SOUTH ATLANTIC: US AND UK CONFRONT SHIFTING SANDS
From the Caribbean to the Antarctic new political and military alliances challenge the NATO paradigm.
Aldeia Maracanã marks 513 years of Indigenous Evictions in Brazil
A few minutes from Maracanã stadium, urban Indigenous village struggles to save an historical building in danger as Brazil's World Cup approaches
New form of activism in rural Brazil
Young people in the eastern Amazon are rediscovering their culture and identity through a programme initiated by Dan Baron Cohen, a UK activist.
Brazil chooses a racist homophobe to head its Human Rights Commission
Protests and demonstrations greet inexplicable appointment by Brazil's Congress
BRAZIL: RIO’S SHANTY TOWNS GO GREEN
Adapting to climate change often seems an earnest business, but adaptation in some of Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns is very different - helping the favelas to flower can help to protect them against destruction.
BRAZIL: ARRIVAL OF CUBAN BLOGGER HITS A NERVE
Yoani Sánchez' tour of Brazil provokes a storm of Cold War polemic.
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: HOW BEIJING IS SHAPING THE AMAZON
As China buys agricultural and forest land, mines and smelters, its massive demands threaten the future of the Amazon Basin.
BRAZIL: INDIGENOUS DEATH SPARKS REVOLT
Some 5,000 Guarani-Kaiowáare are protesting over the failure of the authorities to arrest the self-confessed killer of an indigenous boy in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. According to a report sent to LAB by the Indians, the situation is tense.
LATIN AMERICA: WHOSE FREE PRESS?
At last the question all too rarely asked about 'free' press: who owns it?