Across the British Council, especially in Spain, managerial relationships with staff are slipping and storm clouds are gathering. Busmens’ holidays in the sun? Many think that English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is a bit of an industry for extended holiday makers. There we are, off gallivanting around the […]
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Latin Americans and elections: how and why to vote
Several informative workshops are part of a campaign carried out by the Coalition of Latin Americans in the UK (Clauk), with the aim of raising awareness among the Latino community about their democratic rights and how to exercise them, and to enlighten them on everything related to the 2022 Electoral […]
Latin America, the world’s most unequal region
The neoliberal ideology introduced in the region in the 1980s exacerbated social injustice, which continues to affect the lives and working conditions of large swaths of the population characterised by poverty, unemployment and underemployment – issues that particularly affect indigenous and Afrodescendent groups. Juan J. Paz-y-Miño Cepeda […]
Guayaquil, land of fear, land of nobody
At what point did we allow ourselves to be stripped of the most valuable thing in our existence which is peace and eagerness to live? Aminta Buenaño There was a time, not so long ago, when at night Guayaquil opened like a flower. The nightlife, bohemia, buskers offering […]
The Tories and their crusade against migrants
The new Illegal Migration Bil, the anti-immigrant and refugee policies of recent decades, and the nightmares experienced in detention centres, reproduce a racist system inherent in Britain’s history. Today, more than ever, the strength of the human rights movement is urgently needed.
















