Mexico: Sheinbaum’s 100 days
Mexico's first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, presented an account of her first hundred days in office at a huge rally in Mexico City on 12 January 2025. She promised to continue AMLO's 'Fourth Transformation' and placed social reforms at the top of her agenda. The imminent inauguration of Donald Trump cast a shadow, but Sheinbaum promised cooperation, but never subordination.
From Milei to Mileism
I am the mole that destroys the state from within.’ The phrase, uttered by Argentinian President Javier Milei describes his ultra-libertarian populist mission. Reality, particularly the economy may not agree, argues Pablo Stafanoni.
The mess in Argentina
Argentines who have grown up in the last 30 years have done so in a country that has been constantly in crisis, besieged by inflation, recession, and poverty. But Milei's radical libertarian economic reforms are creating even more of a mess.
Lessons for Democracy From the Brazilian Amazon
This article, by Marcos Colón (Amazônia Latitude) and Katie Surma (Inside Climate News) was first published by Sumaúma on 8 August 2024. You can read...
When São Paulo became a battlefield
The now-forgotten Tenentes rebellion in São Paulo in 1924 caused widespread destruction, killed many people, and paved the way for Getulio Vargas' reforms in the 1930s and, later, for the dictatorship.
Chile: what happened to the pobladores?
During the 1960-73 period, squatter movements for better housing were active and effective. Brutally suppressed during the dictatorship, they have never regained their importance. Malcolm Boorer went to one, Herminda de la Victoria, to find out why.
Frente Amplio headed for victory in Uruguay’s October 2024 elections?
LAB caught up with Frente Amplio leader Fernando Pereira and his vice-president to find out how they propose to address the challenges the new government will face like the rise of the far-right, organised crime, and persistent poverty and marginalisation.
Brazil: Coup and Carnival
Brazilian police and the Supreme Court have released a video showing Bolsonaro plotting to deny the results of the presidential election and mount a coup. The leading Samba schools in this year's carnivals, by contrast, highlighted the lives of Indigenous Peoples and the culture of black Brazil
The Resistance of Argentine Memory in the Milei era
As Javier Milei prepares to take office, attacks on human rights, memory and the street tiles which mark arrests and disappearances are increasing.
Argentina: Milei promises to ‘take a chainsaw’ to the economy
Javier Milei's won a landslide victory in Argentina's presidential elections. He has promised to 'take a chainsaw' to the country's economy -- in dire trouble with inflation this year already at 143%. But can he convert a massive protest vote into real policies?