Cochabamba Still Thirsty
The author analyses the serious shortage of drinnking water in one of Bolivia's biggest cities.
Will Lulismo illuminate Peru?
President Ollanta Humala has made no secret of his admiration for the model employed by former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil.
Venezuela: protest letter in the Guardian
Leading activists and thinkers criticise the Guardian newspaper for failing to report on a 10,000-person march in Caracas to demand justice for the hundreds of peasant activists assassinated by wealthy landowners.
Haiti: “We Are Tired of Living under Tents”
Homeless people are pressing for urgent action to provide them with housing.
Venezuela’s Social-Based Democratic Model: Innovations and Limitations
Venezuela's Social-Based Democratic Model: Innovations and Limitations: The author explores the achievements and flaws of the country's political process.
Latin America: poverty falls
From 1990 to 2010, poverty has fallen from 48% of the population of Latin America to 31%, according to a report from the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Letter from Recife
Francis McDonagh has returned to Recife in the north-east of Brazil after an absence of over a decade. This is his first blog on his trip to South America.
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.
Haiti: The slow road to reconstruction
Two years after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, Oxfam believes that the government has not done enough to meet the needs of the victims.
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.