Age 29 and with a stable job at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Mexico, Joel Hernández decided to leave home and expand on his skills by studying a postgraduate degree in London. Around 298,000 students from outside the EU were enrolled in British educational institutions during […]
Multiculture
Leydis Fernández, like a fish in water
Accommodation and full board in exchange for looking after children; millions of young people arrive in London from all over the world with this exact purpose. She came from Cuba, passing through Spain on the way, she is an Au Pair and she intends to stay here. When […]
Latin American women and their fight against fear
Brazil and Honduras are two countries in which women are taking the lead in stories of self-improvement and resistance against established power in the continent. Benjamin Serra Gender-based violence and femicide, the emancipation of women, female circumcision, universal suffrage, equal pay and work for men and women […]
Worst bosses are Spanish speakers
40% of Latin Americans live with the daily psychological torture their superiors inflict on them. They are intimidated, insulted and treated with contempt. Sadly, in many cases this mistreatment takes place in their own language. Olga Briasco Many Latin Americans came to London a decade ago in […]
In the face of raids, immigrants stay calm!
The government’s pursuit of people without identity papers has made the immigrant community fearful going to work. They do not know that they can refuse to show papers. Olga Briasco At the entrance to one of the London Tube lines, police from the Home Office are asking for […]