Latino USA’s
Maria Hinojosa and radio producer Yolanda Perdomo tour the African Presence
in Mexico exhibit at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago.
School of the Americas
The film titled, “The Motorcycle Diaries” told the story of two young Argentines on a road trip across Latin America-from Buenos Aires to the tip of Venezuela. The movie covered the political coming-of-age to Ernesto “Che” Guevara—a young doctor who’s spurred by the lush beauty and poverty all around him to seek a revolution. José Rivera wrote “The Motorcycle Diaries” screenplay, earning an academy award nomination. But in spite of his success with that film, he still considers himself first and foremost a playwright. In his new drama, “School of the Americas,” Rivera returns to the story of Che Guevara. Wounded and imprisoned in a small school in Bolivia, Che is visited by an idealistic local teacher. The play opened recently at New York City’s Public Theater and is co-produced by the Labyrinth Theater Company. Reporter Pamela Renner sat down with the playwright, cast, and director to learn more about the twilight days of Che Guevara.