Honduras: chaos continues as police revolt
In this video, posted on 1 December Gregory Wilpert of Real News interviews Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research...
Rio’s rulers behind bars as the 2018 race begins
1 December 2017. Just over a year ago, Rio was on a roll, basking in post-Olympic glory, applauded all over the world for a...
Elections in Chile & Honduras. Peace problems in Colombia -LAB Newsletter...
28 November 2017
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
Elections
Chile: Results in the first round of Chile’s presidential elections, on November 19, confounded all the pollsters. Sebastián...
Colombia: peace, but maybe not the peace we hoped for
Without addressing crucial elements of the original agreement, the revised peace deal risks not living up to expectations in Colombia.
It has been a year...
After the Flood: Two years on from the Fundão tailings dam...
LAB's Tom Gatehouse talks to Rodrigo Péret from the Churches and Mining Network and Thiago Alves da Silva from the Movement of People Affected...
El Salvador: expelled by the FMLN, San Salvador’s mayor will run...
This article was prepared for LAB by Anne Liedloff from several posts in Tim Muth’s excellent El Salvador Perspectives blog. You can read the...
Temer takes Brazil back to the past
Taking the 'country of the future' back to the past
Sao Paulo, 20th October. It seems that Michel Temer will stop at nothing to buy...
Brazil: Bolsonaro – the lone wolf dreams of glory
This article is an edited translation. You can read the original on Agencia Pública's website, in Portuguese, here.
Former army captain Jair Bolsonaro is no...
What Afro-Venezuelans can teach the government
Jesús Alberto ‘Chucho’ García is Venezuelan Consul General in New Orleans and previously represented the Venezuelan government in Angola, Mali and Burkina Faso. He...
Colombia: the peace process merits cautious optimism
As peace activists, we have become too accustomed to share bad news. However, on this occasion I’m glad to be able to say that,...