Manaus: England fans’ friendly
Friendly match arranged for England football fans in Manaus
Why is FIFA like a sausage?
A brilliant YouTube video by HBO's John Oliver
Recommended reading for World Cup fans
Philosophy Football's Mark Perryman provides a World Cup reading list.
Bread & Circuses: order your new World Cup T-shirt
UK-based Philosophy Football has a new T-shirt for the World Cup, based on a Brazilian design with the motto:
The 2014 World Cup: Prosperity for FIFA Means Pain for Brazil
Next week the FIFA World Cup tournament starts in Brazil and many Brazilians don't seem to be very happy about the world biggest football carnival coming to town.
Café Guanasco: Honduras’ most outspoken band
This post comes from the Honduras Memoria Creativa blog. The full blog can be read, in both English and Spanish, here.
“If they thought they...
Honduras Memoria Creativa
A new blog which aims to provide an introduction to the music, art, illustration and literature of a country so often depicted as merely the home of coups and catastrophes.
Cuba: the fall of the humming-bird
USAID's covert promotion of a social media network raises questions about new technology on the island
Cuba: Ice-picks and rum
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura talks about his latest novel, The Man Who Loved Dogs.
Gabriel García Márquez
LAB editor Nick Caistor pays tribute to Gabriel García Márquez, Latin America's greatest novelist.