Over one million Hondurans demand change
Over the last few months the FNRP has collected 1.2 million signatures from all over the country for a petition demanding a new constitution
UK: Colombian journalist refused entry
Award-winning Colombian journalist Claudia Duque has been refused entry to Britain. She was invited by the National Union of Journalists to give a speech about her work in upholding human rights.
USA: protests over Uribe appointment
Highly respected Colombian human rights activist, Jesuit Javier Giraldo Moreno, has published an open letter criticising the appointment of former president Alvaro Uribe as professor at the Jesuit University of Georgetown, Washington DC.
No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict in Chile
Daniela Estrada discusses the political motivations behind the Mapuche hunger strikers.
Mexico 2010: The Spreading Crisis
Fred Rosen discusses the insecurity in Mexico, fueled by powerful drug cartels.
Thirty-four Colombian tribes face extinction, says UN report
A recently released UN report has found that indigenous tribes in Colombia are critically endangered.
Colombia: Do human rights matter?
Ines PG-Ward from Bogota looks at how much human rights abuses affected the election.
Persecution of Afro-Brazilian reilgions
A study just published in Brazil reveals widespread prejudice among neo-Pentecostal churches against Afro-Brazilian religions, such as Candomblé. Leandro Uchoa reports.
Defending democracy: the trial of Plazas Vega
In a special article for LAB, Gearóid Ó Loingsigh reports from Colombia on the jailing of a military officer for "disappearing" 11 people in 1985.
Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity
Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity. A new report by International Crisis Group says that In Guatemala, crime has replaced political violence.
