Why Are Mexico’s Elections Likely to Generate Violence?
This article was first published by the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a LAB partner. You can see the original here.
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Colombia: Petrol fuels instability on the border
Brigadier General Gustavo Moreno is sitting behind a wide desk in his air-conditioned office. It overlooks the parade ground of the police compound which...
Colombia: ¿La paz es ahora?
¿La paz es ahora? Questions of peace and violence in Colombia
An ambitious conference at Newcastle University in September 2017 examined the nature of violence...
Colombia: Incompliance, continued violence and crop eradication
Main image: Community leaders, military and San Pablo municipal delegates meet. Photo: Jaskiran Kaur Chohan
Just over a year ago many Colombians and observers around...
Brazil: the poor must serve their sentence while the rich can...
Vitória lives in a small two-room house with her baby son Lucas and mother Laura in Jardim Guarani, on the northern periphery of São...
Canada’s toxic policies in Mexico and Latin America
Pretty Faces, Grisly Interests
This article was published on the website of Canadian progressive magazine Briarpatch. LAB has added titles and images.
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Colombia: what does peace mean in Comuna 13?
24 January. With the new year in Colombia came a new sentence from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, holding the state responsible for...
Temer out!
Demonstrations against Brazil's new President, Michel Temer, widely regarded as a usurper, are taking place in many cities and towns.
Victory for Munduruku Indians
Brazilian environmental agency rejects Tapajós River mega-dam, citing likely major impacts on indigenous people and on the environment. It is a remarkable victory for the Munduruku Indians.
Victory for Rio favela
Residents of the small favela of Vila Autódromo in Rio de Janeiro who refused to make way for the Olympics have finally won new homes.