Colombia: stairway storytellers in Medellín
Sulay Pino is waiting for us at the main entrance to the San Javier metro station wearing a bright green t-shirt that reads ‘Stairway...
Brazil: map and timeline of rural massacres
As mentioned in Sue Branford & Thais Borges' article (Brazilian Amazon, 3 massaces in 12 days)Brazil's Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) has launched a ...
Brazilian Amazon: 3 massacres in 12 days
by Sue Branford & Thais Borges
The Amazon has seen three probable massacres in 12 days — likely a record for the region — as...
Colombia – two sisters, the FARC and the Peace Process
This article is based on an interview carried out by ABColombia in August 2018. The text does not reflect the views of ABColombia...
Mexico: more than 800 socio-environmental conflicts since 2006
A project called 'Talking to Goliath' has mapped social and environmental conflicts across the length and breadth of Mexico, caused by the development, expansion...
Brazil: Indigenous reserves to be opened up to mining
by Sue Branford & Mauricio Torres
New Minister of Mines and Energy Admiral Bento Albuquerque announced on 4 March that he plans to permit...
Colombia: chocolate of peace
A film by Gwen Burnyeat and Pablo Mejía Trujillo about the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó.
Chocolate of Peace depicts the Peace Community...
La Noche de los Lapices (The Night of the Pencils)
Argentine film (1hr 35mins) directed by Hector Olivera. Showing events in September 1976, in La Plata, Argentina, when a number of secondary school students,...
Massacre en Tlatelolco, 2 October 1968
Shows footage of the infamous massacre of scores, probably hundreds of students in Mexico City, who were protesting at extravagant government spending on the...
Marielle and Monica: the LGBT activists resisting Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Marielle Franco, Brazilian LGBT and human rights activist, was killed in March 2018. Her widow, Monica Benicio, continued her fight for better ...