In Ecuador, a Sexual Narrative Reversed
In most countries in Latin America, members of the LGTBQ community tend to gravitate to cities as they more gay... Read Article
London Latin America Film Festival 2014 from 14-23 Nov: What films are on show this year?
Several of the most interesting and diverse recent films from across Latin America will be arriving in London this week... Read Article
Free to watch online: Ten Political Films from Latin America 1964-99
Cinema has always played a major role in the dissemination of political understanding and in developing a collective memory of... Read Article
MIXTAPE Free Download: ‘Foreign Brown’ by DJ Ushka
What’s better than a mixtape that celebrates different sounds coming from a variety of countries? Not much, as far as... Read Article
Indigenous Movements: Upcoming Challenges for Re-elected Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa
A green wave invaded the streets of Quito, the Ecuadorian capital, on Sunday, February 17th. Thousands of people, with Alianza... Read Article
Venezuela’s Oil Refinery Blaze: Seven Good Reasons to Suspect Sabotage
“You can’t exclude any hypothesis… It’s practically impossible that here in an [oil] installation like this which is fully automated... Read Article
“Leave us in Peace”: Security in Colombia’s Cauca department
The Cauca department in Southwest Colombia has long been home to incessant conflicts between the local indigenous populations and Colombian... Read Article
Latest on Marco Arana and Conga Mining Protest in Peru + Watch The Devil Operation Online
This July 4th, while executives of Colorado’s Newmont Mining Corporation celebrated America’s Independence Day, a priest was beaten and detained... Read Article
This is what democracy looks like: a coup in Paraguay and genetically modified cotton
Left-right divides in Latin American politics run as deep and are as sore as an open wound, gashed by the... Read Article