ECUADOR: DEFEAT FOR ACOSTA AND ‘UNITY OF THE LEFT’
Ecuador's radical left will have to do some serious rethinking if they are to improve on their poor results in the February elections.
ECUADOR: CONAIE WISHES CORREA GOOD LUCK
A conciliatory statement from an organisation which has fiercely criticised Correa in the past.
PUERTO RICO: TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Independence, statehood or status quo: Puerto Ricans cannot decide
HONDURAS: THE WAR IN AGUAN
Two more subsistence farmers have been killed in the violence relating to land ownership in the Aguan region of northern Honduras.
ECUADOR: CORREA, THE INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS AND THE LEFT
Is the newly re-elected President a closet neo-liberal and unrepentant fan of 'brown left' policies of extraction and accelerated development? Ecuador's left and indigenous movements are strongly critical but also anxious to develop positive alternatives.
Ecuador: Correa’s vision
In a wide-ranging interview Rafael Correa, now elected for a third term, speaks in detail of his strategy for combining economic progress with environmental responsibility.
COLOMBIA: CRISIS-HIT COFFEE GROWERS BLOCK ROADS
The coffee industry in Colombia is in trouble and coffee growers have decided to send a clear message to the government trough protests and demonstrations.
COLOMBIA: ‘MINING COMPANIES WEAKEN LOCAL DEMOCRACY’, SAY NGOs
Colombian NGOs accuse the mining companies of destroying democracy in the regions where they operate.
Ecuador: Correa’s Dilemma
David Dene, from Protect Ecuador, warns that, despite Correa's eco-friendly rhetoric, his insistence on pressing ahead with a big copper mining project will have a catastrophic impact on the Amazon river system.
Ecuadorean elections: views from the street
On the eve of Ecuador's presidential elections, Grace Livingstone sends a special report for LAB from Quito with a fascinating insight into how ordinary Ecuadoreans view their leftwing president, Rafael Correa.