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.
BRAZIL: HOW BEIJING IS SHAPING THE AMAZON
As China buys agricultural and forest land, mines and smelters, its massive demands threaten the future of the Amazon Basin.
PARAGUAY: RURAL LEADER MURDERED
As Paraguay's first election campaign since the overthrow of Fernando Lugo gets under way, an opponent of soya monoculture is murdered
BOLIVIA: GROWTH WITH EQUALITY – A LESSON FOR THE US?
Bolivia has reduced poverty and inequality, but dependence on extraction is growing.
BRAZIL: INDIGENOUS DEATH SPARKS REVOLT
Some 5,000 Guarani-Kaiowáare are protesting over the failure of the authorities to arrest the self-confessed killer of an indigenous boy in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. According to a report sent to LAB by the Indians, the situation is tense.
PERU: MAYOR VILLARAN’S SUPPORT STRENGTHENING
Lima Mayor Susana Villarán may yet succeed in resisting 'impeachment'
CUBA: WOMEN LOSING GROUND AGAIN
Major changes in Cuba's economy and labour market since 2010 threaten to reverse some of the gains made by women in recent years
ECUADOR: THE PRESS & THE PRESIDENT
Electoral law reforms adopted in 2012 have changed how the press could cover the 2013 presidential campaign.
LATIN AMERICA: WHOSE FREE PRESS?
At last the question all too rarely asked about 'free' press: who owns it?