Censorship, hostility or repression against the homosexual community or immigrants are realities that still exist in British and Spanish society. Talking about it is not always easy, but with art, many things are possible…and more effective.
Multiculture
La Lira Matacera… 95 years preserving popular dance music
In the neighbourhoods of La Marina, Simpson and Pueblo Nuevo in the 1920s, rumba and Guaguancó reigned in the dance halls and popular festivities. Wilfredo Alayón At that time, in the town of Matanzas 62 miles east of Havana, a birthplace of important musicians, musical septets were born […]
João Guilherme: WhatsApp & fake news, or how to kill democracy
Fears and anxieties are used to create and diffuse fake news and manipulate the electorate. This is what happened at the last Brazilian election. A group of researchers studied the case in order to develop a method to deal with fake news. Nathan Raia At the last vote […]
Celebrating art, diversity and female empowerment in the UK
This is what the Festival of Latin American Women in the Arts (Flawa), will do between the 15th and 19th May, in London. A way to show the perceptions of women from Latin America in film, music, literature and arts. London and the UK are home to a rich […]
A mother’s despair… The kidnapped son
After two years of court proceedings, Karol Marmolejo lives with the anguish of the second kidnapping of Angelo, her 9-year-old son. His father, Rafael, is the perpetrator. In a conversation with The Prisma, Karol told her story of the incessant search for her youngest son.
