Chile: the Indigenous women defending the Sea
Amid industrial pressure and legal rollbacks, a grassroots women's network fights for ancestral marine rights and cultural survival in Chile.
‘If they take the sea...
Arica’s toxic legacy part II: Mamitas del Plomo
For nearly four decades, residents of Arica, Chile, have lived with the toxic legacy of imported industrial waste. After repeated legal defeats and government...
Chile: Arica’s toxic legacy part I
Nearly 40 years ago, 20,000 tonnes of Swedish mining waste were dumped on the edge of Arica, Chile. Laced with arsenic, lead, and mercury,...
Desierto Vestido: a territorial solution to the environmental effects of fast...
In northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, Alto Hospicio has become a dumping ground for the world’s fast fashion waste. Mountains of unsold clothes from Europe, Asia, and North America pile up, creating toxic conditions. A local youth collective, Desierto Vestido, is fighting to expose the crisis, demand accountability, and develop circular solutions.
Britain and South America’s shared histories in Shafik Meghji’s ‘Small Earthquakes’
From the author of LAB's bestselling 'Crossed Off the Map' comes the brand new 'Small Earthquakes', which uncovers the fascinating story of Britain’s forgotten...
Alejandra Parra’s Zero Waste battle in southern Chile
Environmental defender Alejandra Parra continues to oppose a waste-to-energy incinerator in the south of Chile, despite rising danger for activists.
Lautaro has all the makings...
Pinochet’s 1998 arrest in London
The arrest in London of General Pinochet, with a view to his extradition to Spain on charges of crimes against humanity had an extraordinary impact in Chile, among the Chilean diaspora and around the world. Beatrice Twentyman looks at this impact.
Chile’s controversial Rucalhue dam
In Chile the Biobío Basin’s latest hydropower project is uprooting protected vegetation, amid allegations of insufficient prior consultation of local residents.
La Casa del Frente
A graphic novel by Adam Policzer describes his experience as a Jewish child in wartime Hungary and, decades later, his arrest in Pinochet's Chile. In each case he was saved by the courage and humanity of individuals who dared to resist: a quality the book celebrates.
The oligarchy in mining is bad for all of us –...
Mining engineer Laurence Morris shows how the world's 5 largest mining companies constitute an oligarchy, with serious consequences for mine workers, communities, the environment and the countries which depend on their corporate 'largesse'
