The new United Nations report Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2022 finds that 22.5% of the Latin America and the Caribbean population cannot afford a healthy diet. In the Caribbean this figure reaches 52%; in Mesoamerica, 27.8%; and in South America, 18.4%. The...
Camilo Sanchez Lobo, a musician, sound engineer, and actor originally from Cochabamba, Bolivia, is quickly gaining recognition in the music industry. Currently based in New York City, Camilo’s journey as a musician has been shaped by his innate curiosity for music, support from his loved...
I’m about to climb into the first “narco-sub” known to have brought cocaine from South America to Europe. It’s 20 metres (65 ft) long, built out of fibreglass and – remarkably – homemade. After clambering on top, I lift up the wonky manhole cover and...
Members of Paraguay’s Recycled Orchestra, playing instruments fashioned from items found find at a giant garbage dump on the outskirts of Asuncion, hope that young Bolivians will take inspiration from their example. “The world sends us garbage, we send back music” is the motto of the...
Three people from Hampshire have been jailed over a year-long drug smuggling conspiracy which ended with a man being caught bringing cocaine into the UK from Peru. An investigation by the National Crime Agency showed that 44-year-old drug courier Glynn Davies, from Lymington, was working...
