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Graciela Mochkofsky on the reëvaluation of the poet Pablo Neruda, whose past is now being critically looked at by Chileans and others.

The capital of the Czech Republic is a metropolis very much focused on culture and attracting tourists

From the blog of Cesar Chelala at The Times of Israel

In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pablo Neruda describes his escape from the Chilean government of President Videla across the Andes to Argentina: On either side of the trail I could observe in the wild desolation something which betrayed human activity.

In a sense, in an arid desert where we went astray, Neruda's poetry embraces us like a fountain of love and sprinkles its pious water all over our afflicted hearts.

Mapamátky: New Project Satisfies Ardor for Prague Architecture in Times of Pandemic 2 minute read Prague can now take pride in yet another creative project. Mapamátky, a brainchild of students Marie Zákostelecká and Ivana Čuříková, is a website with several thematic routes around Prague. Initially a part of the university work at the Prague University of Economics and Business, Mapamátky’s goal is to inspire as many people as possible to explore the splendor of Prague architecture a...