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The additions and subtractions of a changing Latin America

The last quarter of 2019 is proving especially hectic in Latin America : social revolts as have not been seen in a long time in several countries; elections with mixed results and in some cases extremely close run; and as a common denominator in more than one situation, the military again deployed in the street using dubious legal interpretations and methods.
In Brexit times, a house for the Latin American immigrant, for everyone

This community represent a significant part of London, but the majority perceive discrimination, struggles with loneliness and English, suffer emotional ups and downs, while trying to find decent job and get their papers ready. There are several associations providing a variety of help to these immigrants. One of them also tries to make a difference,
Seeking shelter in fortress Europe as a Muslim transgender person

This is the journeys of Pepsi, the transgender Queen of the Calais Jungle. Journeys through social landscapes fraught with prejudice and danger, fortified by her military survival skills. The last film of Enrico Masi’s trilogy set around the impact of mega-events addresses the biggest of them all: mass migration.
Camila Rodriguez Triana, lives in ashes

In a country where the internal conflict has lasted almost six decades, lying is another weapon for protecting yourself and others. Exposing it is dangerous. An ex-guerilla whose youthful ideals could not be realised abandoned the guerilla life. And his world fell apart, when, many years later, he began the cold hard work of facing the past that lived inside himself and his family.
International mobilisation against violence in Colombia

Tired of the violence, thousands of immigrants, refugees and exiles from different countries and different cities will come together to expose the ongoing violation of human rights in the country and the non-compliance with the FARC Peace Treaty. This will take place on 15 November.

United Kingdom & Current affairs

Migrants and refugees in Europe: they are not numbers, they are people!
3 days agoFires, overcrowding, shipwrecks, death and pain accompanied the migratory flow
Challenges for the European Union in crisis
3 days agoNow with its whole team replaced, this body faces issues that it must deal with
The reasons and aims of the coup in Bolivia
3 days agoIt is not just about preventing a progressive government (with undeniable
Bolivia is now under a pure, fascist dictatorship
3 days agoThe de facto government of Bolivia quickly set the wheels in motion to
The United States’ hidden, systematic and perverse war against Syria
3 days agoSince March 2011, more than 140,000 mercenaries have entered Syrian territory,

Multiculture

Alberto Sautúa: intuition, colour and imagination
December 9, 2019
Pink Floyd accompanies his creative work working day. He begins to mark the material. There isn’t a sketch or a previous idea, [...]
Dreamers on the tightrope
December 2, 2019
The fate of DACA programme recipients is now more uncertain than ever — the US Supreme Court heard the arguments on this [...]
Enrico Masi on making politically coherent documentaries
December 2, 2019
His film “Shelter”, about a transgender Muslim immigrant is doing well in film festivals, but how to reach larger audiences? [...]

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Latin America

The reasons and aims of the coup in Bolivia
December 9, 2019
It is not just about preventing a progressive government (with undeniable achievements) from staying in power. It is about giving [...]
Bolivia is now under a pure, fascist dictatorship
December 9, 2019
The de facto government of Bolivia quickly set the wheels in motion to institutionalise the coup d’etat and erase in just a [...]
The additions and subtractions of a changing Latin America
December 9, 2019
The last quarter of 2019 is proving especially hectic in Latin America : social revolts as have not been seen in a long time in [...]

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Culture

Photographing Israel and the West Bank
December 9, 2019
“This place” is a large format photobook (32.00 x 30.00 cm) with work by twelve contemporary photographers, taken between [...]
Alberto Sautúa: intuition, colour and imagination
December 9, 2019
Pink Floyd accompanies his creative work working day. He begins to mark the material. There isn’t a sketch or a previous idea, [...]
Enrico Masi on making politically coherent documentaries
December 2, 2019
His film “Shelter”, about a transgender Muslim immigrant is doing well in film festivals, but how to reach larger audiences? [...]

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Workers

In London, voices for Catalonia and democracy
October 21, 2019
After having committed human rights abuses during the Referendum for Catalan Independence that took place two years ago, the [...]
#StopArmingIsrael: No more war crimes!
September 2, 2019
Interference by imperialist countries and capitalist organisations in the Israel-Palestine conflict in the Middle East has caused [...]
Carillion’s case: hospitals remain unbuilt and guilty unpunished
September 2, 2019
Last week marked 600 days since the collapse of Carillion on 15 January 2018 when the construction and outsourcing giant was [...]

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United Kingdom

Migrants and refugees in Europe: they are not numbers, they are people!
December 9, 2019
Fires, overcrowding, shipwrecks, death and pain accompanied the migratory flow towards [...]
Challenges for the European Union in crisis
December 9, 2019
Now with its whole team replaced, this body faces issues that it must deal with [...]
The reasons and aims of the coup in Bolivia
December 9, 2019
It is not just about preventing a progressive government (with undeniable achievements) [...]

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Lifestyle

Digital independence vs the United States’ technological blockade
November 11, 2019
Open-access software and liberating technologies are becoming the only way to achieve technological independence in Venezuela, [...]
Essential Tips on Performing a Seamless Reverse Image Search
September 23, 2019
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Dengue, fatal but not invincible
September 9, 2019
In 2019 so far, more than two million cases have been recorded in the Americas. Every year across the world the virus carried by [...]

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Strugles

In London, voices for Catalonia and democracy
October 21, 2019
After having committed human rights abuses during the Referendum for Catalan Independence that took place two years ago, the [...]
#StopArmingIsrael: No more war crimes!
September 2, 2019
Interference by imperialist countries and capitalist organisations in the Israel-Palestine conflict in the Middle East has caused [...]
The non-stop picket against Apartheid
July 29, 2019
During the 1980s, London was the most engaged city in the UK in the fight against racial discrimination. Regarding those events, [...]

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World

The United States’ hidden, systematic and perverse war against Syria
December 9, 2019
Since March 2011, more than 140,000 mercenaries have entered Syrian territory, while the U.S and its allies in the West and the [...]
Latin America’s economy is at a standstill
November 25, 2019
Exports from the region are predicted to have fallen by 2% in 2019, while imports to have dropped by 3%. The situation presses [...]
The new pro-immigration and anti-Trump wave
November 25, 2019
The permanent infringement of immigrants’ rights and the inhumane conditions that those living in the United States have been [...]

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United Kingdom & Current affairs

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