Argentina – struggle continues for the Qom
Representatives of the Qom indigenous people are camped in the iconic Plaza de Mayo to demand their rights. Life is worse today, they say, than under the military dictatorship
Brazil – serious setback on children’s rights looms
The Brazilian Congress, now dominated by the right, may soon vote to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16.
Rio de Janeiro: This land is our land
What do you do if you’re living on public land, in a house that your great-grandparents built in an era before strict housing regulations,...
Colombia: street art and social justice in Bogotá
A virtual dialogue was organised to discuss Alba Griffin's new chapter in Pedagogías de la disidencia en América Latina, titled ‘No Somos Falsos Somos Positivos: teorías vernáculas sobre la violencia política y cotidiana en el puente del grafitero’.
Advances in the Diaguita struggle
In recent years the Diaguita indigenous communities in northern Chile have made real strides
Haiti: Madan Sara women
The Madan Sara are at the forefront of a battle for a more robust and inclusive economy in Haiti.
The women known as Madan...
What Afro-Venezuelans can teach the government
Jesús Alberto ‘Chucho’ García is Venezuelan Consul General in New Orleans and previously represented the Venezuelan government in Angola, Mali and Burkina Faso. He...
Indigenous Brazilian electronic art comes to London’s British Academy
by Shafik Meghji
A fishing net that recreates the sound of the ocean. An earthenware pot that emits traditional stories and songs. A cocoon-like structure...
Cardboard creativity: cartonera books
Cartonera books – cheap
books with cardboard covers and photocopied texts – were originally a
by-product of the Cartonero movement in Argentina, when people from the...
El Salvador: rainwater harvesting
This article by Tim Muth is reproduced from the excellent El Salvador Perspectives blog. You can read the original here. Tim can be contacted...