Canning House is to host a talk on the global presence of the Portuguese language by Regina dos Santos Duarte of the Camoes Institute on Thursday 26th January. The event marks the culmination of the Lusophone Fusions season and will be the final opportunity to see the ‘Gente’ photography exhibition. Continue Reading

The Latin America 2011 Conference is the perfect opportunity to find out the latest developments in Latin America and how we can all offer solidarity. There will be speakers from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina and across the continent, all with an end goal of making a better world. Continue Reading

Europe continues to increase its consumption of the world’s resources at the expense of the rest of the planet. Come and hear first hand from international speakers about how cotton growing, metal mining and dam building in Africa and South America have a detrimental effect on local communities and the environment, as well as finding out how we can reduce Europe’s resource use. Continue Reading

If you’ve never tried a supper club in London this could be your perfect opportunity. For the uninitiated, a supper club is a dining experience normally in someone’s home or another private venue. Food is normally a set menu. On this occasion that menu includes feijoada and bolinhos de bacalhau. Continue Reading

Acclaimed Chef Virgilo Martinez (“Restaurant Central”, Lima, Peru) is in London to take part in the Peruvian culinary festival Flavours of Peru at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel. Continue Reading

Brazil’s Festa Umbela will be appearing at London’s LIFEM festival this October. LIFEM is the London International Festival of Exploratory Music and Festa Umbela are one of the most interesting acts on the line-up. Continue Reading

Chilean architect and designer Alejandro Aravena will be giving a talk for the second annual PUMA Safe Sustainable Design Lecture. Topics will include his approach to sustainable design, exemplified by his work with the Monterry Housing project in Mexico. Continue Reading

The Colombia Gourmet Festival returns to London for the third year running, offering an authentic celebration of Colombian culture and cuisine. This event will be taking place at The Cookbook Cafe from Friday 23rd September until Monday 3rd October. Continue Reading

Anyone who has caught any women’s football recently will now that the quality of the sport is on the way up. There is a chance, however, that after going to Girls Kick Ball For East Africa you might change your mind! We’re only joking of course, because this event is all for charity and will feature some of our favourite musicians such as Isa GT, Marina Gasolina and Cibelle putting their boots on and getting onto the pitch! Continue Reading