Amid the furore of Brazil’s 2018 elections: listening for the quiet...
One afternoon in October 2013, I arrived for an appointment at a public building in a small town in Brazil. Sitting opposite in the...
Ayotzinapa is not a Mexican problem
An open letter from Panamanian singer Rubén Blades calls for an international crusade to end corruption and abuse.
Brazil: letter for democracy
Recalling the famous 1977 Letter for Democracy, the 2022 Carta pela Democracia has gathered more than a million signatures from lawyers, academics, trade unionists, black leaders, business leaders and trades unionists -- all warning against any attempt by Bolsonaro to stage a coup if he should lose the presidential election
Brazil: as the dust settles, the picture is grim
On Sunday night we watched in horror as Bolsonaro’s percentage of the vote crept up to 47%, 48%...it seemed clear that he would win...
Mexico: populism and the pandemic – a dangerous mix
This article is based on one written by Luis Vazquez, and has been translated and edited by LAB.
Like the populists in power in other...
Brazil: the new ‘government’ already in crisis
Anti-Temer protests are spreading like wildfire as the new government is forced to make U turn after U turn
The changing aesthetics of power in Colombia
'We saw the meeting of official symbols with transgressive, popular, and marginal symbols.' Three experts analyse the aesthetics and symbolism of Gustavo Petro's inauguration ceremony last month.
Brazil: forward to the future or back to the past?
With Bolsonaro AWOL and his supporters claiming electoral fraud, fomenting violence and trying to provoke a military coup, Lula and the PT face massive difficulties and levels of polarisation remain extremely high
Colombia: does peace have a chance?
Long-term Colombia watcher Professor Jenny Pearce gives her personal reflections on the fraught peace process
Heading for impeachment
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies will probably vote on whether President Dilma Rousseff is to be impeached on 14 or 15 April. Lula is frantically trying to cobble together a new alliance but time is running out.