Covid-19 reaches Costa Rica: hopes and fears
‘Coronavirus will
never hit Costa Rica. There are no direct flights between China and here’.
These are the words that an acquaintance confidently shared just 7...
Covid-19 as a critical juncture
While this article is global in scope, LAB is publishing it because all of the many interesting issues it raises are...
Ecuador and Covid-19
This report was prepared for LAB by Linda Etchart, author of the chapter on Indigenous People's in LAB's Voices of Latin America. Linda ...
Brazilian Amazon: first Covid-19 case among indigenous people
A 20-year-old Kokama indigenous
woman in northern Amazonas state tested positive for the virus,
according to the federal government’s body in charge of health...
During and After the Virus – LAB Newsletter 3 April 2020
3 April 2020
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
In the past fortnight, as the Covid-19 virus took hold in Europe
and began to make major inroads into...
Indigenous peoples: why it matters to us all if they catch...
This article was translated for LAB by Chloe Budd. You can read the original (in Spanish) here.
Main image: Raya, an old Nahua....
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...
Brazil’s prisons: Covid-19 massacre imminent
Open and poorly treated
wounds, food waste on the cell floor, rat faeces, little ventilation, water
rationing, insects everywhere. While some inmates do not even get...
Covid-19 in Latin America – 07 April update
By Emily Gregg, edited by Mike Gatehouse, with additional material from Peru & Haiti Support Groups UK and LAB correspondents in the regionLAB has...
Brazil: how the generals placed the captain in check
Veteran journalist Luis Nassif explains the
Military’s silent and gradual seizure of power from President Bolsonaro in five
acts.
This is an edited version of the article
published...