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Would Oil be a Blessing or a Burden? The Cubans Sure as Hell Want to Find Out...
With speculation in the air and a Chinese drilling rig poised off its coast, Hugh O'Shaughnessy visits the island and talks to Ricardo Alarcón, president of the Cuban Parliament, about the country's hopes and fears.
Top 10 Latin American World Cup Debutants
The World Cup is a graveyard for the timid and a stage for the immortal. For Latino players, their jersey is draped in the legacies of gods and the passionate projections and frantic expectations of millions back home. Some…
This Latino Week
GDP to fall, Cuba sends more help, Brazil's indigenous fears, Christ the Redeemer tribute, Ronaldinho released and Bolivar now available on Netflix.
Forever your Maternal Animal (2026) by Valentina Maurel
Maurel’s film, which explores a dysfunctional family in San José of Costa Rica, had its world premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in the 'Un Certain Regard' section.
Maracujá, the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party and the March of Folly
When tempers run high in Brazil - as they are over the clamour for Dilma's Impeachment - ask for passion fruit juice to calm the nerves. And so it was done in Congress' special session on the matter, where the Attorney…
Nicolá Cruz Prende el Alma (ZZK Records)
French/Ecuadorian producer Nicolá Cruz’ first full-length album is a masterpiece of experimental electronic music fused with folk sounds. No fillers but a great amalgam of folk percussion, Andean flutes with synths, and…
'Loop Explorations’ by Camilo Menjura
What started as a one-off experiment for a choral music festival became the latest album by the much-loved London-based Colombian singer-songwriter and choral master Camilo Menjura. Loop Exploration is the result of Menjura'…
‘The Paranoids’ Dir. Gabriel Medina (DVD release)
With humour, pain and irony, Gabriel Medina's ‘The Paranoids’ takes us into the internal world of oddball Luciano as he comes to terms with his life
Rediscovering The Big Apple
Revisiting the 80s from Latin funjk to smooth Cha Cha CHa - Los Charly's best work to date.
La Chiva se enganche!
La Chiva Gantiva are a heady mix of Colombian and Belgian musicians. With inspiration from Toto La Momposina and Afro Coloombian music, the six piece have turned into a fiery cultural sound clash full of life and colour. With a…
Various Artists Cuba y Puerto Rico Son…
It’s not the first time that an all-star team from these twin Caribbean islands have collaborated to record songs from each other’s countries, but when you get Havana D' Primera, Cultura Profética, Charlie Aponte, Isaac…
Various Artists ‘The Beat of Brazil’ (Stateside Records)
A compilation that includes Airto Moreira, Gilberto Gil, Elis Regina and Antonio Carlos Jobin is always going to be good. “ The Beat of Brazil” bring together 21 songs from the Warner vaults, this cd compiles some not that known…
Culture and Resilience - What is Being Latino?
Latino – where does the term come from? Do you feel it represents who you are? Do you dislike it? Are there many ways of being Latino/a/x? In a world full of contradictions, where the Black Lives Matter Movement has global reach…
Agente Rex ‘La Tregua’
From Venezuela arrives Agente Rex, a new rock band formed by heavyweights of the Caracas music scene. Venezuela has never been short of musical talent and this band showcase how far the rock genre has come since the 60s. A mature…
Latin Londoner #72: Sergio Maggiolo - writer, performer, and director
Sergio Maggiolo is a London-based writer, performer, and director born in Peru and trained in the U.S. Known for making theatre that is political, irreverent, and charged with emotional truth, Sergio’s work blends personal…
Latin Londoner #70: Guido Garcia Lueches - Actor, Poet, Theatre maker
Guido Garcia Lueches is a Uruguayan actor, poet, theatre maker and co-founder of interactive theatre company Say It Again, Sorry? Guido's first solo show Playing Latinx played the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 at Summerhall, and…
FLIES (MOSCAS) 2026 by Mexican director Fernando Eimbcke.
The charming film FLIES, which will be screened at the BFI London Film Festival in the LOVE strand, premiered in February 2026 at the Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. This modest…
THE BELOVED (El Ser Querido) 2026 BY Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen.
Rodrigo Sorogoyen ‘s latest film is a powerful study of a toxic father/ daughter relationship. Can past pain ever be swept away or will it linger forever?
PRINCE (2026) by Uruguayan director Federico Borgia
Celebrating its World Premiere at the 2026 70th BFI London Film Festival, Uruguayan writer/ director Federico Borgia has created a dark comedy thriller that comments on how people manage their values and priorities, or not.
TROPICAL FRACTALS (2026) by Brazilian director Leonardo Pirondi
When an undescribed apocalyptic catastrophe erases most of humanity, a small team of scientists is sent on a mission into space, in the hope of preserving as much as possible of the flora and fauna of our planet. Corina J Poore…
ANA, EN PASSANT (2026) by Brazilian director Fernanda Salgado
Fernanda Salgado's original and moving animated feature ANA, EN PASSANT had its European and UK Premiere at the BFI 2026 London Film Festival in the ‘Journey strand’, having earlier won the ‘Zózimo Bulbul Award’ in Brasilia…
ISABEL (2026) by Brazilian director Gabe Klinger
This warm, intimate film by Gabe Klinger premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2026, and has also been screened in the Journey Strand at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival. Gabe Klinger talks to Corina J…
LA PERRA (2026) by Chilean director Dominga Sotomayor Castillo.
LA PERRA, a stark and unsentimental tale of loneliness & motherhood, celebrated its World Premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in the Director’s Fortnight section to much acclaim and has now been screened at the 2026 BFI…
GLAXO (2026) by award-winning Argentine director Benjamín Naishtat
This period, noir- thriller is based on a novella by Hernán Ronsino where, in a provincial town in Argentina, the tight bond of four inseparable friends is torn apart by betrayals, romance and murder, leading to tragic…
Maria and Guillermo - Tango Performers and Teachers of the Year
Guillermo from Rosario, Argentina and Maria from Athens form the Newcastle base Tango Unlimited.
Lenacay: A New Chapter
Ramón Giménez El Brujo talks to Latino Life about the transition from Ojos de Brujo to Lenacay.
Tierra Peru
Latinolife invited three outstanding Peruvian cooks, resident in London, to test the quality and authenticity of London's burgeoning Peruvan restaurants. Here they give their verdicts on Tierra Peru
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