The Colombia Connection
'The Colombia Connection', explores Colombia's armed and social conflict and the historic role played by the US government in the conflict.
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El Salvador — destruction of historical memory
Researchers and campaigners are fearful that an attempt is being made to erase the past and to prevent the review of amnesty laws
Colombia: does peace have a chance?
Long-term Colombia watcher Professor Jenny Pearce gives her personal reflections on the fraught peace process
Colombia: Alvaro Uribe and the Peace Talks
Former President Alvaro Uribe is critical of the current Colombian government's attempts to secure peace with the FARC guerrillas.
Argentina’s army sent napalm to Bolivia for use against Che Guevara
Brazilian military documents reveal that in 1967 Argentina's military government sent napalm bombs to Bolivia to be used against guerrillas led by Ernesto Che Guevara.
Che wants to see you
Ciro Bustos was an Argentine guerrilla who accompanied Che Guevara in his doomed Bolivian adventure in 1967. LAB's editor Javier Farje spoke to him during a brief visit to London. Video and blog. In Spanish
On the Road
In the first of their blogs of their Latin American trip, Ana Caistor Arendar and Matt Kennard visit a Zapatista village in the south of Mexico where change is in the air.
Nicaragua: the never ending hope
In this blog from Managua, LAB editor Javier Farje, writes about the trials and tribulation of the Sandinistas who are not prepared to lay down the weapon of hope.
POPE FRANCIS: VERBITSKY REPEATS HIS ACCUSATIONS
The Argentine journalist, Horacio Verbitsky, has long accused the Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio(now Pope Francis)for handing over to the dictatorship left-wing Jesuits during the 'dirty war. In a recent article, translated by LAB, he explains why.
EL SALVADOR: 20 YEARS ON FROM THE TRUTH COMMISSION
It's been two decades since El Salvador decided to try to heal the wounds caused by years of war. WOLA analyses the importance of the Truth Commission in times where El Salvador suffers another kind of violence.