Jamaica: Fighting for rights
To win their rights, Jamaicans have to shake off the burden of 200 years of colonial history.
Brazil is still unequal, despite social programmes
Brazil’s Bolsa Família programme is widely held up as a model, but it hasn’t made Brazil more equal, says INESC.
Brazil: Forest code vote shows strength of agribusiness lobby
With the new Forest Code approved by the Senate, the agribusiness lobby presents President Dilma Rousseff with a new challenge: how much will she veto?
The Two Perus
The gulf between the Coastal and Highland economies, the dispossession caused by extractive industry and failure to involve local people mean that inequality in Peru remains stubbornly high, says Christian Aid partner, CEDAP.
Colombia: Poverty falls but the gaps widen
Between 2002 and 2010 poverty fell in Colombia, though less than in other Latin American countries. But the gaps, especially between the main urban centres and rural areas, widened.
Colombia: Can peace negotiators address root causes?
To understand negotiations you have to ask ‘Who are the negotiators?’
COLOMBIA: GOOD PROSPECTS FOR PEACE TALKS
A new report from the International Crisis Group says that the forthcoming talks between the Colombian government and the FARC insurgents have a good chance of success.
COLOMBIA: SHORT WALKS FROM BOGOTA
Film-maker and journalist Tom Feiling talks expresses cautious optimism about peace talks, but warns that illusions about the drug trade persist
The Amazon Region between protection and profit
New studies of the Amazon show that protected areas represent 45% of the river basin, but in Brazil protected areas are under pressure.
LAB: RESEARCH AND ACTION AND THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM
Distinguished LAB author Jenny Pearce looks back at the commitment to research and action that has marked LAB’s 35 years