Brazil – serious setback on children’s rights looms
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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...