BRAZIL – EXPULSION OF KAYAPO INDIANS
Kayapó indians, protesting about the construction of the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu river, have been evicted by the military. The eviction has been caught in powerful pictures.
Brazil: Indigenous Community Evicted as 2014’s World Cup Approaches
Despite widespread protests, a group of indians from different ethnic groups has been violently evicted from a building very close to the famous Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION
Although there have been advances on the legislative and policy front regarding women, many of the reforms exist only on paper. In fact, violence against women is actually increasing, says Tian Spain.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IN CENTRAL AMERICA
A photo essay: women denounce violence and demand a real commitment to women's rights.
Aldeia Maracanã marks 513 years of Indigenous Evictions in Brazil
A few minutes from Maracanã stadium, urban Indigenous village struggles to save an historical building in danger as Brazil's World Cup approaches
VENEZUELA 3: DON’T MESS WITH BOLIVAR
This is a government obsessed with Simón Bolivar, writes Javier, in his last post from the country.
BRAZIL: INDIGENOUS DEATH SPARKS REVOLT
Some 5,000 Guarani-Kaiowáare are protesting over the failure of the authorities to arrest the self-confessed killer of an indigenous boy in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. According to a report sent to LAB by the Indians, the situation is tense.
ECUADOR: DEFEAT FOR ACOSTA AND ‘UNITY OF THE LEFT’
Ecuador's radical left will have to do some serious rethinking if they are to improve on their poor results in the February elections.
ECUADOR: CONAIE WISHES CORREA GOOD LUCK
A conciliatory statement from an organisation which has fiercely criticised Correa in the past.
ECUADOR: CORREA, THE INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS AND THE LEFT
Is the newly re-elected President a closet neo-liberal and unrepentant fan of 'brown left' policies of extraction and accelerated development? Ecuador's left and indigenous movements are strongly critical but also anxious to develop positive alternatives.