Brazil: the land grab hottens up
Foreign investors believe that Brazil could have 150 million hectares of under-used farm land
Bolivia: indigenous groups mobilise against highway
Government plans highway through indigenous land. From Bolivia Oscar Salgado calls on the LAB community to sign the indigenous petition against the road.
The Mandate of Manaus: Indigenous Action for Life
Marianne Arake, from LAB, has translated into English the important 'call for action' produced jointly by indigenous groups from the nine countries of the Amazon Basin after their meeting in Manaus.
Venezuela Tackles Illegal Gold Mafias as Chávez Nationalises Gold Industry
The Venezuelan government's decision to take control of the gold business has brought to the surface a serious problem.
Amazonian Indians confront authorities
At the end of this month's indigenous meeting in Manaus, Raoni Kayapó confronts the authorities, just as the woman indigenous leader, Tuíra, famously did in 1989, in a similar protest over the construction of hydroelectric power stations in the Amazon
Brazil grabs land in Africa
Mozambique has offered Brazil five million hectares of land on which to grow soya, maize and cotton.
Peruvian group illegally occupies land of isolated Indians in Brazil
In his Blog da Amazonia, the Brazilian journalist, Altino Machado, describes how paramilitaries from Peru have invaded land belonging to isolated Indians in Brazil.
Venezuela: protest letter in the Guardian
Leading activists and thinkers criticise the Guardian newspaper for failing to report on a 10,000-person march in Caracas to demand justice for the hundreds of peasant activists assassinated by wealthy landowners.
Ecuador: the struggle for Sumak Kawsay
Ecuador: the struggle for Sumak Kawsay, or 'the right to a good life'. Both the government and social movements see themselves as engaged in the struggle to forge a new and more sustainable way of life for the country.
Brazil: OAS calls for halt to Belo Monte
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organisation of American States (OAS) says that work should end on the Belo Monte hydroelectric power station on the Xingu river, pending "full, free and informed" consultation with the affected comm