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Placido Domingo to lead L.A. Opera's 'Il Postino' while in talks to go on leading L.A. Opera
Culture MonsterPlácido Domingo the performer will be in exile onstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion starting Sept. 23 as he creates the role of Pablo Neruda, the great Chilean lyric poet whose banishment brings him to an island in Italy â...... -
'Il Postino's' route: '70s Chile to '50s Italy to Thursday night in L.A.
Culture MonsterâPoetry is like bread; it should be shared by all,â Nobel-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda once wrote. Author Antonio Skármeta of Chile agrees. His 1985 novel with Neruda as a central character, âArdiente Pacienciaâ (Burning Patience), gave... -
The life of Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Born: July 12, 1904, in Parral, Chile
Died: Sept. 23, 1973, Santiago, Chile
Awards and honors: Nobel Prize for literature, 1971; Golden Wreath Award, 1972
Life: Often called the "Whitman of the South." Poetry included such works as...Tags: Chile, Nobel Prize Awards, Human Interest, Pablo Neruda, Awards and Prizes
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The heart and soul of Pablo Neruda
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt is said that the takeover of Chile in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet broke the heart of Pablo Neruda, the country's best-known poet. The man who wrote so openly of love and heartache could not bear to see his country in the hands of a military dictator...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Chile, Salt, Pablo Neruda, Diego Rivera
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New in paperback: Huxley's demons and the grace of Hanif Kureishi
Aldous Huxley: "The Devils of Loudun" (HarperPerennial)
In 1643, an entire convent in the small French village of Loudun was apparently possessed by the devil. The convent's charismatic priest was eventually convicted of seducing the nuns in his charge...Tags: University of Chicago, England, Pablo Neruda, Saul Bellow, Yitzhak Rabin
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Chile's presidential election: Conservative Sebastian Pinera may win the vote but still face a runoff
La PlazaConservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera appeared likely to gather the most votes in today's presidential election in Chile but not enough to prevent a runoff. Pinera's competition includes former President Eduardo Frei and lawmaker Marco Enriquez-... -
David F. Belnap dies at 87; Times correspondent in Latin America
David F. Belnap, an award-winning foreign correspondent for The Times in Latin America who later became a respected editor, has died. He was 87.
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David Belnap obituary: The obituary of former Times foreign...Tags: Jerusalem (Israel), Social Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Bob Gibson, Death
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Ghosts of the Pinochet regime haunt Chile's conservative president
La PlazaEx-military chiefs in Chile were apparently expecting that after two decades of center-left rule, conservative President Sebastian Pinera would go easy on them. But Pinera has not suspended investigations into alleged abuses by the military under Gen.... -
Hortensia Bussi dies at 94; widow of former Chilean President Salvador Allende
Associated PressHortensia Bussi, the widow of Chilean President Salvador Allende who helped lead opposition to the military dictatorship that ousted her socialist husband in a bloody 1973 coup, died Thursday. She was 94. Her physician, Dr. Paz Rojas, said Bussi died...Tags: Chile, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Political Campaigns, Political Systems
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Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux makes her Los Angeles debut tonight
Pop & HissWhen the great earthquake of 2010 roared through Santiago last month, hip-hop artist Ana Tijoux was performing at a club. She had made it through three songs when the walls around her began to tremble. Then the lights went out....... -
Spitting on the dead dictator
Ariel Dorfman is the author of "Exorcising Terror" and "Burning City."WHEN GEN. Augusto Pinochet breathed his last on Dec. 10, this much seemed clear to everybody in Chile: The man who had lived his whole life and never paid for even one of his crimes had done it again. Once more — one final time — everybody...Tags: Defense, Chile, Social Issues, Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Soccer on Chile's killing field
DAVE ZIRIN is the author of "What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States."IN 1995, I went to Chile's National Stadium to watch a soccer match. Soccer was something I neither enjoyed nor understood, but the game was hardly on my mind; instead, it was the arena. I was 20 years old and had come to Chile to study. I also hoped to...Tags: Social Issues, Bob Dylan, Colleges and Universities, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Death
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