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Ecuador: why the coup failed

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Effective social mobilisation, international solidarity and the courage of President Correa foiled the coup, says Atilio Boron.

UN criticises Mexico for indigenous policies

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The level of social inequality among indigenous groups is 11 times greater than in any other group. Article, in Spanish , in El Universal newspaper.

Controlling Coca Cultivation Bolivian Style

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"Social control" is the way forward for reducing cocaine trafficking, says the Bolivian government. Writer Linda Farthing reports.

Guatemala: officers must face trial

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Amnesty International has called for Guatemalan officers, accused of extrajudicial executions, to be brought to trial. This follows the arrest this week of a former official in Switzerland.

Colombia: A Congress for the People

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Some 20,000 people met in Bogotá to draw up their own agenda for the country's future. Gearóid Ó Loingsigh sent this special report for LAB.

Wall Street and the Criminalization of Immigrants

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Hedge funds -- and members of the US Congress -- profit from the incarceration of a million immigrants.

Bolivia: anti-racism law stirs debate

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A law against racism and discrimination, being debated in Congress, provokes protests from journalists.

Brazil: massacre of rural workers

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The Catholic Church’s Pastoral Land Commission says 13 rural workers have been massacred in the Amazon. Their report has been ignored by the national press.

Uncle Nobel and the Scriptwriter

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Fellow Peruvian, Javier Farje, who years later studied at the same military college as Mario Vargas Llosa, is delighted that the Nobel Committee has finally recognised the genius of his compatriot.

Brazil: environment on the agenda

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Greenpeace in Brazil believes that the electoral results show that voters are finally waking up to the seriousness of the environmental crisis. We publish their press release, in Portuguese (and in English).

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