AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPublishing & Culture (Latin America): A major cross-border screen adaptation is in the works: Boutique Filmes and Globo Filmes are co-producing a film version of Marcos Rey’s mystery classic O Mistério do 5 Estrelas with Portugal’s Ukbar Filmes, with João Guilherme set to lead and filming planned in São Paulo starting October 2026. Indigenous Languages & Tech: A Mixtec engineer is urging Mexican deputies to use AI to preserve Indigenous languages, pushing lawmakers to treat language tech as cultural infrastructure, not just software. Royalties & Music Rights: Dominica’s creators are being urged to register their works with ECCO to improve compliance and boost royalty payouts, after ECCO announced more than EC$1.7 million distributed across the OECS. Books & Reading Communities: Long Beach Public Library’s Vida Latina Celebration (Sept. 15–Oct. 31) rolls out citywide Spanish-language and Hispanic Heritage Month programming across 12 branches. Academic Exchange: Ateneo de Manila historian Dr. Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr. receives an honorary professorship from Mexico’s UAEH and signs an MoU for exchanges and joint research.
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