A Mix of Flash and Idealism at the Latin Grammys

Nov 6th, 2009 - New York Times

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Glitz and heart-on-sleeve emotionality mingled, every so often, with political and social messages at the 10th annual Latin Grammy Awards. The awards were presented on Thursday night at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and broadcast on the Univision network. And it was unmistakably a Vegas production, with Cirque du Soleil performers, fireworks and pole dancing.

But at this year's awards, two leading contenders — Calle 13, from Puerto Rico, and Mercedes Sosa, from Argentina — were generations apart but linked by idealism.

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