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Environment

Chevron, Ecuador and the extractor’s curse – part 1

To avoid paying compensation, the oil company targets the victims' lawyers

Health

Mexico: Populism and the Pandemic

As with many other countries led by populist leaders, in Mexico populism and the pandemic have proved to be a dangerous mix where AMLO was slow to take the virus or the medical advice seriously, and the most vulnerable are now…

This Latino Week

Covid-19 Death toll slowly rises in Latin America, Trouble in Colombian and Brazilian Prisons, J Balvin Releases New Album

Health

COVID-19 in Latin America

As Latin America enters its fourth week of tackling Covid-19, where most countries have long implemented total lock down, people have begun to settle into the new normal of quarantines and isolation. However, the impact of the…

Human Rights

Guatemala: Indigenous Women take on Canada’s Mining Industry

Elena Choc Quib, a unilingual Q’eqchi’ speaker from a remote village in rural Guatemala, never imagined travelling outside her country, let alone boarding a plane to Toronto. But everything changed when she and 10 other women…

This Latino Week

Maduro madness, Indigenous groups don't want a repeat of history, "El Trumpo", Britons on virus-hit ship wait for Panama Canal green light, La Linea reschedules to Autumn, F.C. Barcelona agrees to pay cuts and…

Human Rights

Bodyguard Grandmother

Human shield in Colombia at 65? A daughter leaves London to find her mother who has decided to be an ‘unarmed bodyguard’ in the Colombian jungle.

Human Rights

Ana Victoria's Story - Part 3: The Search for Kio

Ana Victoria is an Afro-Colombian biologist who will be ordained as the first female Colombian priest of the Anglican church in July 2017 in St Paul Cathedral. After being kidnapped by armed traffickers while she was working with…

Film, Human Rights

Venezuela: Trochas de la Información

Produced by Circuito Gran Cine, a collective of film makers based in Venezuela, this film is one of a series about the difficulties Venezuelans have faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, ranging from water shortages to the lack of…

Human Rights, Politics

"Our society still needs to demonstrate that Human Rights Defenders can take action without the threat of being killed"

Visiting the UK to brief UK lawyers on the current situation in Colombia, in tandem with President Santos' state visit, was Dr Reinaldo Villalba Vargas of Colombia’s most prestigious human rights lawyers collective, the…

The Bogotá Mayor Scandal - separating the politics from the rubbish

Mayor Gustavo Petro's sacking late last year caused public protest and political a political storm. Nevertheless, on the 13th January, the Inspector General confirmed the decision and Petro's cause seemed to be lost,…

Peru: Odebrecht - The Fall Out

David Wright in Lima reports on a scandal that spans three Peruvian presidencies and probably includes the current one...

Society

Latinos in London Part 2-The Liberation of being Latin in London

Lazy, violent and corrupt?…it’s sometimes tiring countering the contantly reinforced stereotypes of Latin America in the British media, but if we don’t do it who will? In the second part of our Latin London identity series we…

Human Rights, Politics

Colombia: the biggest conversation in the world

Gwen Burnyeat reports on the Colombian peace process and the efforts being made to promote conversation among all its actors, at both local and national levels

Colombia – Two Sisters, the FARC and the Peace Process

A tale of two sisters who grew up apart, their past shaped by the FARC, their future hopes for peace and social justice

Brazil, Politics

Brazil: September 7 — A Day of Death

Distinguished Brazilian journalist Eliane Brum writes regularly for the Spanish newspaper El Pais. Her latest article is a cry of grief and rage at what President Bolsonaro and his followers have done to their country. She agues…

Society

Making their Mark - the rise and rise of The Latino-Brits

First generation Latino-Brits are bubbling under the surface and seeping through into mainstream British cultural life.

Human Rights, Society

RUNNING FOR JUSTICE

Wall to wall coverage - but 43 students remain missing in Mexico. Karen Harding meets a new generation of London based human rights campaigners looking to turn the spotlight on the unfolding tragedy of the disappeared students in…

Richard Gott on Argentina's Bi-Centenary Celebrations

Renowned for his critical-thinking 'people's histories' of Latin America, the UK's most authoritative Latin Americanist - author of 'Land Without Evil' and 'Cuba: A New History' - explores…

This Latino Week

Peru extends lockdown, Brazil overtakes Russia in number of confirmed cases, Costa Rica celebrates first same-sex weddings, Iranian tankers stop in Venezuela, El Salvador declares national day of Prayer and Sebastian Yatra and…

Society

Argentina finds a New Kind of Meat to Export

They're on the television all the time, they're in the magazines, they're on the arms of footballers, politicians and businessmen in all the smart restaurants and nightspots of Buenos Aires.........they are the new…

Politics

The Angora Cat, the Saint and the End of the World

The Supreme Court and the Senate found a 'jeitinho' to get around part of their present impasse. But time and their credibility are running out.

Environment

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

Politics

Mexico: AMLO’s first hundred days

The new president claims to have carried out 62 out of 100 campaign promises

At Last Reflecting Everyone's Culture

Richard Gott, author of 'Land without Evil' and 'Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution' explains why Chavez' cultural policy is doing exactly what it should be in a social revolution.

Society

Altamira: Victim of the Belo Monte Construction Boom

Sue Branford chronicles the rapid development in the town of Altamira in the Brazilian Amazon, whose inhabitants have yet to reep any benefits.

This Latino Week

Brazil urged to save Amazon tribes from Covid-19, Colombia's National Liberation Army ends ceasefire, Former police chief of Honduras accused of drug crimes, Colombia foils jail break attempt, Spanish PM says face masks will…

Human Rights

Brazil: the Cardinal who stood up to the military

A moving tribute to Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns on his 95th birthday

Brazil's Scandals; Cunha on the Rack

Brazil’s congressional ethics committee recently voted to remove Deputy Eduardo Cunha, one of the orchestrators of President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, from his position as Lower House Speaker. This decision comes after a…

An Amazon view of Brussels

Elisa Dias, 22, a drummer from the AfroRaiz Collective, Marabá, coordinator of the Salus project for Rios de Encontro. made trip to Europe as a trainee international project coordinator, accompanying Dan Baron Cohen, to plan the…

This Latino Week

LoLa Mc makes it’s mark, Medellin Miracle Madonna, Building Bridges with Collaborations

Politics

Mexico: Trump Weakens Fragile Economy

A sober assessment of the economic impact on Mexico of the promises and policies of the new US President.

This Latino Week

Tropical Storm Amanda, Coronavirus: 111-year-old Chilean woman recovers and Spain records 0 deaths, US funded Venezuela rock bands to dent Chávez, A mammoth discovery: Giant remains found near Mexico City, Chile's LATAM…

Venezuela: A Legacy In Jeopardy

The Chavez legacy is omnipresent in Venezuelan society. The Bolivarian revolutionary re-drafted the education system and even built a new city in the northern state of Vargas. However, the administration of Nicolas Maduro is…