PARAGUAY: AGRIBUSINESS AND BIOTECH COMPANIES WIN OUT
The impeachment of President Lugo, rushed through Congress, was has clearly benefited big landowners and the powerful biotechnology companies. LAB reports.
COALiTION OF BOLIVIAN NGOS REJECTS OFFICIAL RIO+20 DECLARATION:
The Rio+20 approach makes things worse by putting nature up for sale, says the Bolivian Climate Change Platform, which represents indigenous organisations and social movements in Bolivia
PARAGUAY: BRAZILIAN EXPANSIONISM
The rapid growth of large soya monocultures, mainly in Brazilian hands, is leading to 9,000 peasant families being forced off their land each year. This is fuelling land conflict, says Perla Álvarez, from the rural women's organisation, Conamuri.
DRUG POLICY: THE SANDS ARE SHIFTING
After Cartagena: time to take stock of changing attitudes to drug policy.
LATIN AMERICA: NO MORE OLD-STYLE COUPS?
Analysts in Argentina and Brazil are suggesting that the impeachment of President Lugo in Paraguay is an example of new-style 21st century coups. LAB 's Sue Branford looks at the arguments.
PARAGUAY’S CRISIS: THE CHALLENGES OF A WEAK DEMOCRACY
LAB's collaborator, Claudia Pompa, looks at the politcal crisis in her home country, Paraguay, following the ousting of President Fernando Lugo.
RIO+20: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE INVISIBLE
A round-up of opinion about Rio+20 from some of the main NGOs
Paraguay: Impeachment of President Lugo
President Lugo has been impeached by Congress and has been replaced as president by the former vice-president, Federico Franco. Andrew Nickson reports.
HYDRO-ELECTRICITY IS NOT GREEN, WARNS EXPERT
A leading biologist warns that emissions from dams must be included in climate change calculations.
LAB interviews Mariana Panuncio from the World Wildlife Fund in Washington...
In a special interview for LAB, Mariana Panuncio, a Director of Climate Change for the World Wildlife Fund's Latin America and Caribbean Program in Washington DC comments on the impact of climate change for Latin America.