Sue Branford
Lamia Qualalou, a journalist based in Rio de Janeiro, looks at Lula's ambitions for Brazil on the global stage.
Amazon communities have seized barges of hard wood to protest over illegal logging. Americas Report has the story
Nathalie Mercier has been working as a human rights observer in Guatemala, as the country grapples with its history of 45,000 'disappeared'.
The US has a long history of political meddling in Haiti and many other Latin American countries. Mark Weisbrot reports.
Despite his background as a militant trade unionist, Lula has strongly promoted 'big business'. Sue Branford explains.
US analyst Phyliis Bennis, from the Institute for Polciy Studies in Washington DC, argues that Pentagon priorities once again dominate in Haiti.
The UN’s aid agenda, she says, is being marginalised, with the US sending in planeloads of so
In a characteristically biting commentary, Eduardo Galeano blames the USA for Haiti's inability to deal with the current crisis. In Spanish.
Armen Kouyoumdjian writes about the immediate future after the victory of the right in Chile.