Action for Argentina UK
We are a politically pluralist collective of journalists, academics, trade unionists, students, activists, workers and others living in the UK who are concerned about...
Haiti: what fuelled the petrol protests?
After days of violent street protests, Haiti’s Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant and his cabinet resigned on Saturday July 14. The resignations followed a...
Costa Rica: religious extremism in the ascendant
Costa Ricans went to the voting booths on February 4 to confirm what most polls had predicted: the victory of evangelical singer Fabricio Alvarado...
Brazil announces end to Amazon mega-dam building policy
Brazil’s government this week announced a major shift away from its policy of building mega-dams in the Brazilian Amazon – a strategy born...
On the Venezuelan border: all the arms of the press
This article was first published in Revista Opera. You can read the original, in Portuguese, here.
October 23, 2017: The day begins at 8...
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...
Brazil: Sojourn in Santarém
Jan Rocha takes a break from her usual razor-sharp analyses of Brazil's political landscape. Yet, even in Santarém, Pará, where the Tapajos river joins...
Brazil: why is Michel Temer still President?
This is a slightly edited version of an article, first published by Brasil Wire. You can see the original here.
It is always hard to...
Peru: factory fire exposes child labour and modern slavery
A factory fire on June 22 in the Las Malvinas district of Lima, Peru, that killed four young people has drawn official and international...
Tapajos under attack 15: Brazil on verge of legitimizing Amazon land...
Brazil’s president has until 22 June to approve or veto two bills (PLC 4 and PLC 5) turning over more than 600,000 hectares...