Wave of violence against media in Honduras
The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Honduran authorities to investigate wave of violence against journalists.
Repression and Resistance in Honduras
Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens, from NACLA, reports on the emergence of increased resistance, as repression intensifies.
Colombia: FARC Calls for Prisoner Swap
Hopes for a prisoner-for-hostage swap follow release of Sergeant Moncayo, reports IPS.
Mexico’s new dirty war
Kent Paterson reports from Mexico City on forced disappearances, murders and other violations of human rights reminiscent of dirty war tactics.
Belo Monte — Indians threaten “river of blood”
Controversy over Brazil’s giant hydropower station in the Xingu river is set to intensify. Sue Branford reports.
Out of the Past, a New Honduran Culture of Resistance
The author talks about the emergence of a powerful and dynamic popular movement in Honduras.
Brazil: violence against rural workers increases
The Catholic Church's Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) says rural organisations are under siege.
Defending democracy: the trial of Plazas Vega
In a special article for LAB, Gearóid Ó Loingsigh reports from Colombia on the jailing of a military officer for "disappearing" 11 people in 1985.
Colombia: internationational protest over fumigations
A group of Colombian and foreign academics is protesting against aerial spraying of glyphosate on Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.
Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity
Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity. A new report by International Crisis Group says that In Guatemala, crime has replaced political violence.