Bolivia: building a state-run lithium industry
Bolivia, which possess 70% of the world's reserves of this strategic metal, is trying to develop its own national industry, while receiving technology from abroad. It's not an easy task, says Emily Achtenberg in an article for NACLA.
Haitians turn on UN peacekeepers they blame for cholera outbreak
Rioters and troops clash amid claims from locals that Nepalese soldiers working for UN mission brought disease to country.
Honduras: ‘We are burying kids all the time’
Three young people are murdered every day in Honduras. Rory Carroll reports on the rise of the 'maras' youth gangs that form a chain of drugs, extortion and violence stretching from Los Angeles to the country's capital Tegucigalpa.
Guatemala: Early Start to Election Campaign
Controversy is sparked amid premature election campaigns for next year's presidential elections in Guatemala.
New economic territory: Cuba squeezes the state
Cuba intends to cut 20% of all jobs and radically revise its economic model as fast as possible. There is already inequality, and soon that may be legal within the constitution.
Brazil: soya and cattle in indigenous land
Farmers have illegally taken over 90% of the land belonging to a Xavante group in the north of Mato Grosso. According to a report in 'O Globo' newspaper, the Indians are fighting against the 'perverse economic logic' of soya and cattle.
Mexican Drug Violence Sparks Exodus
About 300 families flee Cuidad Meir following days of gang battles triggered by killing of Tony the Tormenta.
Colombia: world leader in displaced people
UN says Colombia has more people displaced by violence than any other country.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Does Fair Trade Coffee Eliminate Poverty?
CENTRAL AMERICA: DOES FAIR TRADE COFFEE ELIMINATE POVERTY? Anders Riel Müller investigates the relationship between Poverty and Fair Trade, presenting it as a multi-faceted problem in which Fair Trade is only part of the solution.