Monday, April 29, 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!

DOM PEDRO’S GREETINGS CARD

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Greetings card sent for Christmas & New Year 2012/3 by Dom Pedro Casaldáliga (in Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan)

Venezuela: FAQ on opposition protests

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A very detailed look at recent events in Venezuela and the reporting of them from UK group Venezuela Solidarity Campaign

Venezuela: anti-neoliberal redistribution or crude populism?

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A detailed examination for UNRISD of how Venezuela has sought to use its oil wealth to improve health care and reduce inequality.

Nicaragua: protests against canal are growing

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Government secrecy and the threat to communities fuel opposition to this vast project.

International support for disappeared Mexican students

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A petition, draft letter to British MPs and an early-day motion in the UK Parliament

Pope Francis: A chalice to regret?

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A Canadian mining company has offered to make a chalice for the new Pope, using silver from a controversial mine in Patagonia

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.

BRAZIL: IS CLIMATE CHANGE FINALLY BEING TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY?

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While inexplicably climate change has been falling off the agenda in the UK, despite the indications that the world is heading towards catastrophe even more quickly than we feared, there are signs that finally Brazil is waking up to the crisis.

The Unchanging Face of Dilma

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As the Brazilian Senate embarks on the final step in the long process to impeach the President, a powerful image of Dilma has been circulating on Whatsapp. But is what it says true?

Return to Nicaragua documentary screening

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Filmed between 1985 and 1991 by the British director Marc Karlin (1943-1999)

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