Shining Path

It’s Not Cultural, It’s Political: An Interview With Storm In The Andes’ Mikael Wiström and Josefin Ekermann

By Claire Green 30 March, 2015

Swedish film-maker Mikael Wiström’s documentary Storm in the Andes juxtaposes the drastically different yet interconnected stories of Flor Gonzales and... Read Article

REVIEW Storm In The Andes

By Robbie Wilson 23 March, 2015

Storm In The Andes (Tempestad En Los Andes) marks the final instalment of director Mikael Wiström’s “Peruvian trilogy”. The documentary... Read Article

The Best Books on Revolutionary Movements in Latin America

By Nick MacWilliam 18 November, 2013

The concept of revolution is entwined with the history of Latin America to such an extent that the Spanish word... Read Article

Transitional Justice in Peru

By Ed Hart 04 October, 2012

Rebecca K. Root’s Transitional Justice in Peru is a thoughtful account of the human rights abuses which arose from the... Read Article

REVIEW Bad Intentions

By Jack Langley 07 March, 2012

Set against the background of 1980s Communist guerilla attacks from the Shining Path group, Rosario Garcia-Montero’s Bad Intentions follows the... Read Article

Caution, Left Turn Only: Peruvian Elections

By Sandra Nuñez Portocarrero 22 April, 2011

I once heard a Sociologist at UC Berkeley say that the left is always the right way. Latin America seems... Read Article