Colombia: the power of listening
Born from a UNLive initiative aimed at utilising culture as a tool for environmental change, the Colombia-based collective Vozterra channel grassroots responses to climate change and the decline of biodiversity.
Voices of Latin America Webinar Series: The Rainbow Tide and Fighting...
LAB is excited to invite you to the second instalment of the Voices of Latin America webinar series, this time focusing on LGBTQ+ rights and machismo.
Brazil: Kadiwéu people adapt to survive
Kadiwéu people from Mato Grosso do Sul have survived against the odds. Now their eye-catching traditional designs are being used on fashionable bags and dresses. Will they benefit, and will they survive deforestation and the pandemic?
Venezuela: ‘A la calle’
A film of ambitious scope which informs the viewer on the last three years in Venezuelan politics, while also painting an intimate and heartbreaking picture of the destruction wrought upon the lives of ordinary people.
Resisting state violence in Cauca, Colombia
Filmed over three years between 2017 and 2019, Bajo Fuego is an engaging, enraging portrait of a community’s struggle against state abandonment, economic collapse, and a rising tide of violence
International Women’s Day celebrations across Latin America
On International Women’s Day this past Monday 8 March, 2021, women and their allies throughout the region took to the streets to protest against discrimination, inequality and violence against women and girls. Here is how the day was celebrated across the region.
How did Mexico City mark International Women’s Day 2021?
In the run-up to International Women’s Day in Mexico City and in spite of the pandemic that is sweeping the country, the women’s movement planned a demonstration to demand a life free from violence.
Participatory photography in the Andes
In 2017, a group of women activists in Cajamarca began documenting their perceptions of community, wellbeing and alternatives to extractivism through photography.
Voices seminar 1, Calling Mexico & a job vacancy – LAB...
Job vacancy at LAB (closing date 31 march)
We are looking for a Publishing Assistant, part-time, 25 hours per week, on the government’s Kickstart Scheme!...
Brazil: teachers protest against drive to reopen schools
LAB received this open letter from the Teachers of the EEB (State Basic Education School) Padre Anchieta, Florianópolis, to School Community, March 2021.
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