VENEZUELA: THE US IS ONCE MORE IN DENIAL
US refusal to recognize the Maduro victory stands in sharp contrast to congratulations from the rest of the hemisphere.
MADURO’S VENEZUELA: AN INCONVENIENT EXAMPLE
US displeasure does not give it the right to undermine democracy.
PERU: ‘SCIENTIFIC INTEREST’ CLOAKS THE RACE FOR GAS
Gas exploration threatens communities in and around Manu National Park.
Another look at Pope Francis
Was LAB unfair to Pope Francis in our 4 April Newsletter? An analysis by the provincial of the Colombian Jesuits provides a more hopeful view.
ALMIR SURUÍ FROM BRAZIL HAS WON A UN “FOREST HERO” AWARD
Almir Narayamoga Surui, an indigenous leader from the Brazilian Amazon, has been given a prestigious UN Forest Heroes Award for his struggle to protect the forest.
THE GEOPOLITICS OF SECRECY: REFLECTIONS ON THE ELECTION OF POPE FRANCIS
The bubble of euphoria that seemed to envelop even normally critical voices in the Roman Catholic Church after the election of Pope Francis was deftly punctured by Ivone Gebara, religious sister and feminist, in this article.
Brazil: The remarkable expansion of the Evangelical Churches Part One
As the evangelical churches have grown, so they have become more professional and more diversified. This is is what David Lehmann found in his recent visits to the churches. The first of two blogs.
Brazil: Indigenous Community Evicted as 2014’s World Cup Approaches
Despite widespread protests, a group of indians from different ethnic groups has been violently evicted from a building very close to the famous Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
FEMICIDE IN MEXICO: THE COTTON FIELD CASE AND ITS SEQUELS
Government action is failing lamentably to protect Mexican women from a wave of violence and femicide.
INTERVIEW WITH COLECTIVA MUJER Y SALUD
Interview with Sergia Galvan, Executive Director of Colectiva Mujer y Salud, an organisation that works defending women’s rights in the Dominican Republic.