POPE FRANCIS: VERBITSKY REPEATS HIS ACCUSATIONS
The Argentine journalist, Horacio Verbitsky, has long accused the Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio(now Pope Francis)for handing over to the dictatorship left-wing Jesuits during the 'dirty war. In a recent article, translated by LAB, he explains why.
Guatemala: region’s highest rate of femicide
Over 600 women were murdered in 2012, with an increase in the number of young girls killed. Marilyn Thomson, from CAWN, looks at what is being done to tackle this horrific problem.
SOUTH ATLANTIC: US AND UK CONFRONT SHIFTING SANDS
From the Caribbean to the Antarctic new political and military alliances challenge the NATO paradigm.
POPE FRANCIS: NO ROMERO, HE DISTANCED HIMSELF FROM THE POOR
One of Latin America's most distinguished Jesuits and liberation theologians reflects on the new papacy.
POPE FRANCIS WILL FOLLOW A CONSERVATIVE AGENDA
Argentine sociologist Fortunato Malliacci says that the new Pope will create an impression of renovation but, in fact, his role is to block the expansion of the left-wing Church.
EL SALVADOR: 20 YEARS ON FROM THE TRUTH COMMISSION
It's been two decades since El Salvador decided to try to heal the wounds caused by years of war. WOLA analyses the importance of the Truth Commission in times where El Salvador suffers another kind of violence.
EL SALVADOR: ONE YEAR GANG TRUCE
For over year homicide rates have declined dramatically in El Salvador, apparently as the result of a truce between the gangs. Good news but more transparency and investment will be needed if there is to be lasting success, says Kari Mariska Pries.
PERU: LIMA’S MAYOR SURVIVES RECALL REFERENDUM
The attempt to recall Mayor Susana Villaran failed narrowly in a vote on Sunday 17 March.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IN CENTRAL AMERICA
A photo essay: women denounce violence and demand a real commitment to women's rights.