The assassination of Brazil
So illogical are his actions that people are starting to question Jair Bolsonaro's sanity: as he persists in denials about coronavirus, antagonises China which supplies Brazil's vaccines and foments murderous violence by the police
Colombia: Cali’s community libraries
In summer 2021, a three-month national strike against Ivan Duque's right-wing government proved a remarkable time for movement-building and social change. Silvia reports on the libraries constructed by and for local communities in Cali during this period.
El Salvador: Demons in black, demons in white
This article was originally published on the the author's own website. You can see the original here.
El Salvador ranked 142nd out of 163...
Amazon frontier: The Third Bank of the River
BOOK REVIEW
Chris Feliciano Arnold, The Third Bank of the River. New York: Picador 2018
This book has been classified as ‘travel-writing’, but it is much...
Brazil: Cunha, the man who knows too much
The arrest of the former speaker of Congress has sent shock-waves through Brasilia.
Honduras: between electoral fraud and popular uprising
A week on from the general elections held in Honduras, on 27 November, there is still no definitive result. The main candidates are presidential...
Brazil — Forward into the Past
Interim President Michel Temer has chosen a white, male cabinet which ignores all the social advances of the last 14 years
Argentina: the sun always rises
Alicia Carriquiriborde describes the courage and resilience of women political prisoners held at Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires during the military dictatorship in Argentina.
Brazil’s Cinderella: to prison, or to the ball?
São Paulo, 26 January 2018. Not only was Lula’s appeal rejected and his sentence increased to twelve years by the court in Porto Alegre...
Rio’s rulers behind bars as the 2018 race begins
1 December 2017. Just over a year ago, Rio was on a roll, basking in post-Olympic glory, applauded all over the world for a...