Latin America: composite profile of a continent

Is it possible to speak of a specifically Latin American culture? And if so, how did it develop, in the vast Latin American melting pot of peoples and ways of life? The UNESCO Courier has invited some of Latin America's leading writers and thinkers to try to answer these vital questions and to define the unique cultural identity of their continent.

Roberto Fernandez Retamar: Debunking the 'Black Legend'  (online article)

Other authors: Autres auteurs: Leopoldo Zea, Alejo Carpentier, Gilberto Freyre, Jorge Amado, Octavio Paz, Arturo Uslar-Pietri, Pablo Macera, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Augusto Roa Bastos, Cézar Fernandez Moreno, Marcos A. Morinigo.

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Discover also other issues on Latin America: Amérique latine : 150 ans d'indépendance, en juin 1961 https://en.unesco.org/courier/june-x-1961 et Amérique latine : nouvel essor de cultures, en mars 1972.