Protest art in Latin America + news from LAB. November 2017
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Protest art in Latin America
Louise Morris, a member of LAB’s Editorial Team who travelled to Central America for us at...
El Salvador: rainwater harvesting
This article by Tim Muth is reproduced from the excellent El Salvador Perspectives blog. You can read the original here. Tim can be contacted...
El Salvador’s Bukele – populist and authoritarian?
Between the 24 and 27 April 2020, 76 gang-related murders were reported in El Salvador - a significant hike from the 65 murders which...
Robert White: A US ambassador who fought against CIA policy in...
US Ambassador to Paraguay and El Salvador, Robert White, who has died aged 88, was sacked by the Reagan administration.
NICARAGUA: ‘ROYA’ SCOURGE DEVASTATES COFFEE HARVEST
Several strains of the fungal disease 'Roya' are devastating coffee bushes across Central America with disastrous consequences for harvests and farmers
Central America’s China Syndrome
The Isthmus is almost the last place on Earth where The People's Republic of China and Taiwan still compete for recognition.
Central America: a new alliance against mining
This article was first published by NACLA on 24 May 2017
Miguel López took cover in the shade at the entrance to the hilltop cemetery....
Violence in Mexico and Latin America
Latin America still has the highest rate of crime in the world. Drug traffic, corruption and the United States have all played a vital role in this drama.
El Salvador: from miscarriage to murder
Abortion law in El Salvador recognises no distinction between intentional abortion and unintentional miscarriage, applying jail sentences to both. SBS Dateline investigates...
El Salvador: Unhappy Anniversary?
In 1992 the United Nations-backed Chapultepec peace accords brought decades of civil war in El Salvador to an end.
Now, 25 years after the peace...