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Latin America

Over to the EU-Latin America summit in Peru

In front | NEWS
Graffiti at the alternative summit, Lima May 2008 (Photo: Paola Bon/ Julio Corcuera Portugal)

EU member states juggle with the socialist and capitalist faces of Latin America at the EU-LAC summit in Lima on 16 – 17 May 2008, and the Peruvians speak

by olivier lopez / Paola Bon / Julio Raul Corcuera Portugal // 16/05/08

FOCUS

Charcuterie, cars and votes for Italians abroad

The 2001 Tremaglia law permits Italians living abroad to participate in the national elections on 13 and 14 April

by Diego Cattaneo // 07/04/08

INTERVIEW
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Estelle Swaray: 'the singlest woman alive'

Why the British rapper, hip hop singer and producer, 28, swapped London, its boys and the UK music industry for Brooklyn's cabbies, leading to ‘an unexpected duet’ with American rapper Kanye West

by Nabeelah Shabbir / Titus Aguigah // 28/03/08

FOCUS
Welcome to Callejon (Photo: ©Marc Paso Mateu)

Cuba: backstreet with an escape route

In the first of our ‘rock and backpack’ series, we discover Havana - the cultural centre of a Cuba in which everyone has the ability to produce something, but few express themselves

by Marc Paso Mateu // 21/03/08

PANORAMA

Liz Solo: art on Second Life

Taunting performances and installations on the edge – in pixels. We meet the Canadian musician in the virtual 3D world

by Marco Riciputi // 26/02/08

PANORAMA

Hi5, gaydar.fr, Ning, MySpace and co.

With one login in and a few clicks, virtual communities are promising many marvellous things. Meet kindred spirits, find a job or customise your universe

by Tania Ribeiro // 04/12/07

Parra lost his mother after a shotgun suicide in 1967 (Photo: Sub Terra)

Ángel Parra: 'experiencing exile is painful - they push you towards an abyss'

Based in Paris for the past 35 years, the 64 year old musician son of folklore icon Violeta Parra on Chilean Septembers, exiles and his dead mother's legacy

by Ruth León Pinilla // 05/10/07

REPORT
Gypsy cove (Photo: Sue Gyford)

Back home in the Falklands

14 June 2007 marks twenty-five years of liberation from the Argentine military by British forces. A Falkland Islander born after the war discusses his islands' economical, European and neighbourly strides

by Stacy Bragger & Sue Gyford // 13/06/07

INTERVIEW
Fidel Castro, man of the past (Photo: Carolo/ Flickr)

Carlos Malamud: 'Europe’s policy is ‘wait and see'

In Cuba, the Castro administration is on the verge of ‘going to a better place’

by Fernando García Acuña // 12/02/07

Say no to cellulose factories; a protest in Gualeguaychú, in Argentina (Photo: Pablo Flores/ Flickr)

Paper mills of discord along the Uruguay River

By building pulp mills, Finnish global corporation Botnia 'is willing to export pollution' along the binational stream, Argentina claims. Their announcements of further highway blockades is disrupting trade and travel

by Antonio Graziano // 23/01/07

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