It is ‘a kind of Italian Guantanamo, outside any international standard, outside the European Union (EU)’. And it ‘constitutes a very serious violation of human rights and sacrifices the suffering of real people on the altar of political propaganda’. The first statement was made by Pierfrancesco Majorino, in charge […]
Multiculture
Abya Yala: Resistance, solidarity and memory
A few weeks ago, many voices from the London-based diaspora expressed what “the invasion, genocide and colonisation” of the indigenous peoples of Latin America meant and still means. There they also condemned the horror that, with impunity, is being perpetrated against the Palestinian people. 12 October 1492 was the […]
One man against the rest: The story of Orlando Pérez
Brushes with the media elite in Latin America, a battle against a smear campaign, and a quick chat with Gabriel García Márquez at the Casa de las Américas awards in Cuba: Orlando Pérez has had a colourful career in journalism. The only reporter in Ecuador to publish all the WikiLeaks cables, he exposed powerful people who have been after him ever since.
Building on cultural differences to include migrants
Migrations are formed in the convergence and divergence of Latin American culture with different cultures. This relationship with the “other” is simultaneously of acceptance and rejection. The diasporas have to invent their own identity which is different from the old identity. Claudio Chipana In recent decades, Latin American […]
Immigrating has not been easy for Alicia
She is not very happy living in London, but she says that once she gets to be about 60 to 70 years old and makes enough money, she plans to move back to Spain where most of her family currently is. Alicia Piedra moved from Ecuador to Spain when she […]