Brazil’s prisons: Covid-19 massacre imminent
Open and poorly treated
wounds, food waste on the cell floor, rat faeces, little ventilation, water
rationing, insects everywhere. While some inmates do not even get...
Chile: what next?
When
students jumped the turnstiles at the Baquedano metro station in Santiago on 18
October 2019 in protest at the 30-peso fare hike, nobody could have...
Chile’s long, hot summer of discontent
It’s 11 January 2020, and I am sitting on a hot and unforgiving cement esplanade, at the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Chile’s...
Brazil: the PT lion roars again
São Paulo, November 10 2019. Following a controversial Supreme Court ruling, Lula has been temporarily freed after 580 days in prison on a corruption...
Cardboard creativity: cartonera books
Cartonera books – cheap
books with cardboard covers and photocopied texts – were originally a
by-product of the Cartonero movement in Argentina, when people from the...
Guatemala: presidential hopefuls inspire little confidence
Written by Nathalie Mercier, Christian Aid’s Programme Officer in Guatemala
Decision day is fast approaching
for Guatemalans awaiting the result of the country’s presidential elections.
Neither...
Rio: state deputy Dani Monteiro denounces governor Witzel as ‘a mad...
This article was published by Correio da Cidadania, 24 June. You can read the original here. Introduction translated for LAB by Mike Gatehouse. Main...
Las otras voces – la caravana de madres de migrantes desaparecidos
The program 'Las Otras Voces' presents the Caravan of Mothers of Disappeared Migrants, those who come from Central and South America and pass through...
Violence in Latin America – explained in 6 charts
Latin America is often on the news for its gang violence and brute use of police force. In this video we analyse the...
Queremos ver os jovens vivos! (Infográficos)
Dramatic, animated infographics showing the number of young people being assassinated in Brazil, and making comparisons with countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Part...