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Latina Homegrown

Sweetness, strength, ambition and beauty are the words that encapsulate this unique group of talent trying to break through the many barriers of London's difficult world of urban music. What’s the biggest challenge; as women…

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Black Heroes of Modern Latin America

A few months ago we brought you black heroes of Colonial Latin America - leaders and fighters who defied the prejudices against them and demanded change, freedom and racial justice, whether through slave rebellion or fighting the…

Culture Guides
Great Latin American film from 2021

2021 was a difficult year for film, especially cinema releases. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2021 Academy Awards event took place in April 2021, at the usual event venue, the spectacular Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los…

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Latin American Tennis Greats

Dominated by a superb tennis tradition, at any given time there will be more Argentine tennis players in the top 100 than British, American and most other European countries. Other countries, like Chile, Brazil and Ecuador have…

Obituaries
Julio Jaramillo, Singer (1935 - 1978)

Known as the ‘Nightingale of America,’ Julio Jaramillo is considered the most popular Latin folk singer at all time and one of its greatest icons of popular music. 42 years after his death, Julio is still today the most listened…

In-depth Interviews
The Condor and The Eagle

The Condor and the Eagle (2019) is a prize-winning documentary film directed by Sophie and Clément Guerra, about the collective struggle of the Indigenous peoples of North and South America to defend their land and water against…

Features
Chevron, Ecuador and the extractor’s curse – part 3: When in doubt, sue the lawyer

“We’re going to fight this until hell freezes over … And then we’ll fight it out on the ice”, said a Chevron spokesman in 2009. The company has done just that. Meanwhile, the Lago Agrio region of Ecuador remains severely polluted…

Features
Chevron, Ecuador and the extractor’s curse – part 2

In Part 2 in her story of how the oil company targets the victims' lawyers to avoid paying compensation, Linda Etchart looks at the actions and omissions of successive Ecuadorian governments

In-depth Interviews
The New Voice of Reason

Women are increasingly at the forefront of South America’s fight to defend its indigenous lands and the environment and Patricia Gualinga, an indigenous Kichwa of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon region, is one of them. As…

Culture Guides
5 SIGHTS OF SOUTH AMERICA YOU WON'T FORGET

Bored of beaches, banal museums and grotty hotels? Want to do something different this time you go away? South America harbours some of the most breath-taking natural phenomena in the entire world. No tour guide needed, just a…

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Food
Made in Brasil

Amaranta Wight revisits London’s iconic award-winning Brazilian restaurant in Camden – a much-…

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Cristiana Dell'Anna as Mother Cabrini with Giancarlo Giannini as the Pope
Film & Theatre
CABRINI (2024) directed by Mexican director Alejandro Monteverde

‘One small gesture of love can change everything’. How do you do credit to a biopic of a saint?…

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Music
HEARTSONGS

Lila Downs is back – with not one but Dos Corazones – a new song which she will be debuting live in…

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Top 10 Argentine Footballers

As one of the biggest football teams in South America and the world, the Argentine Football…

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Ballads and Boleros
Top Ten Mexican Male Singers of all Time

Since the days when Mexico was a serious rival to Hollywood in terms of film production and quality…

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Top 10 Mexican Boxers

Globally, Mexico is known as a boxing powerhouse, boasting some of the greatest champions in the…