Bolsonaro: from bananas to pineapples
São Paulo, April 5: ‘If he sees a banana skin on the pavement across the road, he will cross over to slip on it’,...
Venezuela: charade and reality on the border
Charles Beach, in Cúcuta, witnessed Branson’s concert and the halting of the aid convoy
On 22 January Richard Branson came
to the Colombian border city of...
The first family, the generals, the oranges and the Cheshire cat
25 February. It’s less than two months since Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as president, but so much has happened that it seems like...
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...
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.
Main image: Banner...
Brazil’s failed Africa project
Companies like Vale and Odebrecht are in charge of Brazil's largest projects in Africa, with disastrous consequences.
Temer out!
Demonstrations against Brazil's new President, Michel Temer, widely regarded as a usurper, are taking place in many cities and towns.
Drug policy: myths, moralism & hypocrisy
International drug policies reflect a bias towards the global north, with damaging consequences for the south.
Central America: Cuban migrants stuck in limbo
Thousands of Cuban migrants trying to reach the United States through Central America have found themselves stranded as countries close their borders to them.
Pope Francis thrills South America
The Pope delivered a strongly political message in his recent visit to Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay, one that is reverberating around the world.
