Haiti’s earthquake in the context of decades of forced poverty
The author argues that all aid should go straight to the communities who need it.
Haiti: where’s the outrage?
Melina Miles, founder of 'Let Haiti Live', ponders in her blog at the lack of outrage in the country at what she calls "the criminal negligence" in many of the disaster relief operations.
Brazilian rapper Mano Brown speaks out
The Brazilian hip-hop singer visits building occupied by sem-teto in the centre of São Paulo. Listen to him talking and rapping.
LATIN AMERICA: THE SCANDAL OF INEQUALITY
Although some progress has been made over the last decade, Latin America is still the region in the world with the highest level of social inequality. Christian Aid analyses the problem in a report published earlier this year.
Brazil: the Haitian influx
Fleeing the chaos at home, hundreds of Haitians are paying coyotes (fixers) to take them, via Peru and Bolivia, to Brazil.
BABETTE’S FEAST FOR THE DISPOSSESSED: WHY THE FUTURE OF CHAVISMO MATTERS
Chavismo put the barrios on the map and gave their inhabitants a sense of pride.
‘GROWTH FOR EQUALITY’ THE ECLAC WAY
Employment, state intervention and structural change are among the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean's recipes for bringing greater equality to the region.
Guatemala: Inequality, not food shortages, to blame for food crisis
Weak, regressive tax regimes lead to poverty and government underfunding fails to redress the balance. Christian Aid reports.
South America’s ‘Brown Left’
Many governments in South America see themselves as progressive, yet all are involved in conflicts over the environment.
BOLIVIA: VIOLENT CLASHES PIT MINER AGAINST MINER
At Colquiri tin mine, unionised miners are again in violent conflict with independent co-operative producers over rights to the most lucrative seams