Politics & Parties

President Castillo's doomed attempt to dissolve Congress led to his immediate impeachment and arrest. Vice President Dina Boluarte took over, but faces mass protests and a broadly hostile Congress. Can she survive?

So the economy's booming? Tell that to the poor, says Jan Rocha in the second of her blog posts.

The Bolsonarist insurrection which invaded the Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential palace in Brazilia, has provoked outrage in Brazil and internationally. While it poses extremely serious problems for President Lula and the new government, the rebels succeeded in presenting themselves as vandals and terrorists.

These images of the recent violence in Santiago, Chile, taken during the last few days, were sent to LAB on WhatsApp

LAB is publishing this special bulletin from Bolivia Information Forum. Written on 19 October, before final results were known, it nevertheless contains details of...

15 May 2020. As Brazil lurches from one political crisis to another, the death toll rises steadily, making it the new epicentre of the...

This article was published by Bolivia Information Forum as BIF Bulletin No.48, 7 March 2020 Weblinks to BIF Bulletins are also available through the...

'Free trade and investment agreements are tools for the “deviation of power” away from communities and into corporate boardrooms. This is what the experience of people in Mexico teaches us.' This is the conclusion of a new report by GRAIN, a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems.

The PT had trouble enough dealing with Congress in Dilma's first presidency. The outlook now is even worse, with the PMDB holding many trumps.

Argentina changes government and Macri’s political past gives some indications of what the future might bring.