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Share In June, one of the names that came up often was George Floyd. His cruel murder by a policeman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, generated a wave of protests worldwide, including in Rome. Thousands of people took to the streets and challenged the pandemic to denounce racism. In the Vatican, the pope did not miss the opportunity to address this issue. POPE FRANCIS We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life. It was also a month of new advances in Vatican reforms. To avoid corruption in the concession of it...

Best Reissues of 2020 By S&C Team | 23 December, 2020 More than any other year, it definitely feels as if there has been a shift in terms of the types of albums being reissued from Latin America. Sure, there are still plenty of tropical Colombian albums and 70s Brazilian gems, but a lot of labels are now going even deeper, unearthing Venezuela’s avant-garde pioneers, Afro-Colombian music that was ignored in its own country for a long time, funky numbers from Guadeloupe, as well as many esoteric Brazilian finds. Where once the holy grail was the 60s many crate diggers it seems are now lookin...

Best Albums of 2020 By S&C Team | 18 December, 2020 What a year!? It’s certainly been like no other. Well… except for the amount of music that’s been released, which appears to be as abundant as usual, if not more so. While some releases have certainly been delayed until 2021, their absence has been filled by other quarantine-recorded albums or some dropped early to bring a little bit of joy. All in all, the year left us with a list of 125 albums for consideration and that all of our writers voted on, to result in this final list, our Best Latin American Albums of 2020.