Mexico: Ayotzinapa eight months on
Renowned Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska reflects on the current situation in Mexico, eight months on from the disappearance of 43 student teachers in Ayoztinapa in the state of Guerrero, and the sacking of a prominent journalist.
Growing inclusion of London’s Latin Americans
Latin Americans welcome decision by a growing number of London boroughs to recognise them as “an ethnic group”.
New Violence Against Journalists and Community Radio in Guatemala
Community radio is the heart of rural communities across Guatemala and Latin America, yet stations have increasingly come under assault, especially in communities in resistance to mega-projects in their territory.
The paranoid style in Brazilian politics
A close look at some writers and bloggers on the Brazilian right and their links to Veja magazine.
Uruguay: Pepe Mujica, hero, populist, or demagogue?
President Mujica's humble life and style have been widely popular, but not everyone likes or respects him. Javier Farje reports from Montevideo.
Brazil: Preventive policing unleashed
The first anniversary of the São Paulo protests is marked by an illegal inquiry, persecution and more brutality.
Mexico’s telecoms war
The Mexican public is courageously taking to the streets to force the PRI government to rethink its far-reaching telecommunications reform.
Força Nacional: Brazil’s New Praetorian Guard?
No longer under the control of state governors, the FSN threatens to become a parallel military force at the beck and call of the President.
Venezuela: the media are giving a free pass to the far...
Novelist Luis Britto García accuses the international media of inflating the size and importance of opposition protests.
Honduras: the never-ending struggle
An interview with Honduran journalist Dina Meza as she presents the PEN International Report on 'Honduras: Journalism in the shadow of Impunity'.