Destruction in the Amazon – it’s not lawlessness, it’s the law
Brazilian President
Jair Bolsonaro aroused global indignation in November when he affirmed: ‘Look,
you’re not going to do away with deforestation, or the burning – its...
Peronism back in the Casa Rosada
On 10 December,
Alberto Fernández and his deputy Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (no relation)
assumed the Argentine presidency marking an end to the right wing administration
of...
Bolivia: where justice bows down to power
Banner image, above. From the website of the Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency: "Investigations will proceed into 592 former government officials and their...
Bolivia: will new elections heal the rift?
Two months have passed since Bolivia’s disastrous October 2019 presidential elections. During this time, Evo Morales resigned from the presidency, sought asylum in Mexico,...
First Chile, then Bolivia and now Colombia… LAB Newsletter, November 2019
In addition to our website, LAB’s Facebook page
provides a daily stream of summaries and links to articles published elsewhere.
In this newsletter we have done...
Bolivia: 50 NGOs offer to work for peace
https://www.facebook.com/CabildeoDigital/videos/2565826723498833/
More than 50 development and human rights institutions in Bolivia have come together to appeal for a peaceful solution as the country is plunged...
Chile: students in Talca explain why they back the protests
On the 18th of October 2019, mass
fare dodging in Santiago de Chile expanded into city-wide protests and
violence. Initially in response to a transport price...
Bolivia: Añez’ first days in power
This Special Bulletin from Bolivia Information Forum was issued on 17 November 2019
A right-wing government has taken office in La Paz representing the most...
Bolivia: when democracy went awol
Evo’s
last years in power marked by violations of democracy
November 10 2019 will be a day to remember in Bolivian history. At 16:50 of...
Bolivia: who is Jeanine Añez?
The swearing in of Jeanine Añez as interim president of Bolivia is likely to cause further unrest in the country, following three weeks of...