The Trump Presidency has overseen a worrying rise in US interventions in Latin America, with the blockade of Cuba being tightened, sanctions threatened on Nicaragua, and Trump pushing for military intervention in Venezuela. But the resurgent right-wing in Latin America is facing resistance, with the Left winning the Mexican election, and trade unionists and popular... Continue Reading →
Do you like the movies as much as we do? Great! Because Latin America Conference 2018 is delighted to announce a film festival taking place at our conference. In collaboration with Alborada, we will be showing some wonderful films about Cuba, Nicaragua, Chile and Colombia, with Q&As and talks afterwards. Make sure you get YOUR... Continue Reading →
In celebration of the election of socialist president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), Latin America Conference are hosting a little fiesta! We've booked a mariachi band, and traditional Mexican dancers will be performing for us. We've got special guest speakers including some special messages from AMLO himself, our very own Jeremy Corbyn! Tickets will be £8,... Continue Reading →
Colin Burgon 2009 will mark different anniversaries in Latin America, including 20 years since Hugo Chavez became president of Venezuela and 60 years since the Cuban Revolution. Sadly, it will also mark 10 years since the coup in Honduras. The 2009 military coup saw Juan Orlando Hernandez come to power, and the elected President Manuel... Continue Reading →
Jeremy couldn't make Latin America 2017. But that didn't stop him from sending us a message of solidarity from Portugal! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuLmIqmwZ4E
Watch Jeremy Corbyn discussing the well-documented case of the Miami five at Latin America Conference 2008! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-2hnDJ6acw
Bernard Regan looks at Donald Trump's neoliberal vision for the Americas ahead of this year’s crucial Latin America Conference On 25th September 2018 President Donald Trump addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations. In his speech he invoked the nineteenth century doctrine of President Monroe which asserted that the United States of America had... Continue Reading →
Brazil heads to the polls this October for what will be the most volatile, unpredictable and important election since the country’s military dictatorship ended in 1989. In the last two years, Latin America’s most populous nation has undergone political upheaval that started with the coup that removed Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT) President, Dilma Rousseff. Once... Continue Reading →
