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Uruguay

?SP 4YaT^TMWP 8Z`Y_LTY by Carolina De Robertis (Historical Fiction) The story of three
generations of women against the backdrop of Uruguay during the violent guerrilla movement
of the late 1960s.

7LYO^ ZQ 8PXZ]d by Felisberto Hernandez (Short Stories) A beautiful compilation of short
stories and novellas by a well-known Uruguayan writer.

?SP -ZZV ZQ 0XM]LNP^ by Eduardo Galeano (Memoir) A collage-like memoir by Uruguayan
journalist and author Eduardo Galeano, including recollections of his exile during the military
dictatorship in the 1970s and other observations and remembrances.

,WTaP% ?SP >_Z]d ZQ _SP ,YOP^ >`]aTaZ]^ by Piers Paul Read (Memoir) In October 1972, Uruguayan
Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes Mountains carrying an Uruguayan rugby team,
along with their family and friends. Alive tells the story of the crash and how sixteen of the
passengers managed to survive in sub-zero temperatures.

Suggested Movies

Chile

8T^^TYR (1982, Drama). When an expat writer living in Chile during the 1973 coup goes
missing, his wife and father-in-law must navigate complex and dangerous political waters to
search for him.

?SP -L__WP ZQ .STWP (1975-1979, Documentary). A three-part documentary series about the 1973
coup d’etat that deposed President Salvador Allende and raised General Augusto Pinochet to
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No (2012, Drama). Set in the 1980’s and based on an unpublished play by Antonio Skarmeta,
this Chilean drama explores the role of advertising tactics in General Augusto Pinochet’s
campaign for re-election.

Argentina
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as told from the point of view of an Argentinean soldier looking back at his experiences two
decades later. In Spanish with subtitles.

Down Argentine Way (1940, Musical) A light musical about a blossoming romance between an
American heiress and an Argentine horse breeder. Features the feisty Carmen Miranda in her
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Evita $$! 8`^TNLW ,W_SZ`RS ZYWd WZZ^PWd ML^PO ZY _SP ]PLW WTQP ZQ ,]RPY_TYLɪ^ ʭ]^_ WLOd _SP
detailed sets, period costumes, and real-life Argentine locations convey the glamour of Buenos
Aires in the 1930s. Travelers interested in documentaries should look for Evita: The Woman
Behind the Myth from A&E or Evita (The Documentary) directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley.

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