Fundacion Paraguaya: Committed to Improving the Life of Women in Paraguay
Claudia Pompa reports on Fundacion Paraguaya -- its mission, history and successes.
HONDURAS: THREE YEARS AFTER THE COUP
John Perry looks at the disastrous outcome of the 2009 coup in Honduras and the difficulties and dangers confronting all who resist the new government.
LUGO THE PRIEST, LUGO THE MAN
The complex character of Fernando Lugo: star military academy graduate, priest, father and (now ex-) president. Hugh O'Shaugnessy looks at his life.
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.
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’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: 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.
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’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.
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'.