Short films from indigenous Latin American filmmakers at Native Spirit Festival
There’s still time to catch a number of short films from indigenous Latin American filmmakers at Native Spirit Festival: the UK’s first and only annual independent festival to promote indigenous filmmakers, media and artists.
Colombia: land inequality and historic memory
Main image: Aerial photo of agricultural land near Ipiales, Colombia. Photo by Luis Eduardo Bernal M. 2009.
In February 2019, Darío Acevedo was appointed president...
Salvadorean refugees repatriate to Nueva Esperanza
In 1991 a group of 325 Salvadorean refugees returned to their country after 10 years of exile in Nicaragua. They faced great difficulties in...
Covid-19 reaches Costa Rica: hopes and fears
‘Coronavirus will
never hit Costa Rica. There are no direct flights between China and here’.
These are the words that an acquaintance confidently shared just 7...
Migration & displacement – LAB Newsletter July 2019
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
31 July 2019
Migration
and Displacement at crisis point
In addition to our website, LAB’s Facebook page provides a daily stream of summaries...
Structural violence and displacement in Central America and Colombia
This article was prepared for Christian Aid by Nathalie Mercier (Guatemala), Maria Useche (Colombia), Tania Grande (El Salvador) and Javier SanVicente (Honduras)
Main image: migrant...
The lesson of Brumadinho: put rights before profits
This edited extract from a Christian Aid report, dated 11 June 2019, was prepared by LAB
When a dam at Vale SA’s iron ore mine...
Latin America’s migration problems
The Americas were shaped by migration, mostly from Europe. Now Asians and Africans are arriving, and there is desperate intra-continental movement in...
Freedom has no borders
A moving short photo-video from Francisco Elías Prada and Ángela Rodríguez Torres of LAB partner Ojos Ilegales, Venezuela. The photos convey haunting images of...
PODCAST: what is happening to migrant children at the US border
A podcast from The Guardian. Published in the 'Today In Focus' series, 11 July 2019. To download or listen, click here.
Elora Mukherjee is a...