Cricket, afternoon tea and popular festivals reflect the coexistence of traditions inherited from different cultures in one Caribbean island with a cultural personality that defines a large part of its national identity. Yolaidy Martínez Ruiz Barbados has a unique identity, strongly influenced by British fashions and customs despite […]
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Yesterday Srebrenica, today Gaza
Marking the anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide and drawing parallels to Gaza. The United Nations and the international courts legally recognised the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as Genocide, with the UN officially describing the atrocity as “the worst on European soil since the Second World War”. Written and filmed: Farah Jamaluddin / […]
Employment challenges for immigrants in Uruguay
This Latin American country needs foreign labour but thousands of workers are facing low salaries, a lack of job security, difficulties in having their qualifications recognised and barriers to obtaining employment appropriate to their training. Orlando Oramas Uruguay practises an open door policy to immigration in the context […]
Bolivia: Growing pressure due to drug trafficking cases
Delays to investigations into shipments of wood with cocaine seized in Chile and other recent cases are feeding uncertainty in the forestry sector and reviving question marks over the Bolivian government’s institutional response to drug trafficking. Business is demanding that the investigations are accelerated. Jorge Petinaud Members […]
A deportation that could tear a family apart
Having served his sentence and rebuilt his life, Avelino Márquez is fighting to remain in the United Kingdom with his children as he awaits a further appeal against deportation. Virginia Moreno Molina “In 1978 we left for economic reasons, but also because my father was a bit […]
















