Pope Francis: A chalice to regret?
A Canadian mining company has offered to make a chalice for the new Pope, using silver from a controversial mine in Patagonia
Another look at Pope Francis
Was LAB unfair to Pope Francis in our 4 April Newsletter? An analysis by the provincial of the Colombian Jesuits provides a more hopeful view.
Brazil: Details of dictatorship killings emerge
How the Brazilian military eliminated all traces of the disappeared by burning their bodies.
BRAZIL: ARRIVAL OF CUBAN BLOGGER HITS A NERVE
Yoani Sánchez' tour of Brazil provokes a storm of Cold War polemic.
CHAVEZ: A DEATH FORETOLD?
In 2001, exhausted after interviewing Chavez in Caracas, LAB editor Sue Branford commented half in jest to a fellow journalist that El Comandante was not long for this world.
CULTURE AND CONFLICT IN SOUTHERN PARA
LAB editor Francis McDonagh describes a visit to the south of the Brazilian state of Pará, starting in Belém and moving into deepest darkest rancher country.
BRAZIL AFTER SANTA MARIA
LAB Editor Francis McDonagh discusses what the tragedy in southern Brazil, in which 236 young people were killed, tells us about Brazil's ambition to be a member of the 'rich country' club.
BRAZIL: IS CLIMATE CHANGE FINALLY BEING TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY?
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.
Reconnecting with Recife
LAB's Francis McDonagh renews his links with Recife, and observes Brazil at a slant, outside the São Paulo-Brasília beltway.
CHILE: JUSTICE STALKS THOSE WHO MURDERED VICTOR JARA
In late December 2012, Judge Vazquez of the Santiago Appeals Court initiated a discovery process for the murder of the famous Chilean singer Victor Jara.