Brasiguaios and Paraguayan politics
This video gives a flavour of the attitudes of prosperous Brazilian soya producers based in Paraguay.
Bulletin 22 January 2010
Haiti: President admits lack of coordination ♦ Port-au-Prince port, back in business ♦ Thousands to be relocated ♦ Peru: Shinning Path followers form political party ♦ Latin America on way to recovery ♦ Peru: cli
Arizona immigration law: the backlash starts
As protests against Arizona's immigration law grow, LAB explains how the Republican legislators shot themselves in the foot.
Mexico: the Deaths Map
Mexico-US frontier: Jeremy Harding sees the frontier as "a vast, straggling set of defences, edified at extraordinary cost, where America's sense that it is under siege can be properly enacted".
Arizona at Epicentre of Divisive U.S. Immigration Debate
The author argues that a new immigration law in Arizona will create tensions in the border with Mexico.
Colombia: internationational protest over fumigations
A group of Colombian and foreign academics is protesting against aerial spraying of glyphosate on Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.
Interview with John Perez from IRMO
Nayana Fernandez, from LAB talks to a Latin American activist in London.
Argentina: Xenophobia and urban land takeovers
Resentment against foreigners is growing in Argentina, as many poor migrants from Bolivia and Paraguay have been involved in the takeover of land in Buenos Aires.
Entire US-Mexico Border to Be Guarded by Predator Drones
Surveillance on the US -Mexico border to be increased by the introduction of new drones. Taylor Barnes discusses security issues.
Mexican Drug Violence Sparks Exodus
About 300 families flee Cuidad Meir following days of gang battles triggered by killing of Tony the Tormenta.