The Platform launches reports on climate change policies in 10 Latin...
A comprehensive report on actions taken by Latin American countries to fight climate change.
WILL LATIN AMERICA BE THE NEW MIDDLE EAST?
Latin America is on the way to becoming the world's main provider of energy resources and minerals. But this apparent boom, argues Raúl Zibechi, is a disaster, increasing the region's dependence on exports of natural resources.
BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE MINERS’ CONFLICTS
The mobilisations of the Huanuni miners and others have helped form government policy
Mortality, Electoral Mandates, and Revolution
To consolidate '21st-century socialism' Hugo Chávez needs to achieve a synthesis between participatory and representative democracy.
Honduras: ‘Charter cities’ Plans in chaos
Plans to build three quasi-autonomous new cities in Honduras are facing challenges on many fronts, despite President Porfirio Lobo's determination to push them through.
Amazon Journey 2013
LAB Editors Sue Branford & Nayana Fernandez travel to the Amazon to visit garimpeiros, quilombos, Mundukuru Indians and others defending land and community rights.
Brazil: Forest code vote shows strength of agribusiness lobby
With the new Forest Code approved by the Senate, the agribusiness lobby presents President Dilma Rousseff with a new challenge: how much will she veto?
BRAZIL: CULTURAL HERITAGE UNDER THREAT
Brazil's rush to build roads and hydroelectric power stations is wiping out archaeological sites, many of them of great cultural importance to communities today. In a special article for LAB, Bruna Rocha, reports.
THE HUMAN COST OF THE AMAZON DAMS
Brazil's ambitious programme for hydroelectric dam building in the Amazon region is going ahead. But, says Jan Rocha,the companies are not honouring their commitment to respect the rights of the local population and the workers on their sites.
HYDRO-ELECTRICITY IS NOT GREEN, WARNS EXPERT
A leading biologist warns that emissions from dams must be included in climate change calculations.