Peru: Fair trade gold? Some mistake, surely!
Sotrami, a gold mining company near Ayacucho has achieved Fair Trade certification.
“We are heading for the abattoir” says Brazilian scientist Antonio Nobre
As the UN climate talks in Lima approach, a leading Brazilian scientist, member of the IPCC, calls urgently for a massive programme of tree replanting to try to stem the catastrophic climate change that Brazil is already experiencing.
Climate Change: follow the Alternative Summit
Peru-based Servindi provides a valuable service to follow the Peoples' Summit.
Mexico: Ayotzinapa parents interviewed
Hilda and Mrio González are convinced their son Cesar Manuel is still alive. "The official version is a lie," they say.
El Salvador battles it out with multinational
When Corporations Sue Governments
An international gold mining company is refusing to accept the Salvadorean government's decision to expel it from the country for the...
Brazil: Christmas hamper from the MST
Brazil's landless workers movement launches a Christmas hamper of products to promote organic food produced on small family farms
Nicaragua’s Grand Canal: 1 — Schism amongst the Sandinistas
LAB launches a new series of articles by Russell White on Daniel Ortega's pet $50 billion project. The first examines the deep differences among the Sandinistas.
Nicaragua’s Grand Canal: 2 –The environment vs the economy
Ecotastrophe or 200,000 jobs and a doubling of GDP? The Canal debate rages.
Nicaragua’s Grand Canal: 3 –No excavation without consultation
Protest against Ortega's Canal project is concentrated in farms, communities and indigenous groups along the planned route.
Stories from El Salvador
A photography exhibition and a theatre play bring the problems of reconciliation and healing in a divided society like El Salvador to London audiences.