Posts Tagged ‘chile’

Cultural Corner: Traditional Latin Music

Cultural Corner:  Traditional Latin Music

This blog focuses on three types of traditional Latin American music and dancing: mariachi from Mexico, salsa from the Caribbean and cueca from South America.

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Biography: Pablo Neruda

Biography: Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda was the pen name of Chilean poet Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. Pablo Neruda was born in Chile in 1904 in a small town called Parral some 350 km south of the capital Santiago. His mother died shortly after his birth and his father remarried and moved the family.

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