Spain: Justice for the judge?
SPAIN: JUSTICE FOR THE JUDGE? On February 9 the Supreme Court in Madrid condemned Judge Baltasar Garzón and debarred him from practising as judge or lawyer for 11 years.
Memory, Justice and Impunity
As editor of LAB's newsletter on memoria, Mike Gatehouse looks at the different ways in which Latin America is dealing with its past.
CHILE: UN Urges Chile to Halt Evictions of Indigenous Protesters
Following months of protests and sit-ins surrounding ancestral land claims on Chile’s Easter Island, the United Nations has officially called on the Chilean government to help diffuse tensions.
Chilean politics: the art of the possible
LAB's Nick Caistor reviews the autobiography of the former Chilean President, Ricardo Lagos, and is underwhelmed.
The Eternal Memory: A Chilean love story
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pinochet’s coup in Chile and the scars of a wounded nation grappling with trauma continue to affect its people to this day. Through a mix of archive footage and a tender observational lens, the film delicately navigates the heartbreaking journey of a couple grappling with Alzheimer's.
El Gran Malón (‘The Big Lunch’) 2017: time we got to...
El Gran Malón is an invitation to hold Malones, street lunches, throughout Chile, on the same day, with the idea of getting to know...
Memoria y color en la creación latinoamericana
Chilean artist Valuspa Parra’s installation ‘Minimal Secret’ reproduces texts from declassified CIA documents about the 1973 military coup in Chile.
CHILE: COMMUNITIES DEFY BARRICK GOLD
Communities in the Huasco Valley defy company attempts to silence them and detail the environmental damage being wrought by the Pascua Lama gold mine.
Chile: savvy media policy is not enough
Dr Cathy Collins, from Santiago, criticises the Guardian coverage of President Sebastian Piñera's visit to UK
Chile: Victims of eye trauma tell their stories
Ojos: Memoria de un estallido is a book put together as a memorial for victims of eye trauma suffered as a result of the...