A new regional trade union confederation may be a US attempt to divide workers
Categories: Colombia, Mexico, North America, South America
Mexico’s union charros go regional
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Tag: Articles & Comment
Brexit washes up on the Falklands
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Brexit is an opportunity to discuss the sovereignty of the Malvinas, says former Argentine ambassador
Categories: Argentina, South America
Catholic Cold War threatens hellfire
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Latin Americans have paid a high price for conservative opposition to progress in the Church
Categories: Argentina, Central America, El Salvador, North America, South America, United States
Why Catalonia matters for Latin America
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A new Spanish Inquisition is underway – in Catalonia – that will have far-flung implications
Categories: Argentina, Caribbean, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, North America, Puerto Rico, South America, Venezuela
Dreams of solidarity
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A celebration in Newcastle of a visit by Martin Luther King in 1967 epitomises how the solidarity at the heart of his message influenced communities far and wide, including Latinos in the US
Categories: Europe, International, North America, United States
Trump trashes America’s reputation
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Comment: Far from making America great again, Donald Trump appears to be destroying the country’s reputation – especially in Latin America
Categories: North America, United States
Back from the brink
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Comment: Deforestation is emblematic of the high cost Latin America has paid for development, but there is encouraging evidence that the region is nurturing forests back to life
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, Venezuela
Why Americans kill people
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Comment: By celebrating the passing of Fidel Castro, Cuban Americans reveal the poverty of a materialist political culture where death is the only way to resolve all your differences
Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, North America, United States
The straitjacket of Borges
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The novelist Cecilia Szperling mines the literary roots of her Confesionario series of reading-performances and argues that these can loosen the straitjacket of good taste imposed on Argentine writers by the ghost of Borges Photo by: Stefania Fumo
Categories: Argentina, South America
Interpreting the menu
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The academic Nathanial Gardner has tasted the many flavours of the classic Mexican novel and film Como agua para chocolate, and explains why this best-selling work left audiences so satisfied
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States