The new face of Latin American farming
Vast tracts of land are being taken over by powerful investors, many of them from Latin America. Such is the pace, says development expert, Cristobal Kay, that the continent is being transformed before our eyes.
British supermarkets, GMO soya and birth defects
The UK's six largest supermarkets have quietly decided to allow more GM soya into the food chain, despite horrific evidence of the impact of the GM soya boom in Argentina.
Your summer BBQ – devastation for Paraguay
BBQs across Europe are fuelling one of the world’s most pressing environmental crises, the rampant destruction of the Gran Chaco in South America.
An investigation...
PARAGUAYAN PEOPLE’S ARMY
A small guerrilla group in Paraguay has become a headache for the government. Nick Caistor, from LAB, looks at the return of 'foquismo'. Nick Caistor, from LAB, reports
Robert White: A US ambassador who fought against CIA policy in...
US Ambassador to Paraguay and El Salvador, Robert White, who has died aged 88, was sacked by the Reagan administration.
Tekoha Sauce: community fights to recover land at Itaipú
Written for LAB by William Costa
'We were very happy when we lived on the banks of the Paraná River. We had our houses, we...
Permanent coup d’etat in Paraguay – Keeping it in the family
The author says hopes that the Paraguayan President would implement reforms are fading fast
PARAGUAY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE CURUGUATY MASSACRE
The Brazilian NGO, Publica, has published a special report, which for the first time gives the peasants' version of what happened in the massacre that led to the impeachment of President Fernando Lugo earlier this year.
Paraguay: Can the deforestation be stopped?
The Chaco region is under imminent threat of total deforestation
Fundación Paraguay Cultura
We work in culture and academic education in different fields, linking universities and social organizations of Paraguay with regional similar actors. We also support...