Colombia: human rights organisation wins award
Human rights activist wins award for her organisation's struggle to regain land violently seized by paramilitary groups. Article, in Spanish, from La Semana.
The Poor Always Pay: The Electoral Crisis in Haiti
Beverly Bell looks at the real winners and losers from the crisis which has taken over since the disputed elections in Haiti on 28th November. Regardless of who is drawn the winner in the second round, it is the poor, who number the greatest, who will
Protesters Say “No” to Climate Market in Cancun
While the climate talks continued, so did the protests. Progressive groups, concerned about the lack of a resolution, flooded the streets of Cancun on 7th December to protest against inequality and a market based solution.
Interview: Dr. William I. Robinson on Power, Domination and Conflicts in...
In an interview with between Dawn Paley and Dr William I. Robinson on power and conflict in Mexico, and beyond, Robinson encourages us to look of the current structural crisis, not with traditional notions of imperialism but in terms of the rise of 21s
Cuban Medics: a Big Force on Haiti Cholera Frontline
As Haiti's population continues to battle the cholera epidemic, Cuban medics rally to help with trained personnel. Having established a presence in the country 12 years ago during Hurricane George they know the landsape they are operating in
Bolivia: Cancun text is “hollow” and “false”
The Bolivian government has decried the agreement reached in Cancun. "An accord where only the powerful win is not a negotiation but an imposition", it says in a statement.
Cancun: March against “false solutions”
A UN report, published this weeks, said that the number of people in Latin America and the Caribbean affected by extreme weather events grew from five million in the 1970s to more than 40 million between 2000 and 2009. Yet the official talks in Cancun
Haiti: The business of disaster
Haiti: the business of disaster. US corporations are profiting handsomely from the large quantities of food aid, mostly rice, which is being brought into the country in the wake of the earthquake. But this rice is sounding the death kn
Letter from Rio
In Rio de Janeiro the authorities mounted a full-scale military operation to clear out the criminal gangs from the huge Complexo do Alemão favela. In a special article for LAB, Jan Rocha reports.
Argentina: kicking out the IMF was key to recovery
In a special interview for LAB, left-of-centre Argentine economist Alan Cibils tells Susie Grady that the IMF “profoundly mismanaged” the Argentine crisis and is repeating the same mistakes in its handling of the European crises.
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