Venezuela: FAQ on opposition protests
A very detailed look at recent events in Venezuela and the reporting of them from UK group Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
Argentina: inflated expectations
High inflation in Argentina is commonly seen as a warning of imminent economic meltdown, but is this too simple a view?
Argentina: After Cristina, who’s next?
Candidates are already jockeying for position in the run up to the October 2015 presidential elections. As a new political era beckons, LAB looks at the leading challengers.
Argentina: a universal model for human rights?
On the anniversary of the 24th March 1976 military coup, the minister of justice and human rights claims that Kirchnerismo has converted Argentina's shame into international respect.
Brazil: World Cup security locks in repression
As popular support for the World Cup rapidly wanes, a beleaguered government is putting in place ever more draconian forms of repression.
Venezuela: the media are giving a free pass to the far...
Novelist Luis Britto García accuses the international media of inflating the size and importance of opposition protests.
Argentina: the view from the terraces
Argentina goes to the World Cup in Brazil with high hopes of winning for a third time. But as Daniel Schweimler reports for LAB from Buenos Aires, the 'beautiful game' has turned ugly in one of its heartlands.
Honduras: the never-ending struggle
An interview with Honduran journalist Dina Meza as she presents the PEN International Report on 'Honduras: Journalism in the shadow of Impunity'.
Brazil: Ripe for another year of protest?
The causes of last year's demonstrations haven't been addressed. But are Brazilians tired of demonstrating?
El Salvador: US aid conditions threaten FMLN’s precarious victory
Washington is threatening to withhold aid unless he new government redoubles privatizations.