Latin America
May 20, 2013 2:04 am
Mosetén vs the Andeans: the cruelty of the timber business
This Bolivian indigenous nation made up of almost 2,600 people living north of the La Paz region in the NCL (Native Community Land), Mosetén. [...]
May 12, 2013 11:38 pm
Latin America: a rebellious spirit
A report has been published by the UNDP highlightingt Bolivia, Peru and Argentina as the countries with the greatest number of social conflicts (over [...]
May 12, 2013 10:51 pm
‘The Miami Five’, 15 years of life imprisonment
They were given the mission to discover any possible attacks against Cuba, but they were arrested by the FBI for conspiracy with Mafia terrorists. [...]
May 12, 2013 10:32 pm
Glevys Rondón: Governments abandoned their communities
In Latin America, 58 mining projects have an investment greater than US$ 1 billion. This industry has become an economic opportunity for the continent, [...]
May 5, 2013 1:24 am
Journalism under fire
Dina Meza… Telling the truth, many journalists are killed each year and threatened worldwide for committing this offense. Since 2009 27 journalists have been [...]
May 5, 2013 12:01 am
China and Latin America secure relationship
In 2015 the Asian giant will become the second highest investor in the region. On the 10th of May this relationship will be discussed [...]
April 28, 2013 2:33 am
When missiles rained down on Bogotá
For the second time, and only a few days after reaching my seventh decade of wandering this earth, I nostalgically relive the possibility of [...]
April 28, 2013 12:26 am
Enforced disappearance, a very present-day crime
Some 107,000 cases have been recorded in Colombia, Peru, Guatemala and Mexico. Civil war, Army, Para-Militars and guerrilla conflicts are the principal causes of [...]
April 21, 2013 11:57 pm
Political decentralisation v. inequality in Peru
Economic growth in the face of increased ancestral problems. This is Peru’s reality. It is a country with a high level of inequality, with [...]
April 21, 2013 11:32 pm
The endangered lives of the Ashaninka
The hydroelectric project on the river Ene could destroy the land where 10,000 indigenous people live and further deteriorate their living conditions, especially that [...]
April 21, 2013 10:59 pm
#I am Assange, #I am 132
#YosoyAssange, #Yosoy132…Promoted by Mexicans, this is a new campaign started at the beginning of April to support Julian Assange and the soldier Bradley Manning. [...]
April 21, 2013 12:00 am
The future of Venezuela
The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign will be holding a conference on Saturday April 27, 2013, in order to discuss progress and change in Venezuela. . [...]
April 20, 2013 11:57 pm
Indigenous Yukpa leader in danger
At only 20-years-old she has lived through situations that others will never have to experience. She has seen her father and grandfather brutally murdered, [...]
April 15, 2013 12:01 am
Combating human trafficking in Brazil
It is one of the most lucrative and damaging businesses inherited from earlier centuries, which has a global reach and affects almost every country [...]
April 14, 2013 10:00 pm
Centuries of looting pre-Columbian treasures
The Paris branch of the London auction house, Sotheby’s, recently received €10 million for the “legal sale” of a collection of pre-Columbian artefacts which, [...]The Prisma News
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Lifestyle, Ludotheque
Big Mama’s funeral: Fifty years later
Gabriel García Márquez’s story, published in 1962, recounts the commotion caused in Macondo and beyond, by the funeral of Doña María del Rosario Castañeda y Montero, otherwise known as Big Mama, absolute sovereign of the Kingdom of Macondo and part of a dynasty spanning two centuries. Christian...
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Globe, Human Rights, Politiks, Struggles, Workers, World
Domestic workers in search of lost treasure
Domestic workers make up a considerable proportion of the informal labour market and form one of its most vulnerable groups, according to data compiled by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Cira Rodríguez César They work in private homes, often without official papers or...
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Globe, Lifestyle, Ludotheque, World
Inmigrants: rescued by the internet!
Some means of communication allow people to maintain family links and enable close contact between loved ones. Social networks have overcome the barriers imposed by distance, and are a key factor in the 21st Century, for the successful socialisation and integration of people living away from their...
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Globe, Latin America, Politiks
Mosetén vs the Andeans: the cruelty of the timber business
This Bolivian indigenous nation made up of almost 2,600 people living north of the La Paz region in the NCL (Native Community Land), Mosetén. They are forced to come to an agreement with timber merchants, which burden them with debt for life. Benjamin Serra On both sides of the Cotacajes and...
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Comments, Culture, In Focus, Screen
“Cinema Snapshot” series: Viva Rita!
Hollywood. A dream factory, source of aspirations and opportunity for some, but historically a virtual closed shop for others. Sometimes for legitimate reasons, but often not! Ethnicity, for example! Chris Ludlam To this day, only one Latina/Hispanic Actress has won a coveted Academy Award...
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Multiculture, Our People
Pablo Allison uses his camera to communicate emotions
The life of Latin-American immigrants, their problems and needs, have been recorded by the photographer, with the aim of recognizing the work and the part played by women in social development. Ramón Alabau The camera of this Anglo-Mexican has reflected the views of 11 young Latin Americans...
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Globe, United Kingdom
London Literature Festival enlightens springtime
The festival is dedicated to cultural diversity and the ability to live in the same space and time with people of other cultures, countries, religions and will take place from the 20th of May until the 5th of June. Adriana Maortua The festival will organise talks, events and readings...
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Culture, Migrants, Multiculture, Music
The music of DJs
A documentary analyses the importance of this figure within contemporary Latin American musical culture. The history of humanity has developed hand-in-hand with music, which has evolved in different ways depending on the era, producing its own characteristic, musical style. The figure of the DJ, or...
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Europe, Globe, Human Rights, Politiks, World
Where is feminism heading?
A worldwide conference is being organised in Prague which will debate the future of gender movements fighting for equality in the 21st Century. The event will run from 21st to 24th May. The “Global Report on Gender Equality 2012”, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), indicates...
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Multiculture, Profiles
Cristina: “If you don’t know your rights, they may be abused”
Cristina is one of a generation of Latin American immigrants who emigrated to Spain as a child and who now, thanks to her Spanish nationality, can build a future for herself in other EU countries. She is a relatively recent arrival to the city of London, arriving from Madrid just four months...
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Globe, Lifestyle, United Kingdom, Youth
Love in the United Kingdom…caught in the Web…
9 million Britons are searching the 1,500 available online dating sites with hope of finding love in a long term and steady relationship. This industry is one which generates more than 170 million pounds a year in the United Kingdom. . O. Briasco . Currently across the world there are 277 million...
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Comments, EdgeNotes, In Focus
Technological acceleration?
I love the internet. I just wish I knew about more about how to use it. I am a technological illiterate. I admire the possibilities inherent in this medium. Steve Latham There are, however, some voices questioning our rush to all things ‘webby’. It is not all wonderment. Jean Lanier...
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Comments, Critical Dialogues, In Focus
Multiculturalism: the present and the future (I)
“Multiculturalism arose as a response to the challenges presented by immigration and as a way of proposing the democratic inclusion of immigrant ethnic minorities into society.” Claudio Chipana The cultural wealth and diversity of the United Kingdom is apparent in its many...
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Comments, In Focus
“Liberation”: A film by Yuri Borndarov: The duty of memory
I can never forget the sound of the bombing when the sky and the earth melted into a grey and hurtful mass… I remember roaring herds of German tanks advancing on our battery… the ardent and smoking barrels of the mortars… Armando Orozco Tovar There is a tendency in...
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Globe, Lifestyle, Okology, United Kingdom
The nightmare of adopting in the UK
The number of children living in care in the United Kingdom is increasing and has reached 67,000, whilst adoptions have dropped to historically low levels due to bureaucratic red tape: the whole process can take over two years. . Ramón Alabau . Many children find themselves either abandoned by their...
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Globe, Latin America, Movement, Politiks
Latin America: a rebellious spirit
A report has been published by the UNDP highlightingt Bolivia, Peru and Argentina as the countries with the greatest number of social conflicts (over 200 each, which have their origins in the social inequalities that prevail in these countries. . As a legitimate means of achieving rights that have been...
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Comments, In Focus, Needle's Eye
Race, ethnicity and community
What does ‘race’ mean today, to a biologist? The ‘candelabra’ model of racial development is now rejected in favour of a ‘trellis’ model. . Nigel Pocock . Even with Neanderthals, cross-species mating was occurring. Modern Europeans consequently have between 2%-5%...
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Globe, Human Rights, Latin America, Politiks
‘The Miami Five’, 15 years of life imprisonment
They were given the mission to discover any possible attacks against Cuba, but they were arrested by the FBI for conspiracy with Mafia terrorists. Their hands are free of blood, but they are serving life imprisonment. O. Briasco Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González,...
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Globe, Human Rights, Latin America, Lifestyle, Okology, Politiks
Glevys Rondón: Governments abandoned their communities
In Latin America, 58 mining projects have an investment greater than US$ 1 billion. This industry has become an economic opportunity for the continent, but also a serious problem for the indigenous population, health and the environment. Benjamin Serra Mining is an industry that, by its...
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Multiculture, Profiles
Camilo: “Searching for life somewhere new”
Despite only being 21-yearsold this young man from Colombia is certain of his motives for learning English. He hopes it will take him from a capital city to somewhere a little less expensive. Camilio was born in Cali, the capital of Valle del Cauca, which in the past 21 years has become the third...
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