A victory by Sebastian Pinera in the Chilean marks a major turning point in the post-Pinochet transition, and a return to power of some of the hardcore rightists who collaborated with the military regime.
Does Alejandro Zambra's Bonsai mark the end of an era in Chilean literature?
Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío, all but unknown in
English-speaking countries, had a global impact on literature, ushering
Spanish poetry into the modern era.


