Listen to Latin American Bureau's Latin America Bureau (LAB) new podcast for the #WomenResistingViolence project with Kings College London. Amazing and important work. open.spotify.com/show/5JtKg1goG…

We're delighted to announce that Ruth Clarke is the inaugural Translator in Residence for New Writing North and Durham University. We can't wait to get started! Thank you to Ros Schwartz, Daniel Hahn and Arts Council England for founding this year-long residency. newwritingnorth.com/news/ruth-clar…

What a beauty she is! And what a brill conference celebrating the many languages and literatures of Spain translated into English in #thespanishriveter ! Thank you Instituto Cervantes London Dr Olga Castro @mkwhittemore Robin Munby @tinakover rosie goldsmith @Booktegi_eus Xesús Fraga Acción Cultural AC/E

The Spanish Riveter is live! After a whole year in the making, we spent the best 10 days in London celebrating this incredible magazine with The London Book Fair, 11-13 March 2025 Instituto Cervantes London and British Library

"A striking feature of many of the stories in this collection is the despair at how Chile’s post-dictatorship society has failed the ppl" hebe powell reviews Ojos which features stories, pictures of authors & their injuries & moving hand drawn artwork by authors& their children

🕯️On the Verge of Silence, an immersive soundscape & reading of testimonies from Colombia's Truth Commission Final Report: "The use of sounds allowed us to listen to its findings in new ways." 🕯️@jelkeboesten @vem_kcl Ashwin Patel king @phoebesmartin lab.org.uk/colombia-sound…

In January, two leaders of the Indigenous Pataxó Hãhãhãi community of Bahia State in Brazil were brutally attacked by a militia calling for a ‘repossession’ of their land, as police officers allegedly watched. Mongabay Latam lab.org.uk/attack-on-pata…

Screen Cuba celebrates Cuban cinema, looking at achievements and challenges of the Cuban people through the lenses of their filmmakers since the 1959 revolution, and presenting films rarely screened in the UK. 9-22 March at The Garden Cinema screencuba.uk

🇧🇷 Belo Sun is threatening environmental devastation with an open-cast mine on Brazil’s Xingu River. In this piece originally for Amazon Watch, Ana & Paula explain how bullying by Belo Sun’s won't stop those fighting the project. #StopBeloSun #MiningOut lab.org.uk/belo-sun-minin…

Cine 🇩🇴 At this year's Berlinale, Dominican filmmaker Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias made history as the first #LatinAmerican winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director, thanks to his outstanding work on his feature film "Pepe." ¡Felicidades! 🎬🫶🍾🎈🎉 #Berlinale #cine

Dead River is a podcast in English that shares the story of Mariana’s dam collapse. It is a story of loss, destruction, and death of people, land, and dreams. But this is also a way to bring awareness and restitution. Glad to have contributed open.spotify.com/show/2dOUBJboF…

'Peru's Amazon Rainforest under increased threat –– and why it matters', Peru Support Group Group webinar 14 March, 17:30 GMT with Julia Urrunaga, José Luis Capella of SPDA and Renzo Piana. Sign up for free here -> us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

One year ago, #EnvironmentalDefender Eduardo Mendua was shot dead outside his home. One accomplice, David Benito, was sentenced to 13 years in November. However, 3 others remain at large. For justice to be served, they must be brought before the courts. #JusticiaEduardoMendua

'What reparation efforts might look like in a country where more than half of the population suffers from the racist legacy of slavery is a complex discussion which must involve the Black rights movement, activists say.' Constance Malleret theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Feminists are uniting on International Women's Day to protest economic violence inflicted by new president Javier Milei Angie de los Santos opendemocracy.net/en/5050/femini…

Uruguay was among the first countries to introduce anti-smoking laws. In 2010, tobacco giant Philip Morris took the country to court. The case pitted the right of a country to introduce health policies vs the commercial freedoms of a 🚬 company Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🎥THIS IS FRACKING – this film confronts the devastating impacts & the environmental injustices of fracking in Patagonia, challenging the silence that shrouds it. 27 March at WOW Wales One World Film Festival Fest. Available online globally 350 América Latina wowfilmfestival.com/thisisfracking youtube.com/watch?v=bXoPkW…

"A must-read for all who care about the future of the rainforest”. Join LAB, Brazil Matters, Kayeb & Survival International at Candid Arts Trust in London to celebrate the launch of Marcos Colón's ‘The Amazon in Times of War’, pub. LAB and Practical Action Publishing on 8 October. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-amazon-i…

Good time to bring out this opinion piece. The UK’s grooming gangs and the lessons never learned by Julie Bindel aje.io/ugi1tn via Al Jazeera English "But the problem is neither immigration nor a particular racial or religious group. The problem is the incompetence of those

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