Hora Chilena: Chilean refugees in Cambridge in a Britain at ease...
A documentary film about Chilean Refugees in Cambridge, England, prompts wider questions about a time when the words 'refugee' and 'asylum' prompted sympathy rather than fear.
Brazil 1964: Never again!
March 31 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup in Brazil, which ushered in the era of dictatorships in Latin America.
Lithium: draining the desert
Peine, Chile and Susques, Argentina – Within minutes of driving out of
tourist hotspot San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile you are deep in...
Antofagasta: the Goliath which is crushing Caimanes
“All the biggest companies at the top of the international rankings in Chile are English,” Lucio Cuenca tells me. “Not just Antofagasta, which was...
Chile: Lies, Censorship & El Mercurio
After years of being banned or buried, Chilean state TV finally screens a film about the role of the Edwards' family media group in backing the dictatorship.
Architecture: international recognition for Chile’s Alejandro Aravena
The Pritzker award salutes practical architecture with a social purpose, local scale and from the South
Chile: Killing of Mapuche activist provokes large protests
By: Rodrigo Acuña. Source: LAB
The recent death of the 24-year-old Mapuche activist and leader Camilo Catrillanca has sparked widespread condemnation and protests throughout Chile.
On...
Chile: La caravana de las Danzas
The 2018 Caravana de las Danzas 2018, dancing in La Plaza de Talca and taking a walk around the Barrio en Colores, an open...
Chile: The first dictatorship of globalisation
An eye witness account of the Popular Unity period in Chile, the Pinochet coup and its ongoing aftermath.
Jeremy Corbyn’s views on Latin America
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn may be the first leading British politician since Judith Hart in the 1970s to have detailed knowledge of the...