What happens when an uncontacted tribe meets ‘civilisation’?
Margarita Mbywangy's tribe was nearly wiped out when the modern world came calling. Now she has come to Europe to talk about their stolen land and struggle for survival.
Ex presos políticos dieron testimonio de la existencia del “sótano oculto”
A tiny underground prison cell has been discovered under the Paraguayan Consulate in Posadas in Argentina
PARAGUAY: GIRLS IN THE FOREST: UNLEASHING YOUNG GIRLS’ POTENTIAL.
LAB's Claudia Pompa reports on how the Centro Educativo Mbaracayu (CEM), located in the Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve in north-east Paraguay, educates and trains girls from rural communities to become 'rural and environmental entrepreneurs'.
PARAGUAY: UNLEASHING YOUNG GIRLS’ POTENTIAL.
LAB's Claudia Pompa reports on how the Centro Educativo Mbaracayu (CEM), located in the Mbaracayi Forest Biosphere Reserve in north-east Paraguay, educates and trains girls from rural communities to become 'rural and environmental entrepreneurs'.
Paraguay’s Silent War
GM soya arrived later in Paraguay than in Brazil and Argentina. But the violence it has provoked has been more intense, as producers and campesinos battle for control over the land. Claudia Pompa reports.
El Chaco no es mudo. La prensa lo ha enmudecido
People of the Chaco, affected by serious flooding, accuse the press of ignoring their plight. In Spanish
Paraguay: Impeachment of President Lugo
President Lugo has been impeached by Congress and has been replaced as president by the former vice-president, Federico Franco. Andrew Nickson reports.
PARAGUAY’S CRISIS: THE CHALLENGES OF A WEAK DEMOCRACY
LAB's collaborator, Claudia Pompa, looks at the politcal crisis in her home country, Paraguay, following the ousting of President Fernando Lugo.
PARAGUAY: BRAZILIAN EXPANSIONISM
The rapid growth of large soya monocultures, mainly in Brazilian hands, is leading to 9,000 peasant families being forced off their land each year. This is fuelling land conflict, says Perla Álvarez, from the rural women's organisation, Conamuri.
PARAGUAY: AGRIBUSINESS AND BIOTECH COMPANIES WIN OUT
The impeachment of President Lugo, rushed through Congress, was has clearly benefited big landowners and the powerful biotechnology companies. LAB reports.