Thursday, April 25, 2024

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La Mezcla blog series LAB Latin America Bureau
Here LAB collects snippets of news, reviews, comment… everything that doesn’t belong elsewhere. Dip into it, and enjoy!

Brazil: Plinio dies

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Leading left-wing intellectual Plinio de Arruda Sampaio has died.

Brazil: Police beat, threaten and rape sex workers

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When a prostitute in Brazil denounces police violence she is beaten up and threatened --by the police.

Meet our Salvadorean friends

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A new blog describing Nueva Esperanza, a rural community in Bajo Lempa, Usulután, El Salvador

El Salvador: Jasmine’s War

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LAB reviews a new novel about the country's civil war

Mexico’s telecoms war

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The Mexican public is courageously taking to the streets to force the PRI government to rethink its far-reaching telecommunications reform.

An American Spymaster’s story

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A book by the former CIA bureau chief for Latin America head tells us more about his mind-set than the details of his activities.

Advances in the Diaguita struggle

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In recent years the Diaguita indigenous communities in northern Chile have made real strides

Brazil — fears over GM mosquito

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State of emergency decreed in town with GM mosquitoes

Brazil: Which Giant has Woken Up?

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Mooted new public order laws, police violence against demonstrations and indigenous communities --it's almost like the aftermath of a coup.

Brazil: Combate Racismo Ambiental (Fight Environmental Racism)

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An interview with Tania Pacheco, who developed the blog Combate Racismo Ambiental, now a LAB partner.

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