What happened to Mexico’s cholombianos?
Rafael Zafra asks what happened to the cholombianos, the urban tribe portrayed in Fernando Frías de la Parra's Oscar-nominated film 'I'm No Longer Here'.
Brazil: Pixacao Sao Paulo’s Urban Calligraphy
Brutal repression and commercial bids to co-opt them have failed. The pixadores --the city's graphic rap-artists- fight to maintain their transgressive art of tagging walls and buildings.
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...
Colombia: what does peace mean in Comuna 13?
24 January. With the new year in Colombia came a new sentence from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, holding the state responsible for...
El Sueño existe 2017: focus on Ecuador
Bienvenido! Festival 2017
Bienvenido! El Sueño Existe Festival of Latin American music and politics will take place in Machynlleth, 28, 29 and 30 July 2017....
Cholet – the Work of Freddy Mamani, who built Salas de...
Documentary film, one hour long, showing the Salas de Eventos - over 60 in number - that have been designed and built by Freddy...
Is Mexico an emerging economic superpower?
The BBC recently depicted Mexico as one of the next generation of economic superpowers. Mexican sociologist Luis Vazquez expresses a certain scepticism.
Chile: A Cartoon History
Re-issued for the 40th anniversary of the military coup in Chile, this Introduction to Chile by Chris Welch follows the style of Mexican cartoonist Rius.
Uruguay: the Tupamaros at 50
An interview with Mauricio Rosencof, one of the founding members of the Uruguayan guerrilla group the Tupamaros, which first came to international attention in 1966.
Chile: Cabros de Mierda
Film Review: Cabros de Mierda
English title: “The Young Shepherd’
(Gonzalo Justiniano, Chile, 2017) with Nathalie Aragonese, Daniel Contessa Aguirre and Elias Collado Moya.
‘Cabros de Mierda’...