Friday, March 29, 2024

Politics & Parties

Brazil – serious setback on children’s rights looms

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The Brazilian Congress, now dominated by the right, may soon vote to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16.

Rio de Janeiro: This land is our land

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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,...

Action for Argentina UK

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We are a politically pluralist collective of journalists, academics, trade unionists, students, activists, workers and others living in the UK who are concerned about...

Força Nacional: Brazil’s New Praetorian Guard?

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No longer under the control of state governors, the FSN threatens to become a parallel military force at the beck and call of the President.

Covid-19 in Latin America – 22 June update

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By Emily Gregg, edited by Mike Gatehouse, with additional material from Peru & Haiti Support Groups UK and LAB correspondents in the region.LAB has...

Colombia: false positives, failed justice

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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: The FBI and Lava Jato

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Leaked documents have revealed the cosy relationship between Brazilian prosecutors and the FBI in the Lava Jato (Car Wash) investigations – including a meeting kept secret from the Dilma Rousseff administration.

Buenos Aires: the virus reaches the ‘villas miseria’

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Main image: Without water, the virus spreads. Image: Facebook profile of Barrios de Pie Ramona Medina, one of the community leaders of Villa 31,...

Colombia: Shakespeare and the Peace Process

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As the country awaits the signing of a definitive ceasefire, the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet offers instructive parallels.

Covid-19 in Latin America – 8 July update

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By Emily Gregg, edited by Mike Gatehouse.LAB has put together this tenth overview of the spread of coronavirus across the region and the reaction...

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