(Português) Bishop, Maurice

Aruba (Netherlands Antilles), 1944 - St. George (Grenada), 1983 By Carlos Eduardo Martins Maurice Bishop, son of Rupert and Alimenta Bishop, was the main leader of Grenada's socialist experiment and was ultimately executed during the far-left coup led by Bernard Coard, which provided the pretext for the U.S. invasion of…

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(Português) Birri, Fernando

Santa Fé (Argentina), 1925 By Afrânio Mendes Catani An important figure in the new Latin American cinema, he was a founder of film schools, including the pioneering one at the Universidad del Litoral in Santa Fé, his hometown, and the one in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. A documentary…

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