Rosa: first anniversary of a remarkable book
Rosa of the Wild Grass: the Story of a Nicaraguan Family, by Fiona Macintosh, was published by LAB just over a year ago. To...
Chile: long path towards a democratic constitution
Chile's constituent process, which, led by the consistent work of social movements, seeks to dismantle the first laboratory of neoliberal capitalism, offers lessons to the left in the UK and worldwide.
Buenos Aires – a riverside for the rich?
Buenos Aires' right-wing dominated city council has endorsed two major riverside developments which would reserve huge tracts of land for private luxury apartments and offices. Opposition is mounting.
Argentina — controversy over glyphosate
Argentine agriculture is dominated by GM soya yet local residents increasingly fear that the pesticides used to cultivate it are making them sick.
Brazil: local activists fill the information vacuum on Covid-19
This article was researched and written by José Cícero da Silva for Agência Pública, LAB’s São Paulo partner
Translated for LAB by Tom Gatehouse. You...
Bogotá’s recyclers fight for inclusion
As the city rises up the development index, Bogotá’s waste services are undergoing structural transformation. Rachel Simon learns how Colombia’s waste-picking recicladores are fighting...
The life of Brazil’s Marielle Franco
Marielle Franco was a rising political star in Brazil: she was an activist, the only Black woman to serve on Rio de Janeiro’s...
Tapajos under attack 7: Soy invasion poses imminent threat to Amazon
The meteoric rise in soy production in the state of Mato Grosso is eating up rainforest and savanna at a staggering rate, with...
Rio: from kudos to chaos
In less than three months Rio has passed from the splendour and success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to a state of public...
Ecuador: the Napo goldrush and the rise of the narco-garimpeiros
When large mining companies such as TerraEarth withdrew from gold mining in Ecuador's Napo province, they paved the way for smaller scale illegal miners to move in in force, financed by cocaine money, with terrible consequences