Chronic violence: the new normal in Latin America
Violence is becoming a perverse 'normality' across the region, argues Tani Adams, a US-Guatemalan anthropologist.
Adrian Cowell dies
Renowned British film-maker, who recorded extensively the destruction of the Amazon, has died, aged 77.
INTERVIEW WITH LIMA’S MAYOR SUSANA VILLARAN
Nick Caistor, from LAB, visited Susana during his recent tour in Peru.
Colombia: US$12.5bn a year on defence
Nazih Richani argues that military expenditure has become a leviathan which is hampering the country's social, economic and political development.
Haiti: “We Are Tired of Living under Tents”
Homeless people are pressing for urgent action to provide them with housing.
Amazon: success in combatting deforestation
Through a new partnership between the state and civil society, the municipality of Marabá in the state of Pará in Brazil is winning the fight against deforestion.
Brazil: looking at the bigger picture
In a letter to the Guardian, Francis McDonagh asks questions the influence of Brazil in neighbouring countries.
Guatemala: Drug Trafficking and Violence
The International Crisis Group has published a damning report on the bloody presence of Mexican drug cartels in Guatemala.
Mexico Goverment-Drug Cartel Collusion: The Hybrid Threat
The author argues that elements in the Mexican government may be working with the drugs cartels.
Ecuador: Criminalization of the Social Protest in Times of the ‘Citizen...
Cecilia Chérrez explores the contradictions of a government that claims to rule for the people but represses popular movements.