Thirty-four Colombian tribes face extinction, says UN report
A recently released UN report has found that indigenous tribes in Colombia are critically endangered.
Venezuela: Crime in the Context of a Democratizing Process
Samuel Grove discusses the western media's demonization of Chavez in the context of violent crime in Venezuela.
Entire US-Mexico Border to Be Guarded by Predator Drones
Surveillance on the US -Mexico border to be increased by the introduction of new drones. Taylor Barnes discusses security issues.
Mexico’s Arizona Moment
Frontera Norte Sur reports on the drug-traffickers' mass murder of international migrants that took place last week in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico (Gulf coast).
Colombia: Do human rights matter?
Ines PG-Ward from Bogota looks at how much human rights abuses affected the election.
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.
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.
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.
Brazil: violence against rural workers increases
The Catholic Church's Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) says rural organisations are under siege.
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.