In Haiti, Land Reform as a Pillar of Reconstruction
Ronel Thelusmond is the director of the technical division of the National Institute for the Application of Agrarian Reform (INARA), which is part of the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture.
Honduras: Carbon Blood Money
The expanding palm oil industry is exacerbating hunger in an impoverished country, yet it is receiving carbon credits. Rosie Wong reports.
ECO-AGRICULTURE FOR EL SALVADOR?
Salvadorean President Mauricio Funes has promised support and incentives for small-scale localised food production in an implicit criticism of the neo-liberal model.
US moves rapidly to kill Brazil’s Iran deal
Washington shows it can still pull rank, says Sue Branford from LAB.
Who has priority on the streets?
Walking is our most natural way of getting about and is the number one priority on the street. Hence the rationale for a hierarchy...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Trafficking of Haitian children may spark Dominican Republic sanctions
The US State Department has warned the government of Leonel Fernandez that the Dominican Republic may face US sanctions if it does not take immediate action to curb the activities and presence of human traffickers and their accomplices.
Monsanto pushes GM maize
The biotech giant, Monsanto, is taking advantage of the havoc caused by bad weather in Mexico to push its GM maize (corn).
Mexico’s modern revolutionaries
As Mexico marks its 1810 and 1910 uprisings, 2010's upheaval is likely to be about drugs, not politics.
As the climate dries, Mexico’s milk region faces arsenic threat
Climate change is destroying the dairy industry in some regions of Mexico.
A Decade of Refounding Honduras
As we enter a new decade Gerardo Torres Zelaya looks at the path of the left in Latin America and the roots of popular resistance which have grown in the last 10 years.