Memories and reviews of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his work take center stage this week on Latin Pulse as this week marks a year since the death of this winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. The program traces Garcia Marquez from his beginnings as a journalist through his fame as an author setting an example for writers worldwide.  The program also discusses the writer's ties to Cuba. The news segment of the program reviews the outcome of the Summit of the Americas and Panama and how the United States and Cuba continue working toward normalized diplomatic relations.


The program includes in-depth interviews with:


Gustavo Arango of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta; and
Nuria Vilanova of American University.


Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; 
Producer: Jim Singer; 
Production Assistant: Sierra Hancock; and
Announcer: Guillermo Rodriguez.

The photo is from the International Festival of Cinema in Guadalajara, Mexico via Flickr using a Creative Commons license: www.flickr.com/people/21373185@N04 . The photo is from 2009.

Produced for release on April 17, 2015.

The program is produced at Webster University: www.webster.edu/


Remembering Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Lp4172015)

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Remembering Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Lp4172015)

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