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Colombia – two sisters, the FARC and the Peace Process

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This article is based on an interview carried out by ABColombia in August 2018. The text does not reflect the views of ABColombia...

Voices against the new populism – LAB Newsletter, March 2019

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Dear LAB Supporter and Friend, 27 March 2019 Voices versus the new populism Voices of Latin America: LAB’s newest book was launched on 18 January in a packed-out event at RichMix...

Brazil: indigenous reserves to be opened up to mining

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New Minister of Mines and Energy Admiral Bento Albuquerque announced on 4 March that he plans to permit mining on indigenous lands...

Brazil to build power line across indigenous land

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The Brazilian state of Roraima is currently dependent for 70 percent of its power on Venezuela’s Guri hydroelectric dam. But socioeconomic chaos...

Mexico: AMLO’s first hundred days

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Since taking office on 1 December 2018, president Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been a man in a hurry. Aged 65, he is said to...

Venezuela: charade and reality on the border

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Charles Beach, in Cúcuta, witnessed Branson’s concert and the halting of the aid convoy On 22 January Richard Branson came to the Colombian border city of...

Venezuela: the alternative of a coalition government

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This article is based on a letter submitted in February 2019 to the European Commission and to the International Committee of the Red...

The first family, the generals, the oranges and the Cheshire cat

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25 February. It’s less than two months since Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as president, but so much has happened that it seems like...

Mexico’s ‘Tren Maya’ railway: fat jaguars vs starving babies?

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Elva Narcia is the founder of glifoscomunicaciones.org, one of LAB’s partners in Mexico. The article was translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor The Tren Maya...

Honduras: Hillary Clinton backed the coup

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It’s well known where Hillary Clinton stood on regime change in Iraq and Libya, but what often gets forgotten is that she threw her...

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