Lula, four years to save BrazilLast June in Tabatinga, deep in the Amazon, an Indigenous Ticuna healer told me he had a vision of “Lula floating toward the Planalto” —…Jan 10, 2023Jan 10, 2023
Nicaragua’s Catholic Church: A Nuanced ConflictThe Catholic priest and poet Ernesto Cardenal was a moral figure of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, FLSN, the left-wing political…Sep 2, 2022Sep 2, 2022
The first millennial left-wing president, Chile’s Gabriel BoricA pragmatic proponent of “radical democracy”, Boric ties to international change with careful statements at home.May 21, 2021May 21, 2021
Hong Kong not in the mood for loveIn 2012 I speculated that the election of Leung Chun-Ying as chief executive on 25 March that year ‘went down as the day Beijing put…Apr 20, 2021Apr 20, 2021
Slave Labour in Hong KongWhen Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, a 16th-century Spanish chronicler, saw the abuses suffered by Native American slaves, he is said to have…Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021
China in Latin AmericaLatin America and the Caribbean are the next stop in China’s global expansion. The first-ever Chinese white paper for this region…Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021
COVID 19 deepens the human tragedy of Latin American informal workersFrom street vendors to domestic workers, the Latin American economy is largely informal. In the midst of the devastating pandemic, the…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
In Latin America, the pandemic is killing indigenous storytellersFor indigenous communities in Latin America, COVID-19 is having an immeasurable impact on the bastions of traditional knowledge.Aug 6, 2020Aug 6, 2020
Covid-19: A threat to lives and culture in Latin AmericaWhen the iconic indigenous Brazilian leader Paulinho Paiakan died from Covid-19 in June, aged sixty-six, the pandemic was already having a…Aug 5, 2020Aug 5, 2020
