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...
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...
Temer out!
Demonstrations against Brazil's new President, Michel Temer, widely regarded as a usurper, are taking place in many cities and towns.
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.
Drug policy: myths, moralism & hypocrisy
International drug policies reflect a bias towards the global north, with damaging consequences for the south.
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
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.
