Peru: factory fire exposes child labour and modern slavery
A factory fire on June 22 in the Las Malvinas district of Lima, Peru, that killed four young people has drawn official and international...
Marabá, Brazil – sowing the seeds of Bem Viver
At the end of their European tour of Belgium, Germany, Austria and Poland, performance troupe AfroRaiz return to their home city of Marabá, Pará,...
The power of the first generation without hope
In May, I gave a talk at Harvard University on the Amazon and creating futures and I closed it by saying that hope, like...
The Chilean Spring
It is spring in the Southern hemisphere. But in Chile, this spring is different - Santiago, 29 October
‘Chile has woken up’ is one of...
EmpoderArte uses film to empower Peruvian women
EmpoderArte, a Peruvian-based NGO which offers a decentralised film education to women, Karoline organises and runs workshops up and down Peru, mobilising hundreds of women to discover and embrace the emancipatory power of storytelling.
Chileans demand the right to live in dignity
'No son $30'
On Friday 18 October, Chilean president
Sebastian Piñera announced a state of emergency in the country’s capital
Santiago. As protests spread throughout the country...
Towards a Living Amazon: Rios de Encontro European tour
Rios de Encontro presents the origins and eco-cultural vision of the AfroRaiz Collective of young afro-indigenous performance-educators from...
Stories from El Salvador
A photography exhibition and a theatre play bring the problems of reconciliation and healing in a divided society like El Salvador to London audiences.
Chile’s long, hot summer of discontent
It’s 11 January 2020, and I am sitting on a hot and unforgiving cement esplanade, at the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Chile’s...
Chile: President Bachelet’s reform agenda
In her second term as president, Michelle Bachelet seems in a hurry to push through wide-ranging reforms, despite opposition in Congress and a dip in her popularity ratings