Daniel is Spanish from Cadiz who arrived in London last October. Although he has a job in a restaurant, he doesn’t feel at all satisfied in ‘such a big’ city and he is thinking about moving back to Spain in the future. Javier Duque Ha didn’t leave Spain […]
Migrants
Gaborone: a rough diamond
Gaborone, one of the youngest and most modern cities in Africa, is the capital city of Botswana. It is also one of the smallest cities, with a population of just 200,000 inhabitants (a total of 10% of the country’s entire population). Julio Hernández This city, situated on the […]
Spanish immigrants: a turn of the screw
Today Spaniards are facing the inevitable issue of unemployment. Having been forced to abandon their country, they are now enduring the harsh reality which Latin Americans have known only too well for the past few decade, who have almost always been confined to roles in the cleaning industry regardless of […]
Parents-child relationship in the Latin American culture
In the troubled wake of the UK riots people were shocked, angry and wanted to hold someone responsible. Due to the surprise at how young many of the rioters, much of the blame predictably landed on the parents for an “inability to control their children”. Patrice Gerrard “It’s […]
Rediscovering your roots
Every generation faces a different challenge. And this is certainly true for British children of Latin-Americans who wish to return to the country of their parents. Ramón Lafée The language, the residency papers, adapting to a different culture; these are just some of the difficulties that the previous […]















