The governments of most countries in the world send an ambassador to other countries to talk about and promote what their country is like and carry on political affairs between the two countries. These ambassadors often have assistants that are called âcultural attachesâ. They present the culture, the folklore and the history from the country where theyâre from and the country where they are. In this program from the archives of Radio Curious, recorded in 1997, we visit with Gregorio Luke, who then was the counsel for cultural affairs for Mexico. He spent 8 ½ years in Washington DC, and at the time this program was recorded he had been working at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles for eighteen months.
Gregorio Luke recommends âThe Letters of Vincent Van Gogh,â by Vincent Van Gogh.
Originally Broadcast: November 7, 1997
Barry Vogel, Esq. is the host and producer. Ignacio Ayala is the assistant producer.
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Gregorio Luke â Mexican Culture in the United States