A new beginning for US-Latin American relations?
Latin America is emerging as an ecological superpower that the United States needs to respect, argues Juan Gabriel Tokatlian, from the Universidad Di Tella in Buenos Aires.
Interview with Adam Isacson – Obama and Honduras
In an interview with LAB, Adam Isacson, of WOLA, says that the Obama’s willingness to legitimise the 2009 coup is largely responsible for the huge increase in human rights violations in that country.
Interview with Adam Isacson – Obama and Colombia
Despite the current talk about peace negotiations in Colombia, Adam Isacson, from WOLA, is pessimistic about the future, predicting a bloodbath.
The Limitations of US Counter-Narcotics Policy in Mexico
The United States is fuelling the violence in Mexico by combating the drugs trade by exclusively military means, says Jacob Parakilas in an article for LAB.
Venezuela: back to the bad old days
Ewan Robertson argues that, by stepping up intervention, the USA is showing itself out-of-touch with Latin America’s new political reality.
GUATEMALA: JUSTICE FOR RIOS MONTT’S VICTIMS?
In January, Former President Efraín Ríos Montt was finally indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Brazil: Fighting GMOs
AS-PTA is a leading Brazilian NGO, which works with local farmers in the promotion of agro-ecology. In an interview with LAB, it says that in the long term it is confident that the battle against the bio-tech companies will be won.
ARGENTINA: END TO AERIAL SPRAYING
A coalition of doctors, health professionals and researchers calls for a ban on aerial spraying of crops. Dr Eva Sirinathsinghi reports.
EL SALVADOR: Negotiating with the Gangs
Gang violence expert Sonja Wolf expresses doubts about current short-term fix approaches to drug trafficking in Central America—both government plans to negotiate with the maras in El Salvador and the fully militarised onslaught in Mexico.
ARGENTINA: A TEMPLATE FOR DISASTER
GM soya has already done huge damage to communities and ecosystems, yet the government is planning for a further big increase in its new agricultural plan. Diana Mills reports.