Rosa: first anniversary of a remarkable book
Rosa of the Wild Grass: the Story of a Nicaraguan Family, by Fiona Macintosh, was published by LAB just over a year ago. To...
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....
Mining: Nicaraguan communities claim partial victory over Condor Gold
This article is mainly based on material made available by London Mining Network.
According to ACAFREMIN, the new regional alliance against metal mining in Central...
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...
Rosa’s incredible journey from Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Rosa’s incredible journey
Rosa of the Wild Grass was one of LAB’s most successful publications in many years. Practical Action Publishing, who produce...
Save TPS for Central Americans and Haitians!
This article was first published by UpsideDownWorld. You can see the original here.
Header image: Over 400,000 people from 13 different countries including El Salvador,...
Nicaragua: What now?
Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans marched through the streets of the capital Managua and other cities at the end of April.
The demonstrations were in...
Unexpected Uprising: The Crisis of Democracy in Nicaragua
May 14, 2018.How did recent protests over social security cuts in Nicaragua turn into a nationwide grassroots mobilization against President Daniel Ortega?
This article was...
Voices of Latin America – social movements and the new activism
This is a book of many voices (more than 70 of them, from 14 different countries) which testify to an extremely sensitive and uncertain moment in the history of Latin America.
Ernesto Cardenal: everyone is a poet
Nick Caistor writes: The Nicaraguan poet and Catholic priest Father Ernesto Cardenal died at the age of 95 in Managua on Sunday 1 March,...