Uruguay: land occupations
Landless peasants have occupied an estate in the extreme north of Uruguay. The action is mainly intended to put pressure on the Broad Front government, says MercoPress.
Bolivia: new faces of justice
Under a radical new arrangement by which the highest ranking judges are voted into office, women and indigenous people are finally getting the top judicial jobs in Bolivia. Report by Emily Achtenberg.
Mexico: Building democracy
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the presidential candidate of a coalition of three left-of-centre parties in the general elections to be held in Mexico in July, is seeking out support from social movements.
Letter from Marabá
In the second instalment of his blog, Francis McDonagh talks about his return to Brazil's 'faroeste' in the state of Pará.
Colombia’s Eternal Conflict: Will There Be Peace in Our Time?
Colombia: will there be an end to the war? In a special analysis for LAB, Garry Leech, who has published numerous books, including one on the FARC, looks at prospects for finally resolving the internal conflict, in the wake of the FARC
Ahmadinejad in Managua: WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Fears of Nicaraguan-Iranian Rapprochement
According to WikiLeaks, the USA is worried about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's close links with some Latin American countries.
Peru: a violent past that still casts clouds over the present
In Peru, the shadow of the violence of the 1980s is still present in the political debate. Javier Farje, from LAB reports.
Haiti: the ongoing cholera epidemic
Well over a year since the epidemic began, people are still threatened by the deadly diseases, warns Médecins Sans Frontières.
Haiti: bulldozing camps
Rapadoo Observateur expresses outrage in his blog at the way politicians are sending in the police to clear residents out of camps, in a ruthless attempt to sort out age-old land disputes.
Haiti: where’s the outrage?
Melina Miles, founder of 'Let Haiti Live', ponders in her blog at the lack of outrage in the country at what she calls "the criminal negligence" in many of the disaster relief operations.