Rebecca Wilson
Looking for bilingual Guatemalan Spanish/ English speakers
Latin America Bureau and King’s College London are Looking for bilingual Spanish / English speakers with a Guatemalan accent, to dub a new podcast on combatting violence against women.
Looking for bilingual Brazilian Portuguese/ English speakers
Latin America Bureau and King’s College London are Looking for bilingual Brazilian Portuguese/ English speakers with a Rio accent, to dub a new podcast on combatting violence against women.
Seeds of Resistance and Fundraising – LAB Newsletter 16 June 2021
LAB badly needs new sources of funding, not least so that we can retain our four wonderful part-time researcher/ editors. Meanwhile, LAB is busier...
Arte para no morir: artists support protests in Colombia
In response to and support of nationwide protests across Colombia, artists of all trades have joined in protest through creative expression. Adapted from an article for LAB's partner, Sounds and Colours, here are some of the ways art is enriching the protests, contextualising demands and unifying Colombians.
Colombia: widespread sexual abuse of protestors by Armed Forces
Young women have been particular targets of police violence during the national strike and subsequent protests in Colombia this month. What are the charges and how have they been met?
The Brazilian Epstein?
New allegations suggest Brazilian businessman Samuel Klein was behind a child sexual abuse ring.
Dive, Tierra Bomba, Dive
Dive Tierra Bomba Dive, made in 2020 by The Right to Roam Films, tells the story of 19-year-old Yassandra Barrios, who emerges as the environmental leader of her Colombian island, Tierra Bomba, home to the Varadero Reef.
Latin America at breaking point: a look back at two tumultuous...
Tom Gatehouse, author of Voices of Latin America: Social Movements and the New Activism and the upcoming The Heart of Our Earth: Community Resistance to Mining in Latin America, will then present ‘Latin America at breaking point: a look back at two tumultuous years’
Beyond the Campus: rethinking research engagement and impact
LAB offers a range of services to improve the impact and engagement of university research. A new brochure and a public talk at the SLAS Virtual Conference outlines what LAB can offer and why this area of work needs a refresh.
A postcolonial retelling of La Llorona
Enrique Monteverde, a detached ex-dictator, is on trial for genocide. The Monteverde family, in lockdown, slowly loses control. With the help of a new maid, Alma, they must face up to the horrors they’ve continued to deny for decades - by recognising the dead.











