Political deadlock hampers Haiti’s reconstruction
The new Haitian government is having problems to put the country back on track
Colombia holds ‘Peace Congress’
Peasant famers, indigenous groups and Afro-Colombians meet to demand new policies from the government.
WikiLeaks Cables of Interest on Latin America
The latest Wikileaks cables on Latin America, 24 July - 21 August 2011
Brazil grabs land in Africa
Mozambique has offered Brazil five million hectares of land on which to grow soya, maize and cotton.
Suriname addresses climate threat with new agency
Many vulnerable countries are trying to tackle the effects of climate change with political will power. Suriname is one of them.
Colombia: human rights, a casualty of the war
Latin America Bureau interviews Eduardo Carreño, a prominent Colombian lawyer, on human rights, political violence and Venezuela.
Ecuador shuts down foreign NGO operations
President Rafael Correa has started a campaign against Non-governmental Organisations.
Drug trafficking in Costa Rica – what is the status quo?
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla has warned that her country faces a crisis because of drug traffic. The author explains why.
Peruvian group illegally occupies land of isolated Indians in Brazil
In his Blog da Amazonia, the Brazilian journalist, Altino Machado, describes how paramilitaries from Peru have invaded land belonging to isolated Indians in Brazil.
Ecuador: a new model of domination
The Uruguayan politican analyst, Raúl Zibechi, argues that Ecuador is the latest in a series of Latin American nations, including Brazil, in which the state is promoting a new form of neoliberalism, which is being called post-neoliberalism.