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  Venezuela: En Altos del Milagro Norte la solidaridad tiene nombre de mujer - Photos by Gustavo Bauer/LATINPHOTO.org  see pictures Maira Carolina tiene 400 guerreritos en la buena obra. En cada jornada de alimentación se desata la alegría entre los niños y niñas de los sectores Altos de Jalisco, Puntica de Piedra, La Antena, Los Pescadores y Reyes Magos Cuenta la leyenda que Jesús le dijo a sus discípulos: “Hermanos, el futuro no existe”; sabiendo Él, la paliza que le vendría al término de su ministerio. Sí, el nazareno lo sabía, pero los humanos no estamos al corriente de lo que nos espera a la vuelta de la esquina. Vivimos en el aquí y en el ahora; y en el caso de Maira Carolina Leal Parra, gracias al nacido en Belén, el presente es una inversión de solidaridad y afecto que apuesta con firmeza inquebrantable por un prójimo inocente, que no supera la adolescencia... - ask for price or send an offer

Argentina : Argentine architect Francisco Salamone - Photos by Leandro Ibañez/LATINPHOTO.org  see pictures Francisco Salamone (June 5, 1897 – August 8, 1959) was an Argentine architect of Italian descent who, between 1936 and 1940, during the Infamous Decade, built more than 60 municipal buildings with elements of Art Deco style in 25 rural communities on the Argentine Pampas within the Buenos Aires Province. These buildings were some of the first examples of modern architecture in rural Argentina - ask for price or send an offer

Colombia : Venezuelans transform devalued banknotes into works of art - Photos by Daniel Andrés Garzón Herazo  see pictures In Colombia, a pair of Venezuelan artists paint portraits of iconic characters on Bolivar banknotes to revalue their country’s beleaguered currency - making its worth, usually hammered by hyperinflation, jump higher than the US dollar. Report available with text in Spanish, English and German - ask for price or send an offer

Venezuela : Between the rebellion and the dream - Text by Juan Alfonso Ruiz - Photos by Ronnie Palleiro  see pictures  Far from the great political battles for control of oil and a confused and sectarian media scenario that fragments public opinion on a planetary scale in an ambiguous discourse of the left and right; another more atrocious, dramatic and testimonial reality is hidden in the streets of Venezuela. Text available in Spanish, English, French and German - ask for price or send an offer

México : Our Lady of Holy Death - Text by Alessio Coghe - Photos by Gerardo Flores  see pictures Santa Muerte, is a female deity or folk saint in Mexican and Mexican-American folk Catholicism. A personification of death, she is associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife by her devotees. Despite condemnation by leaders of the Catholic Church, her religion has become increasingly prominent since the turn of the 21st century.  Text available in Spanish, English and German - ask for price or send an offer

Nicaragua: A country in turmoil - Photos by Oscar Navarrete  see pictures  After the announcement of pension cuts, hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets since April 2018 to demonstrate against the government of Daniel Ortega. LP photographer Oscar Navarrete documented the rallies and portrayed mothers and relatives of the victims killed by police, the military or paramilitary forces during the riots. Text available in Spanish, English and German - ask for price or send an offer

  

Argentina : Campo de Cielo - Photos by Julie Weisz  see pictures  Female Identity - The photographs were taken in July 1989 in the province of Formosa, 40 km from Las Lomitas. The community shown is called Campo del Cielo - Field of Heaven. The 35 families living in this community live in a rural area, without electricity or water and during the rainy season the area is completely isolated as the roads are not passable. The community depends entirely on governmental help. Even though life is very primitive, there is a lot of warmth and love from the women to their children. They often breastfeed them up to 4 years or as long as the child wants to. The photographer lived in this community and got to understand their way of life which is reflected in the photographs. Text available in Spanish, English and German - ask for price or send an offer

Guerrillero Heroico - Alberto Korda's photograph of Che Guevara  see pictures  Guerrillero Heroico (Heroic Guerrilla Fighter) is an iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara taken by Alberto Korda. It was captured on March 5, 1960, in Havana, Cuba, at a memorial service for victims of the La Coubre explosion. By the end of the 1960s, the image, in conjunction with Guevara's subsequent actions and eventual execution, helped solidify the charismatic and controversial leader as a cultural icon. Korda has said that at the moment he shot the picture, he was drawn to Guevara's facial expression, which showed "absolute implacability" as well as anger and pain. Years later, Korda would say that the photograph showed Che's firm and stoic character. Guevara was 31 years old at the time the photograph was taken. Report by diffrent photographers. Text available in Spanish, English and German - ask for price

Mexico : Muxe and gender in Zapotec culture  see pictures  In Zapotec cultures of Oaxaca (southern Mexico), a muxe is an assigned male at birth who individual who dresses and behaves in ways otherwise associated with the female gender, they may be seen as a third gender. Some marry women and have children while others choose men as sexual or romantic partners. Report by Mario Vazquez de la Torre - Text available in Spanish, English and German - ask for price or send an offer