BRAZIL: ARRIVAL OF CUBAN BLOGGER HITS A NERVE
Yoani Sánchez' tour of Brazil provokes a storm of Cold War polemic.
CHAVEZ: A DEATH FORETOLD?
In 2001, exhausted after interviewing Chavez in Caracas, LAB editor Sue Branford commented half in jest to a fellow journalist that El Comandante was not long for this world.
LATIN AMERICA: ALBA WITHOUT CHAVEZ
ALBA was Hugo Chávez' pet project. Will it survive him, and will Correa, Morales and the other leaders be able to carry out his vision?
CHAVEZ NO MORE
LAB Editor Javier Farje, who was recently in Caracas, writes from Buenos Aires about Hugo Chávez and his legacy.
VENEZUELA 3: DON’T MESS WITH BOLIVAR
This is a government obsessed with Simón Bolivar, writes Javier, in his last post from the country.
OIL, DAMNED OIL!
Oil is both a blessing and a curse to Venezuela. The country's presidents mismanage it at their peril.
URUGUAY: IMPUNITY REARS ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN
The removal of a key judge from criminal cases is a victory for impunity and apologists for the dictatorship
VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ IS EVERYWHERE
In his first post from Venezuela, Javier Farje finds deep uncertainty: Is Chávez alive? Will he live? Whither the revolution?
CULTURE AND CONFLICT IN SOUTHERN PARA
LAB editor Francis McDonagh describes a visit to the south of the Brazilian state of Pará, starting in Belém and moving into deepest darkest rancher country.
GUATEMALA: RIOS MONTT’S INTERNATIONAL BACKERS MUST ANSWER
The Reagan administration and other international actors knew what Rios Montt was doing and backed him. It's time for international impunity to end.