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River of Darkness

River of Darkness

May 22, 2018

When Spanish ships first reached the Americas in 1492, they had no idea of the size of the lands on which they’d set foot, nor did they realise that they were twin continents in their own right. Columbus died believing he’d found an alternative route to the ‘Indies’, because although the early explorers new the […]

Category: Latin America, Book reviews | Tags: Brazil, Amazon river, Ecuador | 1 Response

Dharavi in Mumbai is usually considered to be Asia’s largest slum, with a million people living and working in just under a square mile. Photo: Bethany Clarke/Getty Images

There’s a global housing crisis and politicians must do more to tackle it

June 10, 2015

Access to safe and affordable housing is vital in both the north and south. But how much will it cost and do politicians care enough about the urban poor? The official figure for the number of people who live in slums is 863 million people, but that number is more likely to be 1.3 billion […]

Category: Housing | Tags: Mexico, beds in sheds, slums, India, Brazil | 1 Response

Jockin Arputham chats to children about school at the Madanpura slum in central Bombay. Photograph: Reuters Photographer / Reuter/REUTERS

The slum dwellers’ Nobel Peace Prize nominee

October 10, 2014

He missed out to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, but Jockin Arputham’s nomination is a landmark for the grassroots. In nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, grassroots activists usually compete with politicians. Few of the latter, however, have spent their adult lives searching for peaceful solutions to conflict. Among nominees for this year’s prize, one […]

Category: Housing | Tags: Brazil, slums, India

The houses were made of cardboard

The houses were made of cardboard

June 11, 2014

Worldwide, one billion people live in slums. By 2050, it might be two billion. India has the world’s second largest slum population, after China. In 2009, the government launched a plan for a ‘slum free India in five years’: since then, slum growth has continued unabated. Mumbai has more than nine million slum inhabitants, up […]

Category: Housing | Tags: slums, India, Brazil

Brazil ♥ India

December 17, 2010

Britain may have invented the soap opera but nowhere has the format been promoted more vigorously than in Latin America. For decades, telenovelas have been produced in Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina and elsewhere, and viewed by hundreds of millions daily from Mexico City to Buenos Aires. Their reach extends to the US and (on a more […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: India, Brazil

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