Coalition of Latin Americans in the UK
CLAUK is a coalition of Latin American organisations campaigning for official recognition of their community as an ethnic minority, for better access to health services and labour rights.
Mexico: Damp squibs from a fiery art
A summer exhibition at London's Royal Academy explores the art and photography produced during the years of revolution in Mexico from 1910-1940.
Chile: students occupy their schools to demand market-free education
Ahead of the presidential primary elections, school students occupied school premises due to be used as polling stations.
Brazilian movement takes inspiration from Zapatistas
The autonomous movement that spearheaded the Brazilian protests took direct inspiration from the horizontal model of Mexico’s Zapatista communities.
Galeano’s Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History
A new book by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano illustrates human potential through poems, tales, histories and observation.
Central America: Feminism and revolution
Central American feminist María Suárez Toro explains how women have decided 'that they are not going to be represented by the boys'.
Aldeia Maracanã marks 513 years of Indigenous Evictions in Brazil
A few minutes from Maracanã stadium, urban Indigenous village struggles to save an historical building in danger as Brazil's World Cup approaches
VENEZUELA 3: DON’T MESS WITH BOLIVAR
This is a government obsessed with Simón Bolivar, writes Javier, in his last post from the country.
BRAZIL’S BLIND SPOT: RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUALITY
Despite its multicultural image, Brazil fails to address racial inequality. Today, racial democracy is a dangerous illusion.
Brazil: The cruel realities of domestic service
Daughters of rural families find that work as maids in the city is no route to education and independence
