Ecuador: Correa’s vision
In a wide-ranging interview Rafael Correa, now elected for a third term, speaks in detail of his strategy for combining economic progress with environmental responsibility.
COLOMBIA: CRISIS-HIT COFFEE GROWERS BLOCK ROADS
The coffee industry in Colombia is in trouble and coffee growers have decided to send a clear message to the government trough protests and demonstrations.
COLOMBIA: ‘MINING COMPANIES WEAKEN LOCAL DEMOCRACY’, SAY NGOs
Colombian NGOs accuse the mining companies of destroying democracy in the regions where they operate.
Ecuador: Correa’s Dilemma
David Dene, from Protect Ecuador, warns that, despite Correa's eco-friendly rhetoric, his insistence on pressing ahead with a big copper mining project will have a catastrophic impact on the Amazon river system.
Ecuadorean elections: views from the street
On the eve of Ecuador's presidential elections, Grace Livingstone sends a special report for LAB from Quito with a fascinating insight into how ordinary Ecuadoreans view their leftwing president, Rafael Correa.
NICARAGUA: ‘ROYA’ SCOURGE DEVASTATES COFFEE HARVEST
Several strains of the fungal disease 'Roya' are devastating coffee bushes across Central America with disastrous consequences for harvests and farmers
Protect Ecuador
We are working to pressurize President Correa of Ecuador to uphold his Constitution signed in 2008, enshrining The Rights Of Nature, and the UN Rights of Indigenous People, to which Ecuador is a signatory.
HONDURAS: THE COUP WAS A GIANT SETBACK FOR WOMEN
In the three years since the coup which removed President Zelaya, government, police and judiciary have ignored the mounting violence against women
HONDURAN WOMEN CAMPAIGN FOR RIGHTS AND DIGNITY
In an exclusive interview, Reyna Tejada, of the Honduran women's organisation CODEMUH, describes their campaign to improve conditions for women workers in the maquilas or sweatshops producing clothes for export.
BRAZIL AFTER SANTA MARIA
LAB Editor Francis McDonagh discusses what the tragedy in southern Brazil, in which 236 young people were killed, tells us about Brazil's ambition to be a member of the 'rich country' club.