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.
An immigrant with his heart in two lands
He highlights that in the English capital you can meet many people from all parts of the world . This 23 year old Frenchman is carrying out his studies away from Paris in the English capital. It isn’t his first time as an immigrant. Javier Duque Rene Cars* […]
Talking politics and solidarity around a community cooking pot
A community event is coming to South London on 21 September. Talks and interactive workshops will teach attendees about new bills signed and sealed by the current Colombian government; and a pro-Palestinian people’s assembly will unite Latin Americans in the goal of strengthening support for the Palestinian people. “The purpose […]
















