Some 107,000 cases have been recorded in Colombia, Peru, Guatemala and Mexico. Civil war, Army, Para-Militars and guerrilla conflicts are the principal causes of this affront to human dignity. . O. Briasco . Victoria Montenegro was 13 months old when she was snatched from her family home. A group from […]
Tag: Guatemala
Centuries of looting pre-Columbian treasures
The Paris branch of the London auction house, Sotheby’s, recently received €10 million for the “legal sale” of a collection of pre-Columbian artefacts which, from an ethical point of view, are arguably the property of Latin America. Juan Carlos Rivera Torres Sotheby’s pressed ahead with the auction despite […]
Exporting Latin American happiness
On 7th March University of Leicester will be hosting a conference entitled: “Well-being, Culture and Society: Cuban and UK Perspectives 2013”. Mental health spans a wide range of activities connected directly or indirectly to mental well-being, defined by the WHO [World Health Organisation] as: “a state of complete physical, […]
The testimony of Miguel Sisay
He was one of the survivors of the armed conflict (1960-1996), and his father and brother were among the 250.000 who were killed or went missing due to security forces during this bloody period, according to estimates by humanitarian groups. . Randy Saborit Mora . Sisay comes from the town […]