Earlier, Semana (and then Tuerto) raised the alarm that Ecuador’s Correa and Venezuela’s Chávez contributed to recommendations to be brought before the OAS to reform its Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in a way that might neuter that body’s freedom of expression rapporteur. I am happy to say that the danger appears to have passed.
LatAm shut out of Oscar nominations
Jan 25, ’12
12:19 AM
After some pretty strong showings in recent years, with films like El Secreto de sus Ojos, La Teta Asustada, and Biutiful, Latin American films have been completely shut out of this year’s Academy Award nominations.
Mexico’s Miss Bala was supposed to be competitive, but no dice. Anyway, these are the people who voted Driving Miss Daisy, Titanic, and Crash best picture, so should anyone give a damn?
The blog Cine Latino has a nice list of Latin American films that were contenders, so at least the Oscar competition gives us a lineup of films to reluctantly pirate over the next few months as we are frustrated in our efforts to view them legally.