Building on the book 'Voices of Latin America', published in January 2019, the authors are back to provide an update on Latin America’s new activism.

Mike Gatehouse, author of 'State Violence, Policing and Paramilitaries', Emily Gregg, author of 'The Student Revolution' and Ali Rocha, author of 'LGBT Rights, the Rainbow Tide' will present the first in a series of webinars and will introduce leading voices from Latin America working in activism and education.

In #1 of 4 webinars in this series:

We'll hear from Ana Paula Oliveira, from Mães de Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro. Ana discusses the increased police violence in Brazil’s favelas under Bolsonaro’s presidency, its links with racism, and how her organisation gives mothers political training to fight the epidemic of violence.

We'll also talk to Narciso Obando, from the popular university Clementina Suarez. Narciso talks about how the university is tackling the key issues that Honduras faces today and what it means for the university to be run by its own students.

We'll introduce the new Voice of Valentina Miranda, from CONES (Coordinadora Nacional de Estudiantes Secundarios) Chile, who explains the role and motivations of Chilean students in the 2019 social uprising, which led to the current process of re-writing Chile’s Pinochet-era constitution.

And we'll hear from Guest Voice, Pavel Nuñez, founder of Universidad Clementina Suárez and Voice from 'The Student Revolution' and 'State Violence, Policing and Paramilitaries' chapters.

The seminar will be followed by a Q&A with the speakers.

About the Voices of Latin America webinar series:

Building on the Voices book published in January 2019, the authors are back to provide an update on Latin America’s new activism. From Bolsonaro’s presidency and Chile’s estallido social, to Colombia’s peace process and regional migratory caravans, we will be discussing Latin America’s developments from the past few years, and most importantly talking to social activists about how they have adapted to these new challenges.

13 March | 15:00-16:30 | State Violence and Student Resistance

10 April | 15:00-16:30 | The Rainbow Tide and Fighting Machismo

8 May | 15:00-16:30 | The Rights of Nature and Indigenous Peoples

12 June | 15:00-16:30 | Cultural Resistance and the City

*Thank you to the Society for Latin American Studies for their generous grant which made this series possible. Thank you also to LAB’s volunteers for their assistance in this project.*