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Screaming for Justice

A Chilean brought up in Britain returns home to find that little justice has been achieved for Pinochet's victims, despite four years of a president, Michelle Bachelet, who was tortured under the dictatorship of General…

This Latino Week

Copper Price Surges, Colombian Night March Against Army Abuse, Bank of England blocking release of Venezuelan gold, Argentina and Brazil crops threatened by locust, Adebayor leaves Paraguayan club and The Wasp Network now on…

Human Rights

The Power of Refusal

Despite harassment and assassinations after declaring themselves neutral to Colombia’s armed conflict, The San José Peace Community, a group of brave rural farmers, have proved to be an inspiration for farming communities around…

Society

Colombia: Students Tell Amazing Stories

In my first term teaching political anthropology to first year political science undergraduates at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá, I decided to give the students the chance to design their own essay topic. The…

This Latino Week

Brazil's Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus, Coronavirus restrictions lifted in Rio and Sao Paulo, Cuba Denounces US Blockade, Colombia extends national lockdown, Change in Dominican Republic as opposition wins…

Environment

Bolsonaro’s Brazil 2020: the march of the miners

Mining companies await new laws to unlock protected lands and indigenous reserves

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

Mexico: Trump Weakens Fragile Economy

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

... Bogotá

Like strangling puppies or bankers’ bonuses, bullfighting does not enjoy a good press in the UK. Yet here and now in Colombia, it’s fashionable. As a resident of Bogotá’s La Macarena barrio, I could hardly be nearer to the…

Politics

Brazil - Election Post-Mortem

The PT (Workers' Party) fared very badly in the recent municipal elections and is unlikely to recover before 2018. The political system is entering a new era, but no one knows where it will lead.

This Latino Week

Avianca files for bankruptcy, Chile creates Corona smell test, Bolivian protests, Venezuelan mercenaries arrested, Mexican sanitising tunnels and Aventura steals the Bud Light show.

Haitian Thinking Girls in Search of School

A group of Haitian nuns are launching a revolutionary post-disaster reconstruction project

Politics

Venezuela: the politicians need to listen

As Venezuela’s economic crisis deepens, Grace Livingstone has been out to the Venezuelan countryside, gauging the effects of the crisis there.

Politics

Dilma's Dilemmas: On the Road to Re-election

With the first round of Presidential elections in Brazil coming up October 5th, how have World Cup protests and the recent death of opposition Socialist candidate Eduardo Campos on the 13th August affected Dilma Rousseff’s re-…

Politics

Brazil: Full Speed Ahead for Impeachment

Jan Rocha reports on the attempted impeachment of Dilma and fears of vested interests behind it

Latino Living in Chicago and London

In the space of 10 years, a once bustling Latino immigrant community in Chicago has been replaced with boutiques and bars and a clearly whiter demographic. Those that gave Pilsen the flavour that attracted the property…

Politics

Marina Silva: The Wild Card of Brazil’s Presidential Race

Since the tragic death of Brazil’s opposition candidate Eduardo Campos in a plane crash on the 13th August, his ex- running partner and replacement Marina Silva has shocked the world by taking Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) from…

Chavez' Victory - A Point Proven?

Hugh O'Shaughnnessy reports from Caracas on an amazingly good electoral process and how cold warriors in some of London´s progressive papers who have been dissing Chavez as a dictator are having to eat their words.

Politics

Cunha: The Man Who Knew Too Much

The arrest of the former speaker of Congress has sent shock-waves through Brasilia.

Venezuela: The Alternative of a Coalition Government

Victor Álvarez, a leading Venezuelan economist and winner of the Premio Nacional de Ciencia 2013, was Minister of Basic Industries and Mining during the Chavez presidency. This article, based on a proposal to the EU and ICRC…

Environment

Covid-19 in Latin America – Update

Latin America passed the dire milestone of a million cases of coronavirus at the beginning of June. Since then, Peru has surpassed Italy in its number of confirmed cases and infection and death rates continue to rise. Nonetheless…

Human Rights

Colombia: Will the people say Yes to peace?

With the entire final agreement finally signed in Havana, the peace accords must now be submitted to a national referendum on October 2. The outcome remains uncertain. Gwen Burnyeat is a British anthropologist and writer, who has…

Politics

Life After Kirchner

The death of former president leaves power vacuum in Argentina.

Politics

The Change in the Latino Vote

Once thought of as natural Republicans, Barack Obama captured the hearts of Latinos in the last US election. But the words 'American Dream' are no longer enough, they want help to achieve it. In the run up to the 2012…

2012 and The End of the World as we know it… Mayan Prophecy or Hollywood Hoax?

Based on the ancient Mayan prophecy, the recent Hollywood blockbuster 2012 depicts the imminent end of the world. How much of it relays truth as the Mayans saw it and, more importantly, what did the Mayans know that we don’t?

This Latino Week

Colombian mayor catches Covid, New working scheme in Barbados, Ecuador on alert, Colombian cartels enforcing lockdown, Mexican football league starts again and Bad Bunny's new spotlight story.

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,…

This Latino Week

Brazil's Bolsonaro, School's out in Chile, Maduro and Putin chat, Riot police in Lima and Gloria Stefan's new Covid-19 tune

Politics

The Iraq Inquiry Needs this Brazilian!

Few people know that José Bustani was one of the single biggest obstacles to Tony Blair and George Bush’s plans for regime change in Iraq. He had to be got rid of. For the first time the recent Brazilian Ambassador to Britain…

Lonesome George - The death of a subspecies

The very last of his subspecies, the Pinta Island resident passed away at the estimated age of a hundred.

Colombia: A Historic Agreement on Peace

From remote cities in Colombia’s South like Pasto, to Bogotá, the financial and political capital, tens of thousands of people turned out to watch the signing of the historic ‘End of Conflict’ agreement on big screens in main…

Politics

Colombians’ Persistence in the Search for Peace: Interview with ‘Chocolate of Peace’ Producer

Gwen Burnyeat, the producer and co-director of the documentary Chocolate of Peace talks about the ‘persistence’ in peace-building, considering that Colombia is now both implementing the peace agreement with FARC and starting…