Bulletin 17 February 2010
Argentina: President revives the ghost of the Falklands ♦ Brazil: Presidential candidate proposes radical programme ♦ Venezuela to reconsider offer of electricity supplies from Colombia ♦ Argentina: local currency sinks ♦ Guatem
JOAO ZINCLAR: KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT
With great sadness we report the premature death of Brazilian photographer João Zinclar, who took many of the photographs which illustrate the LAB book "Cutting The Wire - The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil", published in 2002.
Brazil Faces Its Post-Lula Future
Where will Brazil go after Lula retires from power? Reed Kurtz explains
Brazil: life for women under Dilma
When Dilma Rousseff became Brazil's first female president in January 2011, women had high expectations.Brazilian journalist Tatiana Farah looks atwhat she has achieved so far.
Brazil: ‘Malvinas’ moment for the armed forces?
Have Brazil's armed forces been discredited, again, by their backing for Bolsonaro, his kleptocracy and his attempt to steal the elections?
Brazil: Lula’s legacy
Lula's legacy: On 3 October Brazil will elect a successor to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, its first working class president, who has governed Brazil for eight years. Huge expectations were placed on Lula, when he came to office in Januar
Brazil: soya and cattle in indigenous land
Farmers have illegally taken over 90% of the land belonging to a Xavante group in the north of Mato Grosso. According to a report in 'O Globo' newspaper, the Indians are fighting against the 'perverse economic logic' of soya and cattle.
Amazon: Another way is possible
At a time of serious environmental setbacks in Brazil, a remarkable new documentary shows how hundreds of families are successfully working together to recuperate the forest.
Brazilian football: Rich fans only, please
Ticket prices at Brazil's football grounds have risen by 300% in 10 years. Who is excluding the working-class fans, the povão, from the World Cup?
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.