Bulletin 18 February 2010
Haiti: US missionaries to go home ♦ Oil exploration to go ahead despite Argentinean obstacles ♦ Mexico: Calderón returns to Ciudad Juarez and promises more help ♦ Peru: oil sector will grow in 2010 ♦ Venezuela: calls to declare
Bulletin 25 February 2010
Argentina: Government fights on two fronts ♦ Cuba: Lula says farewell ♦ Venezuela: Government rejects report from Inter American Committee ♦ Brazil: Biggest bank increases profits ♦ El Niño goes heavy on Latin America
Mexican workers fight for rights
Violence is not the only curse of Ciudad Juarez. Exploitation of workers is another one, argues Kent Paterson
Mexico: can the war on drugs be won?
Javier Farje from LAB analyses Mexico's failed war on the cartels
Mexico’s new dirty war
Kent Paterson reports from Mexico City on forced disappearances, murders and other violations of human rights reminiscent of dirty war tactics.
Arizona at Epicentre of Divisive U.S. Immigration Debate
The author argues that a new immigration law in Arizona will create tensions in the border with Mexico.
Arizona immigration law: the backlash starts
As protests against Arizona's immigration law grow, LAB explains how the Republican legislators shot themselves in the foot.
Colombia: internationational protest over fumigations
A group of Colombian and foreign academics is protesting against aerial spraying of glyphosate on Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.