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...
Latin America — Trafficking in Women and Girls
It is estimated that half a million young women in Latin America and the Caribbean are lured into sexual abuse, with social media playing a key role.
The Past is an Imperfect Tense
A well-to-do white couple living in São Paulo, Brazil, adopt a black baby. The Past is an Imperfect Tense tells the story of this father-son relationship, which begins with great love and affection but ends up in ruin and rejection.
Greta Thunberg: voice and silence
This open
letter, from a distinguished group of Brazilian mental health academics and
professionals, was first published in El Pais Brazil on 2 September 2019. You
can...
UNESCO Declares Bolivia Free of Illiteracy
The South American nation reached the goal after following the programme "Yes I Can" designed by Cuba.
Guatemala: the void left by empty classrooms
Sunset over Guatemala City marks another day of widening inequality and increasing despair as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. With the country’s informal economy...
PODCAST: what is happening to migrant children at the US border
A podcast from The Guardian. Published in the 'Today In Focus' series, 11 July 2019. To download or listen, click here.
Elora Mukherjee is a...
Colombia: false positives, failed justice
Like Cuba’s Ladies in White and Argentina’s Mothers of the May Plaza before them, Colombia’s Mothers of Soacha continue to do the slow and...
Cuba: Women and the low fertility rate
Cuban TV provoked a storm of indignation when it appeared to hold women solely responsible for the country's low birth-rate.