Six hundred and fifty coffee producers benefit from fair trade through the Equal Exchange in Nicaragua, which has formed a group called Soppexcca. Communities have not only enhanced their standard of living but have also particularly improved the position of women in society. Cesar Amaya Sandino This Nicaraguan […]
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The last slaves’ bunkhouse…the last link
It is the only thing to endure in Latin America. It exists in Trinidad, the southern Cuban city, where the Manaca-Iznaga estate rises together with the famous tower of the same name. Mayra Pardillo Gómez These days, restoration specialists and constructors carry out painstaking work to preserve these […]
Occupy Oil
In protest against the war on natural resources, mainly oil and minerals, carried out by powerful countries in the most vulnerable territories, a worldwide day of protest has been organised for 18 June 2012. The action will take place at “Shell” petrol stations, the company of hydrocarbons to which […]
Wirikuta, desecrated ground
The village of Wixárika (Huichol), situated in the western Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit and Durango, is demanding the cancellation of mining grants made to foreign companies in San Luis Potosí, for endangering native sacred land. Deisy Francis Mexidor “We do not want Canadian businesses, we do not […]
Chaplin, condemned and exiled for going against the grain
During his lifetime the English film maker experienced the strong arm of the law at a time when immigration laws in certain countries were increasingly restricting the movement of people around the world, a situation which contradicted the concept of freedom discussed in the last quarter of a century. […]
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