Frei Henri, champion of justice for Brazil’s rural poor
A chapter in international solidarity with Brazil’s embattled rural poor closed on Sunday 26 November with the death of Dominican priest and lawyer, Henri...
BRAZIL: RIO’S SHANTY TOWNS GO GREEN
Adapting to climate change often seems an earnest business, but adaptation in some of Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns is very different - helping the favelas to flower can help to protect them against destruction.
Nicaragua: Interview with Sandra Ramos, Women’s Rights Activist
LAB caught up with Sandra Ramos on her recent visit to London to learn of new developments in the Women's Movement and the impact of recent regressive laws in Nicaragua.
Guatemala: region’s highest rate of femicide
Over 600 women were murdered in 2012, with an increase in the number of young girls killed. Marilyn Thomson, from CAWN, looks at what is being done to tackle this horrific problem.
Brazil: the flesh is weak but the meat is rotten
São Paulo, March 22nd. With their usual fine sense of irony, the Federal Police named their latest operation, launched on Friday 17th, “Carne Fraca”...
Combate Racismo Ambiental
Based in Rio de Janeiro we work throughout Brazil to denounce cases of environmental racism and other human rights violations, to share information and to build alliances with partners to work for a fairer world.
Haiti is no shithole
This post was published by Haiti Support Group. You can read the original here
12th January 2018: Today marks eight years after the Léogâne Earthquake...
Antofagasta: the Goliath which is crushing Caimanes
“All the biggest companies at the top of the international rankings in Chile are English,” Lucio Cuenca tells me. “Not just Antofagasta, which was...
Belize: Punta Gorda, a forgotten district
Maya and Garifuna communities are resisting over-zealous national park regulation and encroaching oil exploration
Terra do Meio 3: O rio Iriri – conservação e seus...
Na terceira de seis postagens, uma discussão sobre os problemas dos colonos (barragens, legislação ambiental, grileiros) e uma visita a uma fazenda “fantasma”.
Tradução: Maria...