Once Upon A Time in Venezuela
For seven years, Rodríguez Ríos followed the residents of the once close-knit village of Congo Mirador, inches away from drowning in murky water, chronicling their desperate attempts to save the community.
Visibility for pueblo Pumé
This video essay from LAB partner Ojos Ilegales Red, Venezuela, tells the story of Leonardo Milian Ruiz, a member of the Pumé community. Milian left his territory Boca Tronador, on Riecito in Apure State, near the the Venezuelan border with Colombia, after cattle ranchers continually invaded their territory.
What does a Biden presidency mean for Latin America?
The list of foreign policy challenges facing President-elect Biden when he enters the Oval Office in January 2021 will be both manifold and complex. J.D. Fuller reports.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Venezuela: US demonization of Maduro risks chaos
LAB received this article from Venezuelan National Science Prize winner Victor Álvarez R. It is a follow-up to his earlier appeal for a coalition...
Venezuela: call for a coalition government
LAB received this article from Venezuelan National Science Prize winner Victor Álvarez R. We publish it here because of its appeal to both sides...
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. ...
