Tourism at the top of Haiti’s agenda; millions of foreign direct investment in tourism industry; employment for locals; repercussions of new development projects. ‘Welcome to Haiti. Haiti…
Music is fundamental to passion and culture. In Venezuela, passion and culture have also amounted to revolution. But Chávez-supporters (aka ‘Bolivarians’) are not the only ones rallying nationalism and certainly…
Alessandra Zeka and Holen Sabrina Kahn’s ‘A Quiet Inquisition’ saw its UK premier this week as part of Human Rights Watch’s London Film Festival 2015. The documentary explores the painful…
The 2015 Human Rights Watch film festival comes to London next week with a strong Latin American representation. The festival is taking place from 18-27 March at the Barbican, the…
With the release of the ‘Paddington’ film at the end of last month, it is a great moment to explore the cultural symbolism and meaning behind Michael Bond’s creation, in…
Spanish speakers all over the world are mourning the death of one of the most iconic screen figures of the twentieth century. Mexican Roberto Gómez Bolaños, known by his stage-name…
The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho – ‘Today I want to return alone’) is a heart-warming coming-of-age story revolving around the trials and joys of Leonardo (Ghilherme…
The Argentine writer Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (commonly known as Manuel Puig) was born in General Villegas, Argentina, on 28 December 1932. He emigrated to Buenos Aires for secondary…