Ojos Ilegales RED – Francisco Elías Prada – Angela Rodriguez Torres
Francisco Elías Prada y Ángela Rodríguez Torres luchamos como aliados de los pueblos indígenas y otras minorias para visibilizar, difundir, amplificar sus voces y sus luchas a nivel nacional e internacional en búsqueda del respeto a sus derechos humanos, el respeto a sus territorios y a sus culturas.
Pumé
The Pumé people (sometimes called Yaruro) live in the savanna plains of Venezuela, the Llanos, located west of the Orinoco River. Most Pumé communities...
Colombia: the FARC returns to war?
The recent announcement by Iván Márquez – the second highest commander of the original Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) – that sections of...
The Synod on the Amazon
A synod is a meeting of representatives of Church
communities to discuss issues of doctrine or Church governance. So far, for most people, so boring. ...
Venezuela: call for a coalition government
LAB received this article from Venezuelan National Science Prize winner Victor Álvarez. We publish it here because of its appeal to both sides of...
Venezuela: US demonization of Maduro risks chaos
LAB received this article from Venezuelan National Science Prize winner Victor Álvarez. It is a follow-up to his earlier appeal for a coalition government...
The Empty Streets – LAB Newsletter 21 April 2020
21 April 2020
LAB has just published our first true photo-story: São Paulo – the streets under social isolation a collaboration between sociologist Fraya Frehse...
The pandemic of disinformation in Latin America
Both the United Nations and World Health Organization have labelled the spread of disinformation during the coronavirus crisis as an ‘infodemic.’ ‘We have faced...
Venezuela: vultures circle key oil asset
Venezuela, whose economy is already in dire straits thanks to US sanctions and its own mismanagement, risks losing control of the Texas-based oil company...
Venezuela’s wealth is being plundered
The political stalemate in Venezuela leaves the country wide open to plunder by international creditors, banks and vulture funds. Meanwhile, the country cannot spend its own money to combat Covid-19.