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Three authors have objected to the Hay Festival Cartagena’s invitation to María Corina Machado. (Source: Getty Images)

Why Hay Festival Cartagena faces an author boycott over Nobel winner María Corina Machado

December 23, 2025 2:44 pm

Three writers pulled out of the Hay Festival in Colombia after it invited Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, igniting a debate over whether literary platforms can remain neutral.

Decolonisation and its discontents

October 26, 2024 5:21 pm

Decolonisation did bring about the end of the formal political rule of the colonies by colonisers, yet it was felt that other structures of economic and intellectual domination were still in place. How did it affect the development of former colonies?

Jamaican police arrest 6 suspects in mass shooting that killed 8 and injured 9

August 17, 2024 1:32 am

The shootings prompted Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness to declare a state of emergency as he warned about possible reprisal killings.

Was Pablo Neruda poisoned? Why there's mystery around his death, what latest findings say

February 17, 2023 7:39 am

To appreciate the enduring interest in Neruda’s death, it is necessary to understand the influence the Latin American poet had over people far beyond his own country. However, in recent years, there has been a reassessment of Neruda’s legacy.

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January 13, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Assam poll boycott

January 13, 2023 7:29 am

Addressing a public meeting in Gauhati, BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee came out openly in support of the agitation. Calling the last round of talks “a drama,” he exhorted the people to boycott the election.

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Gloria Estefan is thrilled to have her own Barbie doll version: 'Love to see Latinos succeeding in anything they do'

September 02, 2022 3:16 pm

The musician said that for a little Hispanic girl to "see herself reflected and say, 'Maybe one day I could do something that would have someone make a Barbie about me,' is really cool"

Colombia will soon have its first black female vice president. Will it be Marelen Castillo?

June 18, 2022 9:39 am

Marelen Castillo, the former top director of a private Catholic university in Bogotá, is running with anti-establishment politician and businessman Rodolfo Hernández, who is unexpectedly in Colombia’s runoff election for president.

A Legacy of Caste in Latin America

February 20, 2022 10:16 am

Underlying the framework of today’s modern racial terminologies and racial thought, in places like Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Argentina and Brazil, is an architecture created by caste.

Women across Latin America march in favour of abortion rights

September 29, 2021 7:41 pm

Earlier this month Mexico's Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional to criminalize abortion and, shortly after, the government said that those jailed on accusations of having terminated their pregnancy would be released.

European Union-style bloc pitched for Latin America, Caribbean

September 19, 2021 6:59 pm

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said a revamped diplomatic body could boost the region's inequality-stricken economies as well as confront health and other crises.