Sao Paulo is sick
Pollution from rapidly increasing traffic is choking São Paulo. But when wheezing and coughing residents want health care, they find that the health service is sick. One problem is the distorting impact of the private health market.
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.
Panama City: buses as art
A treasure trove of popular art heads for the scrapheap, as Panama City's famous buses are replaced by more modern and safer vehicles.
San Salvador mayors unite to fight crime
Mayors from 11 municipalities in the capital of El Salvador are focussing on improving public spaces within their districts in an effort to lower the crime rate.
Brazil: The cost to Rio of hosting the Rio Games and...
Evictions, speculative building, state coercion: the harsh realities of Rio de Janeiro's preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games documented in this new film
BOGOTA AND LIMA: GREENING OUR CITIES
Enrique Peñalosa, the former mayor of Bogotá stresses in this video interview the importance of public transport and green space for cities such as Bogotá and Lima.
BOLIVIA: LANDSLIDE PREVENTION AND WARNING FOR LA PAZ
Ofxam, in conjunction with other NGOs and other Bolivian authorities, are working to implement an early warning system to lessen the damaging effects of landslides on the heavily populated steep slopes of the Bolivian capital.
Buenos Aires – Stop the towers!
The traditional middle class neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires are being threatened by speculative development of high-rise buildings. The local communities have fought back with some success.
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?