Haitian Renaissance: Youth Paint a New Country
Despite the earthquake and extreme physical poverty Haiti's youth express themselves richly through art, promoting human rights, aided by organisation APROSIFA.
Cochabamba Still Thirsty
The author analyses the serious shortage of drinnking water in one of Bolivia's biggest cities.
Brazilian economy storms ahead but who is benefiting?
Prospects for the Brazilian economy have rarely been better, but at home left-wing analysts are concerned about who is really benefiting. Sue Branford reports.
WHY ONLY LOPEZ OBRADOR CAN SAVE MEXICO
The next six years of Mexican history may be be critical for its long-term future, as there is much to repair and heal. For this reason, only AMLO can save Mexico, argues British journalist Matt Kennard.
Colombia: A Congress for the People
Some 20,000 people met in Bogotá to draw up their own agenda for the country's future. Gearóid Ó Loingsigh sent this special report for LAB.
Haiti: The business of disaster
Haiti: the business of disaster. US corporations are profiting handsomely from the large quantities of food aid, mostly rice, which is being brought into the country in the wake of the earthquake. But this rice is sounding the death kn
Rio+20: where are the favelados?
The conference slogan is "The Future We Want" but few local population have been asked what they think. Verena Brähler and Felicitas Röhrig report for LAB from Rio.
El Chaco no es mudo. La prensa lo ha enmudecido
People of the Chaco, affected by serious flooding, accuse the press of ignoring their plight. In Spanish
Dilma Rousseff and the magic of Lula
Raul Zibechi says Brazil's likely first woman president owes her dramatic rise to the man who's brought millions out of poverty.
Brazil: pacification by disappearance
The much vaunted 'pacification' programmes in Rio townships claim another victim: Amarildo has disappeared.