Mafalda was a revolutionary
Feminism, the media, communism and consumerism, Vietnam – Quino’s strip-cartoon Mafalda managed to address all these issues from the innocent, but incisive, perspective of...
Indigenous leader Moira Millán’s battle with Benetton
“It's very clear that Benetton and the state are colluding to usurp Mapuche communities from their ancestral land. This includes judicial persecution, threats and even the murder of our community leaders,” says Moira Millán, founder of the NGO Movimiento de Mujeres Indígenas por el Buen Vivir (Indigenous Women's Movement for Good Living.
Argentina: campaigning for inclusion during the Covid-19 lockdown
Queer Tango teacher and LGBTQ+ activist Edgardo Fernández Sesma tells LAB’s Nina Meghji about navigating the digital space, the impact of lockdown on Buenos Aires’ elder residents, and the economic implications for Buenos Aires’ tango community post Covid-19.
Argentina: Chubut communities unite against the mines
Chubut, Argentina. Communities engaged in a battle against mining giant Pan American Silver have their own local and national government to contend with as short-sighted politicians hail mining as the panacea for development shortfalls.
Britain and the southern cone dictatorships
Britain and the Dictatorships of Argentina and Chile 1973-82: Foreign Policy, Corporations and Social Movements by Grace Livingstone, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. ISBN: 978-3-030-08666-4
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Fondo: the IMF’s recipe for disaster
Fondo, directed by Alejandro Bercovich, Argentina, 2019
The complete film can be viewed from this link.
Alejandro Bercovich’s documentary-critique Fondo starts with what looks like a...
Coca and Covid in Argentina
Closure of the border with Bolivia in response to covid-19 has exposed a legal vacuum in Argentina surrounding the consumption, importation and cultivation of...
Buenos Aires: the virus reaches the ‘villas miseria’
Main image: Without water, the virus spreads. Image: Facebook profile of Barrios de Pie
Ramona Medina, one of the community leaders of Villa 31,...
Lula and Alberto Fernández in discussion
The Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires organized a virtual dialogue 'Thinking about Latin America After the Pandemic' on Friday...
Tango against elder abuse
Argentine tango teacher and LGBT activist Edgardo Fernández Sesma made this video for the (15 June) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. LAB's Nina Meghji...