Venezuela: election results are a warning
The election results, which disappointed many Chavez supporters, show that this is the moment to return to the grass roots, to tackle the real problems, including corruption, and to rebuild from there, says Mike Gonzalez.
Brazil: the last few days
As Brazilians prepare to vote in the elections on 3 October, things are hotting up. The latest opinion polls suggest that support for Dilma Rousseff, the PT candidate, is dropping. Jan Rocha reports in an article especially written for LAB.
Mexico’s modern revolutionaries
As Mexico marks its 1810 and 1910 uprisings, 2010's upheaval is likely to be about drugs, not politics.
Venezuela: democracy functioning
The Venezuela election was not a major blow to Hugo Chávez. It shows politics is working properly again. Mark Weisbrot reports.
Nicaragua’s broken polity
As Nicaragua approaches it's 2011 elections, Sergio Ramírez discusses the hold that the current President Ortega has overpower and whether elections will ring the changes. He stresses the need for international attention as a tool to avoid corruption a
Brazil: after the age of Lula
What sort of country will the new president inherit? Jan Rocha looks at the transformation of Brazil under Lula.
Brazil: Lula’s legacy
Lula's legacy: On 3 October Brazil will elect a successor to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, its first working class president, who has governed Brazil for eight years. Huge expectations were placed on Lula, when he came to office in Januar
Colombia: black communities win victory
Along with international academics, LAB signed an open letter demanding the 'immediate halt' to the aerial spraying with glyphosate of b
Over one million Hondurans demand change
Over the last few months the FNRP has collected 1.2 million signatures from all over the country for a petition demanding a new constitution
A Plan Colombia for Mexico
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has warned that Mexico and Central America need the equivalent of a Plan Colombia to face "insurgency". Laura Carlsen comments.