Mexico’s modern revolutionaries
As Mexico marks its 1810 and 1910 uprisings, 2010's upheaval is likely to be about drugs, not politics.
Monsanto pushes GM maize
The biotech giant, Monsanto, is taking advantage of the havoc caused by bad weather in Mexico to push its GM maize (corn).
As the climate dries, Mexico’s milk region faces arsenic threat
Climate change is destroying the dairy industry in some regions of Mexico.
Zapatistas: 18 Years of Rebellion and Resistance
At the end of 2011, activists and academics gathered in Chiapas in Mexico to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising.
MEXICO: FARMERS TAKE ON THE MINING COMPANIES
Mexican farmers are up in arms against mining companies that threaten their communities.
Global Drug Report: Don’t Just Decriminalize, Demilitarize
The US-backed drug war in Latin America has not reduced drug-trafficking but has led to a dangerous militarisation of some countries, creating a culture of human rights abuses and impunity, says author of a damning new book.
Lessons from NAFTA
Academics from the USA, Canada and Mexico publish report calling for deep reforms to NAFTA and other similar trade agreements.
Guatemala: the decriminalisation of drugs
Guatemala's new president, retired General Otto Perez Molina, has joined the growing group of Latin American dignitaries to call for the legalisation of drugs as the only way to combat the powerful drug cartels.
Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico to Colombia...
As the US increases it's military presence in Central America Grandin questions the wider policy involved.
Carlos Fuentes obituary
Nick Caistor, from LAB, writes about one of the most influential Latin American writers.