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Articles by Ismail Okafor
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Karol G's 'No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto' and the stadium season
The Colombian star released her new album on August 7 via Bichota/Interscope and is playing US stadiums through September — the current flagship of Latin music's touring economy.
Ismail Okafor
Culture & Entertainment
Venice 2026: a Bechis competition entry and Gael García Bernal's debut carry Latin America
At the 83rd festival (September 2-12), Latin America's competition hopes rest on 'Back to Buenos Aires,' while 'Hombre al Agua' — Gael García Bernal's directorial debut — leads the buzz. Mid-festival dispatch.
Ismail Okafor
Culture & Entertainment
From Globo to the algorithm: the telenovela's streaming afterlife
The genre that taught a continent to watch television daily now anchors the streamers' Spanish-language slates — 'Cien años de soledad' and 'El Eternauta' are its newest monuments. The business of serialized drama.
Ismail Okafor
Culture & Entertainment
Why Europe's clubs shop in South America: the transfer economy, explained
Brazil tops the world's player-export table year after year, and the continent's clubs earn on the order of a billion-plus dollars annually selling talent. How the pipeline pays.
Ismail Okafor
Culture & Entertainment
The wall as asset: Mexican muralism's long market shadow
Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros made walls the region's canvas; today the auction record for a Latin American artwork belongs to Frida Kahlo at $34.9 million, and street art is a municipal strategy. The economics of painting walls.
Ismail Okafor