Thursday, March 28, 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: the road to progress?

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Remarkable 1970 footage has been found of the Brazilian dictator, General Medici, celebrating the felling of Brazil nut trees to announce the arrival of progress to the ‘Amazonian vacuum’

Central America: The myths and realities of gold mining

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A new report from Caritas highlights the four grand myths peddled by gold mining companies in the Isthmus.

Chile: A Cartoon History

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Re-issued for the 40th anniversary of the military coup in Chile, this Introduction to Chile by Chris Welch follows the style of Mexican cartoonist Rius.

Dominican high court threat to Dominicans of Haitian descent

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A troubling court ruling threatens to deprive of their citizenship Dominican nationals who are the offspring of Haitian migrants.

In Defence of Mais Medicos

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The arrival of Cuban doctors arouses strong opposition among some Brazilians.

Chile: 40 years since the launch of neo-liberalism

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40 years since the Pinochet coup, the global neo-liberal revolution it ushered in is still in rude health.

Protest movements: the growing anger of the middle classes

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Why middle class militancy in developing countries is only just beginning -- thoughts from a Nigerian commentator very relevant to Brazil, Mexico, Chile and other Latin American countries.

On the Road

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In the first of their blogs of their Latin American trip, Ana Caistor Arendar and Matt Kennard visit a Zapatista village in the south of Mexico where change is in the air.

Guatemala: fighting for women’s rights

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Photojournalist Cristina Chiquín talks about women's rights and the trial of former general Rios Montt in the second of Silvia Rothlisberger's interviews with activists in Latin America.

VENEZUELA: LUSBI PORTILLO, YUKPA PEOPLE, SIERRA DE PERIJA

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Latin America is rightly famous for the vibrancy of its social movements. In a special series for LAB, Silvia Rothlisberger is profiling the leaders of some of these movements. Her first blog is on Lusbi Portillo, from the Yukpa people, in Venezuela.

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