El Salvador: Images of the Elections
A striking gallery of photographs taken during the recent presidential election campaign.
Brazilian Favelas: ‘I Died In The Mare’
Mare Favela children speak in a crowd-funded documentary film about life in a Brazilian urban slum.
Venezuelan Literature online
While highly partisan politics dominate the headlines, Venezuelan writers are thriving. Here's how to find them.
Paraguay: Can the deforestation be stopped?
The Chaco region is under imminent threat of total deforestation
The Rolezinho – the new craze in Brazil
Afro-Brazilians have created a new pattern of behaviour that challenges class and racial prejudices.
Brazil’s prisons: A fate worse than death?
'I would rather die than spend a long time in one of our prisons' --Minister of Justice Cardozo.
Is Mexico an emerging economic superpower?
The BBC recently depicted Mexico as one of the next generation of economic superpowers. Mexican sociologist Luis Vazquez expresses a certain scepticism.
The Marie Antoinette of Maranhao
Horrific events in Pedrinhas prison expose the pernicious effects of the 50-year reign of the Sarney family in Maranhao
Machine guns and development
Minguarana Producciones, the latest LAB Partner, have submitted their first blog, which tells the story of the Amazonian hamlet of Mangabal, which is the subject of a documentary film they are working on.
Mambo Libre! An Interview with Wara
The Latin-London nine-piece band Wara have been making waves in the London gig and club scene over the past year, releasing their debut album Leave to Remain in July and embarking on their first UK tour earlier this year.