Chile

Cannes: With 'The Congress,' Ari Folman votes for new audacity

2013-05-19 03:00:00

CANNES, France -- Few independent directors have won as many plaudits for their visual inventiveness as Ari Folman. Five years ago, the Israeli first-timer came to Cannes and caught the film world’s attention with his combat piece “Waltz...

Cannes 2013: Chile's onetime cult king still the wizard of weird

2013-05-16 12:39:00

CANNES, France — The Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky has made only seven features in his nearly half-century career, but his legendary midnight movie "El Topo," a wigged-out peyote western that played to New York audiences for months in 1970,...

Bolivia: Surreal beauty in the high desert of the Andean plateau

2013-05-12 00:00:00

POTOSÍ, Bolivia — A gentle breeze swept across Laguna Colorada, momentarily turning the magenta mineral lake water neon-orange as it rippled around the knobby knees of several dozen flamingos. Suddenly, a pair of frisky vicu�as trotted...

Planning your trip to Bolivia

2013-05-12 00:00:00

THE BEST WAY TO SUCRE, BOLIVIA From LAX, American, Copa and LATAM offer connecting service (change of planes) to Sucre, about 100 miles from Potos�. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $1,146, including all taxes and fees. U.S. citizens are...

Recipe: Steam-roasted heritage or free-range turkey

2013-05-09 13:14:00

� Total time: About 4 hours after 1 hour salt-curing Servings: 10 to 12 with leftovers Note: Heritage turkeys are still available at Bristol Farms (most locations), www.bristolfarms.com; and Whole Foods Markets (all Southern California locations), www....

Jonathan Gold | L.A. restaurant review: Corazón y Miel satisfies heart's desires

2013-04-20 00:00:00

"Coraz�n y miel," your waitress wants it to be known, is the signature dish of Coraz�n y Miel. Coraz�n y miel, hearts and honey, is a small bowl of warm, seared chicken hearts in a sweet, honeyed vinaigrette, tossed with a few slivers of onion, like a...

Movie review: 'Violeta Went to Heaven' portrays Violeta Parra's life

2013-04-18 18:15:00

Violeta Parra grew up in poverty in rural Chile and became an internationally recognized musician, her songs covered by such luminaries as Joan Baez and Shakira. With its grand arc, her story would fit nicely into the standard biopic format, but...

Venezuelan judge rejects call for recount

2013-04-17 19:36:00

CARACAS, Venezuela — Even before any legal motion was filed, the pro-government head of Venezuela's Supreme Court on Wednesday slapped down demands for a recount of the hotly contested presidential election that gave a narrow victory to Hugo Chavez'...

Pablo Neruda's grave is opened in inquiry into the poet's death

2013-04-08 08:06:00

The body of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda is being exhumed from his tomb in Chile on Monday morning in an attempt to discover whether he was poisoned by the regime of General Augusto Pinochet. A team of forensic scientists will remove Neruda...

Chile exhumes body of poet Pablo Neruda

2013-04-08 21:12:00

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean authorities on Monday exhumed the body of Pablo Neruda to check claims by a former chauffeur that the Nobel Prize-winning poet may have been killed by government agents shortly after the 1973 overthrow of his friend,...

Playwright drags Chile's conscience into the spotlight

2013-04-20 09:00:00

The stage lights rise, and Michelle Bachelet — former political prisoner, torture victim and socialist president of Chile from 2006 to 2010 — braces herself to deliver a dramatic farewell speech. "Pardon me if I offend the fascists," she tells...

Recipe: Mangalitsa lard biscuits and sausage gravy

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Mangalitsa lard biscuits and sausage gravy 1 hour, 10 minutes. Serves 4 to 6 Lard biscuits 5 1/2 cups (23.4 ounces) flour 3 tablespoons baking powder 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 12 ounces cold lard (Sqirl uses lard rendered from...

Gina Thomas displays a fiery rocoto chile in her community garden. The plant, also called the manzano or manzana chile, has pretty, star-shaped purple flowers that belie its culinary heat.

2013-05-07 11:47:09

A bike adventure in Chile's Patagonia region travels through wine country and the Lake District.

2013-04-19 09:54:37

Chile relleno torta RECENT & RELATED L.A.'s global sandwich offerings

2013-03-21 00:00:00