New Literacy Program for Honduras
In December 2008, Bolivia was declared to be 'free from illiteracy' - the third country to do so in Latin American and the Caribbean after Cuba and Venezuela. Now Honduras is set to achieve the same landmark within the next ten months...
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Mexico: Damp squibs from a fiery art
A summer exhibition at London's Royal Academy explores the art and photography produced during the years of revolution in Mexico from 1910-1940.
El Salvador: accompanying Nueva Esperanza
Tim Hollins and Mogs Russell founded a group based in Birmingham, UK, which has accompanied Nueva Esperanza, a community of returned refugees in the Bajo Lempa area of Usulután, El Salvador. Here they describe how this collaboration began, and its successful focus on supporting the community's school and teachers
Peru: four years of Humala
Little has emerged of the 'great transformation' promised by Ollanta Humala when he was elected in June 2011.
Central America: Feminism and revolution
Central American feminist María Suárez Toro explains how women have decided 'that they are not going to be represented by the boys'.
How free-market education in Chile fails the neediest
Chile's market-based education system premised on choice and competition serves as a cautionary tale for privatization. Rather than investing in public...
MEXICO: Still no answers for Ayotzinapa relatives
Relatives of the victims are threatening to break off all talks with the government, for failing to clarify what happened to their loved ones.
Rio: state deputy Dani Monteiro denounces governor Witzel as ‘a mad...
This article was published by Correio da Cidadania, 24 June. You can read the original here. Introduction translated for LAB by Mike Gatehouse. Main...
Peru: teachers and social justice
A prolonged and bitter teachers' strike in Peru in 2017 was about much wider social discontents and eventually brought militant strikers' leader Pedro Castillo victory in the country's presidential elections.
Bulletin 8 February 2010
Costa Rica elects first woman president ♦ Venezuela: Chávez expropriates landmark buildings ♦ Argentina: former President has emergency heart operation ♦ Brazil: interest rates set to go up ♦ Colombia: forest fires threaten nat