Brazil: the trial of the century
São Paulo 21 January. Some are calling it the trial of the century. The fate of the man who leads all the polls by...
Voices: a work in progress
Work on LAB's exciting new book Voices of Latin America is progressing rapidly
More than 45 of our interviews, from 11 countries, have...
Haiti is no shithole
This post was published by Haiti Support Group. You can read the original here
12th January 2018: Today marks eight years after the Léogâne Earthquake...
Peru: Fujimori pardon creates political havoc
Fujimori pardon creates political havoc
Main image: Protest in Lima on 26 December 2017 against pardon for Fujimori. Clip from live stream by RT España.
This...
Brazil announces end to Amazon mega-dam building policy
Brazil’s government this week announced a major shift away from its policy of building mega-dams in the Brazilian Amazon – a strategy born...
The Ghosts of Elections-LAB Newsletter 21 December 2017
20 December 2017
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
The ghosts of elections past, present and future
Across the world, polls this year have been confounded as...
Honduras: an electoral coup d’état
The Jesuit priest Ismael Moreno, director of Radio Progreso, has stated that there is a coup d'etat under way in Honduras, following the official...
Rio de Janeiro: This land is our land
What do you do if you’re living on public land, in a house that your great-grandparents built in an era before strict housing regulations,...
Mexico: pretenders to the throne
Main Image: COHA
Mexico’s next presidential election is not due until July 2018, but by mid-December this year the contest has already come to life.
The...
Honduras: between electoral fraud and popular uprising
A week on from the general elections held in Honduras, on 27 November, there is still no definitive result. The main candidates are presidential...