The Gryphon takes a look at how high inequality has led to violent protests in Chile and reflects on sustained income inequality in the UK. Over the last few weeks intensifying protests in Chile saw […]
The Chilean Protests Won’t End Anytime Soon
It made a brief debut in the UK media at the start of last week but has since been mostly forgotten. You may find one of two articles from the BBC or the Guardian but […]
Uncovering the Chilean Mural – Repression and Resistance
Painted by refugees in the 1970s, this Chilean mural was long forgotten before being discovered by chance. The Gryphon attended its relaunching event, to discover its symbolic importance in the struggle against injustice. On 7th […]
Chile clinch historic Copa title
CHILE overcame Argentina in a penalty shootout last night to famously claim their first Copa America title in front of a home crowd after almost a century-long wait. In a rather substandard finale where there […]
Chile looking to end long wait in La Copa showdown
CHILE could end their 99-years of frustration by lifting the Copa de America if they beat Argentina tonight. Since its foundation in 1916, Chile are yet to hoist La Copa – footballs’ oldest piece […]
Copa de America 2015 – the story so far
IT’S the world’s oldest continental football competition – and five time world cup winners Brazil aren’t its most successful team. With the group stage of the 2015 Copa America complete, the focus now shifts to the quarter […]
Sport | Super South American Saturday
Today sees the start of the knockout stages in Brazil as the hosts face Chile whilst Colombia takes on Uruguay in a South American football fiesta! Belo Horizonte plays to the first game of the […]
Sport | Brazil lead the way as England prepare to say goodbye
As the last round of group matches got under way at the FIFA World Cup, Ste Topping rounds up the talking points from a busy day in Brazil and looks ahead to an English goodbye. […]
Sport | Spain back on the plane but will Greece slip up against Japan?
After a disappointing day of World Cup action on Tuesday that only saw five goals scored with two draws, normal service was resumed on Wednesday with 11 goals in the three matches played, with the […]
Travel | Chile and Pablo Neruda – A poet in a world of his own
As South America’s spindliest country, Chile is side-saddled between a gloriously blue Pacific Ocean, and the neighboring Latino countries of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. However, aside from being the thinnest and longest country near the […]
Photojournal: Winter Days in Buenos Aires
It’s 6am and LAN Airlines Flight #461 from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Aires is turbulently scaling the Andes Mountains. As the sun rises and illuminates their peaks, long shadows are cast through the snow. […]
The Soapbox: Fascism: Let it be fought, not forgotten.
I would like to express my concern towards some of the criticisms posed to the LS regarding the publication of the interview with Nick Griffin (Volume 43, Issue 4: Leeds Student speaks to Nick Griffin, […]