Cine Latino
Cine Latino celebrates the outstanding work of Latinx filmmakers. Our screenings, film workshops, panel talks and Q&As offer a deeper understanding of the vibrant...
Brazil: tread gently on the earth
Director Marcos Colón has made a remarkable film about the Amazon, charting how in three countries, Brazil, Peru and Colombia, 'modernity' means exploitation and destruction. He interviews indigenous leaders with a very different vision.
Guatemala: the echo of pain
Documentary film by Ana Lucía Cuevas centres on a filmmaker's search for answers about what happened to her brother, his wife and child, all abducted during the Guatemalan Civil War.
Attempted murder of Pinochet depicted in animated video ‘El Melocotón’
New animated music video depicts Chilean guerilla organisation Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front's 1986 assassination attempt against General Augusto Pinochet.
What is The Heart of Our Earth?
Today, LAB is proud to launch a crowdfunding campaign for a brand new and very important LAB project: The Heart of Our Earth: Community Resistance to Mining in Latin America. But why mining? And why now?
Voz III | Crossed Off The Map: Travels in Bolivia
Blending travel writing, history and reportage, Crossed Off The Map journeys from the Andes to the Amazon to explore Bolivia’s turbulent past and contemporary challenges.
The Brazilian Epstein?
New allegations suggest Brazilian businessman Samuel Klein was behind a child sexual abuse ring.
The Rights of Nature and Indigenous Peoples – LAB Newsletter 6...
The third of our Voices webinars focuses on the rights of nature, indigenous people and mining. But there's lots of news from the region...
Argentina’s National Congress passes historic bill to legalise abortion
Feminist groups in Argentina and abroad greeted the New Year in celebration as the
country’s National Congress voted in favour of the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill, which will allow childbearing people in the country to access abortion for free in public hospitals up to 14 weeks pregnancy.
Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ dry up
The unprecedented drought in Sao Paulo may be the result of deforestation and global warning, say scientists.