An Interview with Damian Platt, author of ‘Nothing By Accident: Brazil on the Edge’
In Nothing By Accident: Brazil on the Edge, Damian Platt tells the story of Rio de Janeiro, providing a detailed... Read Article
Miguel Littín and Chilean Cinema’s Social Outlook
This article is by Simon Diaz-Cuffin (interview conducted by Isabel Aguilera, Ricardo Diaz-Cuffin and Simon Diaz-Cuffin) and is republished with... Read Article
Sounds and Colours Launch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign
At the end of last year we began making plans for our 10th anniversary, which would largely consist of a... Read Article
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
The Quipu Project – Sterilised Women in Peru Raise Their Voices
In the 1990s, more than 270,000 women and 22,000 men were sterilised in Peru as part of a massive family... 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