Brazil: another dam collapse imminent
Situated only 60km from Brumadinho, where a massive tailings dam collapse killed 270 workers and local residents on 25 January 2019, is the small...
Former ministers blast Bolsonaro’s environmental assaults
A new manifesto by eight of Brazil’s past environment ministers has accused the rightist Bolsonaro administration of “a series of unprecedented actions...
Colombia’s struggle for sustainable development
The relationship between the natural environment and the armed conflict in Colombia is deeply interwoven and complex, and the issue of governance is at...
Stinging ants: Amazon indigenous group girds itself to hold ancestral lands
The ancestral home of the Sateré-Mawé indigenous group is the Andirá-Marau Indigenous Reserve, an officially demarcated, heavily forested region covering 780,000 hectares...
Voices in New York – LAB Newsletter April 2019
26 April 2019
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
The shocking suicide of former President Alan García, as police arrived to arrest, may have been planned in...
Brazil’s indigenous lands: Bolsonaro draws the battle lines
Parintins, site of Brazil’s big annual indigenous festival, is typical of towns in the Brazilian Amazon. The Sateré, and other indigenous groups...
The Heirs: the legacy of violence in Colombia
Right-wing paramilitaries, the heirs of the infamous death squads, have started to re-emerge in Colombia. Programme presented by Teresa Bo.
Video: Al Jazeera (English), 9...
Brazil: map and timeline of rural massacres
As mentioned in Sue Branford & Thais Borges' article (Brazilian Amazon, 3 massaces in 12 days)Brazil's Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) has launched a ...
Brazilian Amazon: 3 massacres in 12 days
The Amazon has seen 3 probable massacres in 12 days — likely a record for the region — as violence has exploded...
Colombia – two sisters, the FARC and the Peace Process
This article is based on an interview carried out by ABColombia in August 2018. The text does not reflect the views of ABColombia...