We'd like to modernise our digital outreach in ways that suit your needs.
Please support us and do take part in this anonymous online survey regarding our users’ preferences.

Latin America and the Caribbean
SDGs

Moving forward in Mexico

With support from the GIZ, Mexico is working on mainstreaming climate and development policy

Accounting for history

“We’re looking at really big numbers”

British scholar says western prosperity was built on slavery, so reparations should be paid

Popular music

Jamaica’s nation language

How Jamaican Creole became the main language for artistic expression

Linguistic heritage

Tu di worl: Creole goes global

Creole languages of the Caribbean reflect and express peoples’ identities

Colonial legacy

CARICOM demands reparations

The basis of the debate for reparations is the “CARICOM Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice”

Racism

Daily discrimination

Most Mexicans are keenly aware of racism and class divides

Mexico

Who are we?

Spain’s colonial rule has left marks on Mexico

Latin America

Dysfunctional governance

Brazil’s democracy is in crisis

Sea preservation

Preserving coral reefs and mangrove forests

In cooperation with KFW, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund supports marine conservation zones

Hurricane Maria

Puerto Rico’s double power failure

A hurricane hits a post-colonial colony

Subscribe to Latin America and the Caribbean