Help save the Awá Indians
Survival International is launching a campaign today (25 April 2012) to save the Awá – one of Brazil's two remaining tribes of nomadic hunter gatherers. They are the world's most threatened indigenous tribe.
Colombia after the Waterfall: Can Santos Turn the Tide?
Markus Schultze-Kraft analyzes the reforms of President Juan Manuel Santos and shows how his room for manoeuvre is limited by Uribe's legacy
The Citizens’ Revolution in Ecuador and its Enemies
Mario Ramos looks at the Citizens' Revolution in Ecuador and US attempts to undermine it.
HOW AID HARMS HAITI
Food aid is clearly working against what aid agencies are hoping to accomplish.
The Reforestation Project at Gros Morne, Haiti
The author visits an inspiring reforestation project in Haiti.
HAITI: is the UN thwarting justice?
The UN refuses to take responsibility for causing the cholera epidemic in Haiti, which so far has claimed 7,000 lives.
Obama in Colombia
By far the most entertaining account of President Barack Obama's visit to Colombia for the Summit of the Americas came from a Colombian writer, Juan Gossaín. He tells us that Obama wore extraordinary bullet-proof clothes and scarcely touched his food.
HAITI : THE POLITICS OF CHAOS
Since Michel Martelly took over as president last May, the country has been in a state of almost complete paralysis. The uncertainty increased recently, says Nick Caistor from LAB, with rumours of an imminent coup.
HAITI: Shelters That Don’t Shelter the Needy
After a lengthy investigation, Haiti Grassroots Watch has uncovered substantial misuse of the post-earthquake housing provided by the UK charity, Tearfund.
Rio de Janeiro: the ‘pacification’ of the favelas
The idea is to put an end to the 'divided city' but, says Verena Brähler, the risk now is of creating a city with 'divided favelas'.