South America’s ‘Brown Left’
Many governments in South America see themselves as progressive, yet all are involved in conflicts over the environment.
Brazil: Campaign of terror against Amazon community
Loggers, keen to expel rubber-tappers from timber-rich land in the state of Amazonas in the Brazilian Amazon, are terrorising families, with the cumplicity of the local police force. A report from Pública, one of LAB's partners in Brazil.
Venezuela’s love affair with China
Hugo Chávez is doing all he can to promote close relations with China. But, asks Erika Rodriguez in a special article for LAB, could his strategy backfire?
Venezuela: the social transformation
Since he came to office in 1999, Hugo Chávez has become increasingly radical in his social policies. In a special article for LAB, Rachel Boothroyd looks as whether he has, indeed, managed to transform the country, as he promised.
Argentina: ‘vulture fund’ unchallenged
Nick Dearden, of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, feels angry that the BBC's flagship news programme, the Today progrmame, failed to grill the representative of a vulture fund on its claim for full repayment of the Argentine debt.
Josefina Vázquez Mota: canto de sirenas por el voto femenino
Mexico: Female Presidential Candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota won the primary of the conservative National Action Party (PAN). Gladis Torres gives an overview of her ultra conservative politics, her lack of interest in human rights and in women's issues.
Amazon: Worrying times
Scientists working on a giant research project in the Amazon basin are reaching disturbing conclusions, including the prediction that by the end of this century the Amazon basin could be receivng 40 percent less rainfall and temperatures could have inc
Latin America: Lessons of the Debt Crisis
On 20 February 2012, the Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) brought together prominent economists and government officials from Latin America and elsewhere for a one-day conference on the region's experience of debt crises.
Bolivia: message of hope
Bolivia's Vice President Álvaro García Linera brought a message of hope to Mexico where he spoke to a packed assembly of students at UNAM.
Bolivia: Nothing new in TIPNIS road
Way back in the 18th century, plans were afoot to build a road through the lands occupied by the Yuracares indigenous group, which is just the route to be taken by today's controversial TIPNIS road.