Pedro A. Pimentel '99 said the magazine will serve as both an undergraduate and graduate publication.
He called the magazine "more a review of Latin America at Harvard than of Latin America by Harvard" that will seek to provide a perspective on "anything and everything related to Latin America."
Pimentel also said he hopes that the magazine will contain "fun stuff too," including the writers' personal experiences.
The poetry readers at the magazine's kick-off function included Edwards, Silva and noted poet Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, Smith professor of language and literature.
Coelho set the tone for the reading and for the magazine by telling the audience, "[He] always believed that poetry is not only to be for the most solemn and great moments in life, but for all moments in life."