Colombia: internationational protest over fumigations
A group of Colombian and foreign academics is protesting against aerial spraying of glyphosate on Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.
Bolivia’s cultural two-step
From Bolivia Nick Caistor asks if a new law will make it easier for indigenous communities to live alongside each other.
Persecution of Afro-Brazilian reilgions
A study just published in Brazil reveals widespread prejudice among neo-Pentecostal churches against Afro-Brazilian religions, such as Candomblé. Leandro Uchoa reports.
Defending democracy: the trial of Plazas Vega
In a special article for LAB, Gearóid Ó Loingsigh reports from Colombia on the jailing of a military officer for "disappearing" 11 people in 1985.
Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity
Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity. A new report by International Crisis Group says that In Guatemala, crime has replaced political violence.
Mockus: not quite man of the hour
Gearóid Ó Loingsigh, a journalist based in Bogotá, gives his interpretation of the surprising election results in a special piece for LAB.
Tivoli Gardens: Out of bad let good come
Editorial of the Jamaican Observer on the operation to capture Christopher "Dudus" Coke.
Colombia set to elect Green leader
Antanas Mockus on course to win in the first round of the elections, as he continues with his remarkable rise in the opinion polls.
Colombia: And the biggest losers are…the pollsters (and Antanas Mockus)
what the Colombian press says about the elections.