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Babel is Babel indeed. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga are essentially up to the same trick they used brilliantly in Amores Perros, less so in 21 Grams--interweaving multiple stories about disparate individuals and eventually revealing their hidden connections. Since the characters are, in the present instance, operating on a global scale, some viewers will find Babel excitingly far-ranging. Others may find it merely far-fetched. Some will see the casting of Cate Blanchett as the wounded tourist and Brad Pitt as her husband as evidence that it aspires to be a major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Power of Babel | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...confidence of her singing in her native tongue. The intricately crafted lyrics in songs like Escondite Inglés allow her to work out that wonderfully warbled voice. And Shakira's reputation for writhing is safe with La Tortura, her rocked-out-yet-folky duet with Spanish crooner Alejandro Sanz. You'll have no choice but to get up and dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 Sizzling CDs from South of the Border | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

Kennedy Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies Alejandro Poire—a scholar of Mexican politics who is teaching an undergraduate course on the subject in the fall—said that this election’s emphasis on economic policy was not surprising because “every single poll taken shows that employment is what people care about...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani and Claire M. Guehenno, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Calderón Wins in Mexico | 7/7/2006 | See Source »

...derogatory remarks,†a suspected Sureno 13 member emerged and shot Meat and his friend, said Mike Keefe, a homicide detective in the Minneapolis Police Department. Meat died minutes later in Hennepin County Medical Center’s emergency room, according to the local medical examiner. Alejandro Luna, 17, has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree assault and is now awaiting a June 20 preliminary trial to determine if he will be charged as an adult, said Ross E. Corson, spokesman for the Hennepin County attorney. ‘HE COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING?...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An ‘Ogichidaa’ | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...This is the decision," he booms, totally avoiding Humala's name in nearly an hour on the stump. Garcìa and Chávez have been trading insults for months, since the Venezuelan leader began openly supporting Humala and attacking Garcìa, other candidates and Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo. "Hugo Chávez is helping us every time he speaks. And Humala does not understand this," says Enrique Cornejo, Garcìa's chief economic advisor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru's Presidential Circus | 6/2/2006 | See Source »

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