Carlos Cruz was a very young boy when his father was threatened with death and had to leave his country for the UK. Aware that the “plundering” of the global South by Northern countries is the cause of his migration and the violence in those countries, he decided to become […]
Migrants
Diversity: tolerance is not enough
They will never be equality, because all humans are different; this is an idea that is generally accepted in today’s society. Mabel Encinas However, the consequences of this diversity, are seen in different values and through a variety of actions. In other words, there are differences of perception […]
Immigrants and activists: We must not be silent
Yonatan Mosquera was an activist in his home country, Colombia, from where he fled in his early twenties. Today, whilst receiving xenophobia from British police, he campaigns for Iraq, Cuba, Palestine, the working class but mainly Colombia. And he tries to educate new and future activists. Elle McHale […]
Migrant children in the jungle
In the last four years the number of children and adolescents who crossed the Darien jungle, in the border province of Panama, multiplied by more than 15. According to the regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), since 2017, the number […]
What is a Latin American, exactly?
What is a Latino (Latin American), exactly? Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. seem alarmed suddenly by their inability to answer that question. Darrin Burgess All they know is that people of Latin American descent turned out in a tidal wave for 2020 year’s election. Their numbers accounted […]