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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UNDP: Latin America is “biodiversity superpower”
The United Nations urges the region to adopt a new development model, based on its extraordinary biodiversity.
Brazil still dominates Bolivia’s gas industry
Even with the partial nationalisation of oil and gas in 2006, Brazil still controls the industry, say experts.
Bolivia: WikiLeaks reveals US bias
A cable from the US embassy in La Paz, largely based on misinformation provided by right-wing sources, seriously misrepresents key political events. A report by Benjamin Dangl.
Haiti’s Sham Election Shames US
Washington cannot confer legitimacy on this flawed election that does nothing for Haitians living under tarps, menaced by cholera.
CARIBBEAN: Rising sea level threatens ‘hundreds’ of Caribbean resorts, says UN...
As climate change impacts begin to be felt it is the small island states which are already suffering the worst effects. Michael McCarthy reports from the Cancun Climate Conference.
HONDURAS: A State of Siege in Northern Honduras: Land, Palm Oil...
HONDURAS: A State of Siege in Northern Honduras: Land, Palm Oil and Media. As the right wing de facto government continues to rule in Honduras, peasants are marginalised and the press is silenced. The violence continues.