Mike Gatehouse
Colombia: will there be an end to the war? In a special analysis for LAB, Garry Leech, who has published numerous books, including one on the FARC, looks at prospects for finally resolving the internal conflict, in the wake of the FARC
According to WikiLeaks, the USA is worried about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's close links with some Latin American countries.
In Peru, the shadow of the violence of the 1980s is still present in the political debate. Javier Farje, from LAB reports.
The author argues that Ollanta Humala is no longer the progressive leader that seduced the left in Peru. He could end up as an allied of the "fujimoristas".
In June 2011, an international commission produced a report that stated that the war on drugs has failed. The report is still very relevant today.
Unlike the guerrillas in Colombia and Peru, the Zapatistas have not got involved in the drugs business. How have they managed it?
Two decades after the signing of the Peace Accords, together with the social commitments they contained, El Salvador's levels of poverty and violence are so high that academic and social leaders are proposing new accords to overcome the crisis.
A small guerrilla group in Paraguay has become a headache for the government. Nick Caistor, from LAB, looks at the return of 'foquismo'. Nick Caistor, from LAB, reports
The London-based Haiti Support Group says that the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission has been a failure and welcomes the end of its activities.