Climate Change, Brazil and Central America
The end of the COP-20 climate change conference in Lima, the Brazil truth commission, the disappearances at Ayotzinapa in Mexico... and more
Brazil and Chile
While LAB editors examine the impact of dams and mining on communities in the Amazon, in the UK and elsewhere the 40th anniversary of the military coup in Chile has attracted lively interest.
LAB Newsletter October 2016: CAWN closing after 25 years
Central America Women's Network (UK) marks its 25th anniversary with the sad news that it is winding up
Communities in the Brazilian Amazon
This week, thanks to LAB collaborator Bruna Rocha, we are turning our attention to the struggles of a host of small communities along the basin of the river Tapajós in the Brazilian Amazon.
New articles: Chile, Cuba & Brazil
Will the new Bachelet administration in Chile tackle the Mapuche problem. Cuba's foreign investment reforms. The shadier side of the World Cup: construction cartels, repression and sex work.
Nobody’s Backyard
The arbitrary detention of the Bolivian President's plane has proved to be a diplomatic disaster for the US. In Brazil, the Pope gave backing to social movements and demands for change. Across the Region the spirit of independence is growing.
Haiti
It is now more than two years since a devastating earthquake killed at least 250,000 people in Haiti; and it is becoming increasingly evident that, despite the billions of dollars of aid, life continues to get worse for most Haitians.
LAB Newsletter September 2016
02/09/2016
DILMA IMPEACHED – REACTION TO THE OLYMPICS – COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT AND FARC SIGN FINAL PEACE AGREEMENT – AND MORE
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
As expected,...
New LAB book: Brazil Under the Workers’ Party
The first of a new LAB series of Special Reports, this title, by Sue Branford and Jan Rocha, charts the decline of the PT --from euphoria to despair.