Latin America

Articles

Manu Chao, the neighbourhood singer by Oscar Reyes (August 2008)

Manu Chao could be the most famous singer that many English speakers have never heard of. Yet he is to the alter-globalisation movement what Bob Dylan was to peace and civil rights in the 1960s. Oscar Reyes caught up with him by a campfire at Glastonbury, where he created a little ‘neighbourhood of hope’

Colombia’s war in the Andes by Gerard Coffey (April 2008)

Colombia’s long-running civil war spilled over the border to Ecuador in a raid against FARC guerrillas in March. Gerard Coffey reports on the aftermath

How the British media covers Latin America by Gerard Coffey (December 2004)

Gerard Coffey reviews British media coverage of Latin America and finds it lacking.

A continent at the crossroads by Pablo Navarrete (December 2004)

In his introduction to Red Pepper’s special features on the region, Pablo Navarrete explains why the left around the world is currently looking to Latin America.

Britain toes Washington line in Latin America by Pablo Navarrete (August 2004)

The UK government’s policy of ending direct aid to Latin America received fresh confirmation last month in a report published by the Department for International Development (DfID). Increasingly, British aid for the continent will be directed through the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).