A group of Senegalese men survive selling on the streets and beaches. Being so far apart from relatives and partners adds to their difficulties. This is the first of a series of articles in The Prisma about immigrant experiences portrayed in documentary films. Graham Douglas Migration is mostly […]
Latin America
Covid in Cuba: a cautious June follows a dark May
The forecasts were accurate in early May when they announced a tricky month for Cuba due to Covid-19. In fact, 35,701 cases were filed in 31 days. According to the Cuban health authorities, the immunisation of 70% of the island’s inhabitants is expected to be completed by August. Claudia […]
What Colombia is asking for is a different government
The dominant class in Colombia must be worried by the dimensions that the National Strike protest movement is reaching, as it entered its second month and shows no sign of fading. Juan Diego García The government of Ivan Duque and of the far right of Alvaro Uribe Vélez […]
The drama of the growing migration to Panama
The diverse flow of immigrants that enter the Central American country through the border with Colombia tends to continue and grow. Nils Castro “Despite the harshness and lethal nature of the trails that penetrate the Panamanian territory through the jungle, it is expected that the size, morbidity, harmful […]
Breaking the blockade
61 years of political stalemate between the United States and Cuba has caused suffering and distress to Cuban families, which has been intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic. In a few weeks’ time, the United Nations General Assembly will vote, once again, to dissolve the US blockade. The CSC will conduct […]
















