Brazil’s prisons: Covid-19 massacre imminent
Open and poorly treated
wounds, food waste on the cell floor, rat faeces, little ventilation, water
rationing, insects everywhere. While some inmates do not even get...
Indigenous peoples: why it matters to us all if they catch...
This article was translated for LAB by Chloe Budd. You can read the original (in Spanish) here.
Main image: Raya, an old Nahua....
Brazilian Amazon: first Covid-19 case among indigenous people
A 20-year-old Kokama indigenous
woman in northern Amazonas state tested positive for the virus,
according to the federal government’s body in charge of health...
Ecuador and Covid-19
This report was prepared for LAB by Linda Etchart, author of the chapter on Indigenous People's in LAB's Voices of Latin America. Linda ...
Covid-19 as a critical juncture
While this article is global in scope, LAB is publishing it because all of the many interesting issues it raises are...
Covid-19 reaches Costa Rica: hopes and fears
‘Coronavirus will
never hit Costa Rica. There are no direct flights between China and here’.
These are the words that an acquaintance confidently shared just 7...
Brazil: young people teach social distancing
Rios de Encontro, the eco-cultural and social education Project, based in the community of Cabelo Seco, Marabá, since 2008, is in quarantine. Dozens of...
Brazil’s twin catastrophes: the virus and the president
Brazil faces two disasters: the pandemic of coronavirus,
and the pandemonium of the Bolsonaro government. The first is invisible and
highly contagious but should only last...
Covid-19 threat to Quilombos near mine
This article was first published by The Intercept on 18 March. It was translated for LAB by Chris Whitehouse. You can read the original...
Buenos Aires under curfew
On 19 March towards 7.30 p.m., I receive a WhatsApp message from Pedro, one of my main contacts for my PhD research in Buenos...