In June 1930, during the 4th Pan-American Congress of Architects, the male architect and multi-artist Flavio de Carvalho, a leading name in Brazilian Antropofagia movement and a programmatic bachelor himself, presented a thesis entitled “The city of the naked man”. In it, he launched a severe attack on what he called the Christian and capitalistic concepts of family, marriage and private property, concluding with an appeal to the American delegates to “take off their civilized masks and show their anthropophagous tendencies” repressed by colonization. José Lira's talk will take his own house, built on the outskirts of São Paulo in the 1930s, as an erotic-political apparatus to the staging of an insatiable American man. Understood both as bachelor home and a living “Experiencia”, it will explore its strengths and restraints in the forging of an ethno-historical utopia. ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKER José Lira is a Visiting Research Scholar with the Program in Latin American
Havana, Sept 29 (Prensa Latina) First Vice President of the Pan American Institute of Naval Engineering (IPIN), Marvin A. Gutierrez, on Thursday commended Cuba´s work leading that organization in spite of hardships.
BOGOTA, Colombia – Today, Invest in Bogota announced that the city will host numerous key industry events in 2015 through 2017, further establishing Colombia and its capital as a world-class destinati
BOGOTA, Colombia – Today, Invest in Bogota announced that the city will host numerous key industry events in 2015 through 2017, further establishing Colombia and its capital as a world-class destination for business. Colombia ranks third among Latin American countries in hosting events, with Bogota being the main contributor, according to the most recent report from the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA).
The allure of the country can be reflected in the 68,617 foreigners who participated in the congresses or conventions supported by the Greater Bogota Convention Bureau between 2010 and 2014. According to the ICCA, the arrival of 27,400 such visitors between 2015 and 2018 is already confirmed, and this number continues to increase.