SPORTS: Copa America: Colombia Selection
Everyone wears the shirt. The woman on the moto coming by, the man selling avocados: there are no exceptions. Uniform is suspended for the day, so are lessons and work,…
Written By: 
Matt Appleby
Andean Region
SECURITY: Hezbollah’s Narcotrafficking Strategy in Latin America
Hezbollah maintains concurrent connections with powerful stakeholders in Latin America. These characters are linked to money laundering and weapons, principally drug trafficking. According to a study by the US Naval War College, most Hezbollah…
Written By: 
Ailana Navarez
COLOMBIA: Humanitarian Crisis in La Guajira
News from the northern La Guajira region in Colombia is bleak. In the fast few days another child died from malnutrition. According to indigenous leader Javier Rojas Uriana, this latest…
Written By: 
Sarah Quarmby
PERU: Decoding President PPK - Past, Present & Keiko Fujimori
While many are relieved that fascist Fujimorism will not return to the Peruvian Presidency (at least for now), it is equally crucial to analyze what newly elected President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski…
Written By: Ailana Navarez
COLOMBIA: Fashion: Neiva Exposition 2016
As the models lift their bags, as the stagehand adjusts a zipper, the lights flare and the group files onstage. They’re normal people chatting, then for forty seconds they’re mannequins,…
Written By: Matt Appleby
COLOMBIA: Film EMBRACE of the SERPENT Oscar Nominated
At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, the third feature by Ciro Guerra. Filmed…
Written By: Ailana Navarez
HEALTH: Street Theatre, Public Health
It starts in November with the juggler. He does his routine at the lights on Fourth Street, knocking round the windows for a tip. Soon he’s replaced by the man…
Written By: Matt Appleby
ANALYSIS: The Latin American Leadership Question
A fundamental question of the role of Latin American leadership is more pivotal than ever. Highly popular ex-union leader Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva stopped being Brazilian president in 2010. And yet Lula…
Written By: Ailana Navarez
Knowing your Parce: Colombian Spanish
You have to know who your parce is. The bus driver when he swerves, he’s not your parce. Your landlord isn’t your parce either. Your roommate can be your parce,…
Written By: Matt Appleby
COLOMBIA: Obama Pledges Continuing Plan Colombia After FARC Peace Agreement
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has pledged U$S450 million toward joint-military and diplomatic initiative Plan Colombia’s new phase - a post-civil war Colombia. The decision was announced while celebrating the…
Written By: Ailana Navarez
Turkeys and the Supernatural: Witchcraft in Colombia
In the pauses between salsa, an advert plays for the Sisterhood. This is the bus to work, the radio is propped by the piston that works the doors. The passengers…
Written By: Matt Appleby
URUGUAY: Surpasses Chile As Least Corrupt Latin American Country
According to Transparency International’s 2015 ranking regarding the classification of a total of 168 countries by perceived corruption, Uruguay outranks Chile as the least corrupt Latin American country, with Venezuela allegedly…
Written By: Ailana Navarez
The Zika Pandemic: Report from Southern Colombia
Rhesus Monkey 766 is about to become a celebrity in the worst of places: a medical journal. Her fever, the pinkeye she’s gotten, the stiffness in her movement, are the…
Written By: Matt Appleby
URUGUAY: Protests Over Venezuela’s Multi-Million Agro Trade Debt
Milk producers across economic-crisis gripped Uruguay have blockaded several national routes, demanding answers to the nonpayment of the Venezuelan government to whom they sold the products. In total, there were 10 roadblocks in…
Written By: Ailana Navarez
US Government Issues Zika Disease Travel Warning
The Centers for Disease Control and Disease Prevention (CDC) have issued a warning to travelers - particularly pregnant women - to avoid 14 countries and territories in the Caribbean and…
Written By: Ailana Navarez
VENEZUELA: Maduro Calls OAS Leader “Mr. Trash” For Condemning Opponent’s Death
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has described OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro as “Mr. Trash” for condemning the controversial death of an opponent earlier this week. The name calling follows Almagro’s publically expressed concern about the…
Written By: Ailana Navarez
COLOMBIA: Supreme Court Investigates Uribe for Massacre
The Colombian Supreme Court has been investigating whether former President Alvaro Uribe stands responsible for an infamous massacre known as El Aro. The crime was committed by paramilitaries who believed the…
Written By: Ailana Navarez
Urban Wildlife in Colombia
In the trees round uni, everyone knows, are iguanas, bold enough for staring matches, spined and metre-long. Just as common are the parakeets, scarlet fronted or orange cheeked, and a…
Written By: Matt Appleby
Politics and Paint in Colombia’s Universities
A killer whale held up by balloons. Dictators hanging out. A poem by Baudelaire, one by Vallejo, and a couple that must have been written by students, because there…
Written By: Matt Appleby
Venezuela: Opposition leader Leopoldo López sentenced to almost 14 years in jail
López handed maximum sentence for inciting violence in anti-government protests last year; Conviction widely condemned for violations of due process and lack of transparency On 10 September, opposition leader Leopoldo…
Written By: 
Alice Pease