Guayaba.live is a web-blog platform for people in the UK whose roots come from diverse Latin American backgrounds. It aims to support connection and participation in wider society. The platform recognises the complexity of identities shaped by migration and the challenges of building a new life in a new country. Its content reveals multiple realities, shows how lives intertwine and coexist, and highlights togetherness. By sharing these stories, Guayaba.live promotes understanding of shared concerns and proposals, contributing to a stronger, more inclusive UK.

Languages: 

English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Guayaba.live articles are written in Spanish and English and can be read in Brazilian Portuguese using a translator tool presented beside each piece.

Why does the name Guayaba.live

The name Guayaba, Guava in English, is evocative for many Latin American people and me. It is, above all, a metaphor for togetherness.

Guayaba is a fruit that grows in many Latin American countries, which Gabriel García Márquez celebrated in an interview with his friend Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, when he said that the smell of Guava was ‘the smell of our land’.   García Marquez was a Colombian journalist who taught responsible and creative journalism, and a writer who won the Literature Nobel Prize in 1982. Guayaba.live wants to follow his exemplary teaching.

Sections and topics

Sections and topics in Guayaba.live are aligned with the interest of the page: to support Latin American communities and Latin American organisations supporting us in the UK. They go hand in hand with the importance and need to continue dialogue with other communities created and constructed in the UK. 

Guayaba.live tries to respond in the best possible way to what matters to us in terms of work, family, health, housing, budgets, and language. Professionals in different areas are invited to interact with our readers.