Feeding the Monster: Militarization and Privatized Security in Central America
The state is giving up its role to protect the population to give way to private armies in Central America.
Humala’s cabinet change: a shift to the right?
The London-based Peru Support Groups analyses concerns about Peru's new government.
Peru: REDD does not benefit indigenous peoples
DURBAN, South Africa. (ENS) - A new UN-backed effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests by paying communities to leave the trees standing is undermining the rights of indigenous peoples in Peru, leading to "carbon piracy" and
Colombia: In the eye of the storm
Colombia: In the eye of the storm Climate change sceptics should visit Colombia, which is being ravaged by high temperatures,droughts, widespread flooding and landslides.
Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy nations stall on...
According to a new report, hundreds of sugarcane workers are dying in Central America as a result of of a strange kidney disease, without any serious investigation being carried out as to the cause.
Amazon: Did Dorothy Stang die for nothing?
In Brazil illegal loggers are once again threatening families in the south of Pará where the US nun, Dorothy Stang, was assassinated in 2005. Natália Guerrero reports.
Argentina: death of a petty tyrant
Antonio Domingo Bussi, a former general who is held responsible for the disappearance and death of more than a thousand people in the northern province of Tucumán died recently in Argentina at the age of 85.
Peru: ‘economic growth with social inclusion’
The Peru Support Group interviews a historic leader of Peru's left.
Colombia: Social justice
With President Juan Manuel Santos in London, the Guardian publishes an article from Latin America Bureau on the need for social justice to be given priority in the UK's dealings with Colombia.