Latin America

It's a standard issue in elections: how do you make your candidacy stand out? But what if you are in a field of thousands of candidates, and, instead of your name, you have to plug your number?

Daniel Alarcón was born in Peru, but raised in Alabama. In a way, through his books, he's never really left.

Joyce Cândido is one of the few emerging samba singers in Brazil. It's a style considered old fashioned by a younger generation, but it's coming back. And here's one reason why.

Guest reviewer Tom Schnabel of KCRW spins tracks from the new album "Viva Africando." The group, Africando, is an ensemble of musicians from West Africa and the Caribbean islands. The result is Latin music with African voices.