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.
Venezuela: Hip-hop revolutionaries
First Venezuela's Youth Orchestra, now it is Hip-Hop Revolución, which is attracting hundreds of teenagers across the country. Not officially part of the Bolivarian Revolution, it nevertheless sees itself as part of the same movement for change.
Venezuela: Can Chavez pull it off a third time?
Whether or not President Hugo Chávez recovers from his latest bout of cancer, the elections in October are likely to be the government's toughest challenge to date, says Julia Buxton in a special analysis for LAB.
Venezuela: Change, all change or no change?
Aram Aharonian, the director of Telesur, provides a refeshingly candid analysis of the two presidential options facing the Venezuelan electorate. Article in Spanish.
Venezuela: empowering the poor
Steve Ellner, an adjunct professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, takes a close look at the attempts of the Chavez government to incorporate excluded and semi-excluded groups into the life of the nation.
Brazil: the curse of Rondônia?
The first of many huge hydropower projects being built in Brazil's Amazon is having teething problems. It is the latest in a series of difficulties faced across the years by outside investors, says Mario Osava.
Honduras Resistencia Trailer
Official trailer for the upcoming documentary on the ongoing plantation occupations in Honduras' Aguan Valley.
Ex presos políticos dieron testimonio de la existencia del “sótano oculto”
A tiny underground prison cell has been discovered under the Paraguayan Consulate in Posadas in Argentina