La Casa del Frente
A graphic novel by Adam Policzer describes his experience as a Jewish child in wartime Hungary and, decades later, his arrest in Pinochet's Chile. In each case he was saved by the courage and humanity of individuals who dared to resist: a quality the book celebrates.
Inside: prison poems from Argentina
A book of poetry by Argentine political prisoners from 1975-81, the period of the 'Dirty War'.
The undeclared project to silence the Amazon
In the early hours of Monday August 12, silence fell on the Amazon. Márcio Souza, writer, dramatist, director, novelist, 'emperor of the Amazon', passed...
Honouring Indigenous resistance in Totonicapán: interview with Maya K’iché exile Lucía...
Maya K'iché activist Lucía Ixchíu tells the story of her path to political activism, creating solidarity among diverse Indigenous communities in Guatemala; and her life in exile
‘Chile Estyle’ uses street art to tell the stories of a...
This review of Pablo Aravena's documentary 'Chile Estyle' was originally published by our partner Sounds & Colours.
A busy street in Antofagasta, a city in...
Digital writing in the time of Corona
A new project, ‘Archiving Real-Time Literary Responses to the Covid-19 in Latin America’, is housed at the University of Birmingham. aims to document some of this literary production in this exceptional period of global history. It will make a body of viral literature in Latin America available through open access for future researchers and the wider public before it is lost.
KANUA: the first floating film festival to navigate the Ecuadorian Amazon
Kanua, the Amazonian Floating Film Festival, brought cinema to remote communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon on a solar-powered canoe.
Kopenawa, Krenak, Kayapo
Brazil's Indigenous leaders are at last being recognized, reports Jan Rocha. But will anything really change in their 500-year-old struggle, as Brazil's Congress continues to defend the interests that seek to annihilate them?
Ailton Krenak: Samba to portray our vision
Brazilian Indigenous leader Ailton Krenak is made a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Meanwhile Samba schools at Carnival gave voice to Indigenous and Black peoples
‘Eureka’ is a reflection on oppression and a sensorial ride into...
Lisandro Alonso's film, 'Eureka,' intricately weaves together three distinct plots set in different parts of the Americas over different eras, presenting us with challenging and thought-provoking transitions across various genres.