Latin American music: Quick Facts

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reconstructed Mayan fresco from Bonampak

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Key People

Ricky Martin sings passionately into a microphone on stage, wearing a black leather shirt, during the Pavarotti and Friends 2003 concert in Modena, Italy.

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican singer and actor