Haiti: what fuelled the petrol protests?
After days of violent street protests, Haiti’s Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant and his cabinet resigned on Saturday July 14. The resignations followed a...
Bom dia, Lula
Updated 23 June, to reflect latest legal decision. In his prison cell, every morning at 7 o’clock, Lula hears hundreds of supporters camped nearby...
Colombia: election result imperils peace
On Sunday 17th June Colombians headed to the polls to vote for their new President. As of 5.30pm the results pointed to a clear...
Nicaragua: 81 deaths that affect us all
Over the last month, we have seen a brutal escalation of institutional violence in Nicaragua. A recent report by Amnesty International highlights the country’s...
Brazil: lorry drivers strike brings chaos
São Paulo, 29 May 2018: A week-long strike by hundreds of thousands of lorry drivers, blockading highways and interrupting deliveries of petrol, food, medical...
Unexpected Uprising: The Crisis of Democracy in Nicaragua
May 14, 2018.How did recent protests over social security cuts in Nicaragua turn into a nationwide grassroots mobilization against President Daniel Ortega?
This article was...
Colombia: false positives, failed justice
Like Cuba’s Ladies in White and Argentina’s Mothers of the May Plaza before them, Colombia’s Mothers of Soacha continue to do the slow and...
Brazil: Geisel authorized targeted killings
In the last two weeks the Brazilian scholar Matias Spektor of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas has brought to light documents which take us back...
El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban
On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say...
Nicaragua: What now?
Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans marched through the streets of the capital Managua and other cities at the end of April.
The demonstrations were in...