who write from the frontlines. This week: Mike Ceaser of Mike's Bogota Blog I've lived in Bogotá for about nine years. Previously, I lived in Caracas, Venezuela; Asunción, Paraguay; La Paz, Bolivia; and Viña del Mar, Chile. Before moving to South America (initially for just one year, to improve my Spanish), I lived in the southern United...
The resilience dividend : The Colombian city's hosting of a global conference would have been unthinkable 10 years ago Two weeks ago, a mudslide devastated the community of Oso in Washington. Days later, down the coast, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles. Neither of these events was entirely unpredictable, nor completely preventable. But both represent the new normal that cities everywhere...
In removing a presidential rival from office on the basis of a legal technicality, Juan Manuel Santos has done Colombia no favours Last month, the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, took a decision that could undermine attempts to present his country as a modern democracy and might affect the delicate peace process being negotiated with the Farc guerrilla group in Havana. He ratified the dismissal...
Nobel laureate's condition remains 'delicate' as 87-year-old recovers from lung and urinary tract infection Gabriel García Márquez is now home following his hospitalisation last week, but the Nobel prize-winning Colombian author remains in a "delicate" condition, according to officials. Márquez went into a hospital in Mexico City on Thursday , where he was treated for...
Cost overruns, debt, inflation and harmful consequences make large dams very risky projects, says Oxford University report Large dams in developing countries are not economically viable. Instead of obtaining hoped-for riches, developing countries risk drowning their fragile economies in debt owing to the ill-advised construction of large dams. New research undertaken at Oxford University, investigating...
As urban populations soar, so does the demand for fair and sustainable access to housing and transport and where there is a need, there's also an opportunity to innovate Latin American cities may be diverse but they hold one similarity: the speed and scale of urbanisation they are facing. Distinct from developed countries, where urbanisation has historically occurred gradually, major cities in this...
Colombian author of bestselling and critically loved works such as 100 Years of Solitude, hospitalised for unspecified causes Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez was hospitalized on Thursday in Mexico City, two officials at the health ministry told Reuters on condition on anonymity. García Márquez, whose career spans journalism to the fantastical...
Risky cities : schemes to protect people in danger from landslides and other disasters mean new housing for some Bogotanos but many more are being left to fend for themselves Estela stood atop a pile of debris. Scattered about were chunks of concrete, shards of glass, piles of bricks, scraps of aluminium the remains of her former home. Up and down the street stood the shacks of her neighbours, similar...
Oliver Balch speaks to three young innovators using the internet to better people's lives Like many young adults today, 23-year-old Gordon Swaby spent a sizeable proportion of his childhood playing computer games. In his early teens, his parents tried to curb his habit by refusing to buy him any new releases. Undeterred, the enterprising teenager from Kingston, Jamaica, set up his own video gaming...
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President Juan Manuel Santos predicts talks taking place in Havana will see an agreement with the Farc by end of 2014 Colombia is nearing a peace deal that could end the longest-running civil war on the planet and significantly reduce the global supply of cocaine, according to President Juan Manuel Santos, who predicts an agreement with Farc guerrillas that will include the eradication of coca plantations....