Haiti: Fear and Loathing in a Broken Democracy
Attempts to hold a runoff vote to elect a new president in Haiti have failed amid violence and protests of fraud. Now, as LAB's Russell White explains, the recriminations have begun, while the country faces a long period of further unrest.
US Elections: Hillary lost my vote in Honduras
How Hillary Clinton failed the peoples of Central America and migrants from the region to the US
Drug policy: myths, moralism & hypocrisy
International drug policies reflect a bias towards the global north, with damaging consequences for the south.
International resistance to coup in Brazil
As the impeachment process comes to an end, a group of intellectuals, both Brazilian and foreign, publish a collection of essays, analysing President Dilma Rousseff's time in government and repudiating the veiled coup.
Temer out!
Demonstrations against Brazil's new President, Michel Temer, widely regarded as a usurper, are taking place in many cities and towns.
Wifredo Lam: Inner Worlds
‘My painting is an act of decolonisation, not in a physical sense, but a mental one’.
These are the words of one of the greatest...
El Salvador: Unhappy Anniversary?
In 1992 the United Nations-backed Chapultepec peace accords brought decades of civil war in El Salvador to an end.
Now, 25 years after the peace...
Mexico: Trump weakens fragile economy
If the immigration agenda of Donald Trump and his administration is not enough of a racist assault on the human rights of Mexicans, the...
Canada’s toxic policies in Mexico and Latin America
Pretty Faces, Grisly Interests
This article was published on the website of Canadian progressive magazine Briarpatch. LAB has added titles and images.
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Brazil: why is Michel Temer still President?
This is a slightly edited version of an article, first published by Brasil Wire. You can see the original here.
It is always hard to...