US says that within weeks its Vulcan Task Force will operate...
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff commander General Martin Dempsey visited Colombia on March 29 to announce that within weeks U.S. military personnel will operate from a military base there with the newly formed Vulcan Task Force.
Venezuela: back to the bad old days
Ewan Robertson argues that, by stepping up intervention, the USA is showing itself out-of-touch with Latin America’s new political reality.
ALBA Expands its Allies in the Caribbean
The Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA), an organisation promoted by Venezuela for promoting closer regional trade, has been expanding in the Caribbeam. A report by Kevin Edwards of NACLA.
Venezuela’s love affair with China
Hugo Chávez is doing all he can to promote close relations with China. But, asks Erika Rodriguez in a special article for LAB, could his strategy backfire?
Venezuela: the social transformation
Since he came to office in 1999, Hugo Chávez has become increasingly radical in his social policies. In a special article for LAB, Rachel Boothroyd looks as whether he has, indeed, managed to transform the country, as he promised.
Venezuela: Hip-hop revolutionaries
First Venezuela's Youth Orchestra, now it is Hip-Hop Revolución, which is attracting hundreds of teenagers across the country. Not officially part of the Bolivarian Revolution, it nevertheless sees itself as part of the same movement for change.
Venezuela: Can Chavez pull it off a third time?
Whether or not President Hugo Chávez recovers from his latest bout of cancer, the elections in October are likely to be the government's toughest challenge to date, says Julia Buxton in a special analysis for LAB.
Venezuela: Change, all change or no change?
Aram Aharonian, the director of Telesur, provides a refeshingly candid analysis of the two presidential options facing the Venezuelan electorate. Article in Spanish.
Venezuela: empowering the poor
Steve Ellner, an adjunct professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, takes a close look at the attempts of the Chavez government to incorporate excluded and semi-excluded groups into the life of the nation.
América Latina tiene aún mucho que enseñar a Europa en la...
Europe has much to learn from Latin America about how to fight injustice and impunity.