Brazil – serious setback on children’s rights looms
The Brazilian Congress, now dominated by the right, may soon vote to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16.
PARAGUAYAN PEOPLE’S ARMY
A small guerrilla group in Paraguay has become a headache for the government. Nick Caistor, from LAB, looks at the return of 'foquismo'. Nick Caistor, from LAB, reports
Força Nacional: Brazil’s New Praetorian Guard?
No longer under the control of state governors, the FSN threatens to become a parallel military force at the beck and call of the President.
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.
Action for Argentina UK
We are a politically pluralist collective of journalists, academics, trade unionists, students, activists, workers and others living in the UK who are concerned about...
El Salvador: the blessing of Romero
Why the Pope's elevation of the martyr Oscar Romero is so important for Catholics and progressives across Latin America.
Jeremy Corbyn’s views on Latin America
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn may be the first leading British politician since Judith Hart in the 1970s to have detailed knowledge of the...
The power of the first generation without hope
In May, I gave a talk at Harvard University on the Amazon and creating futures and I closed it by saying that hope, like...
Voices of Latin America Launch: LAB Newsletter 07 January 2019
07 January 2019
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Venezuela – the real significance of the student protests
The growing use of social media in political protests is an exciting new democratic tool, isn’t it? Not always, warns Venezuela expert Dr Julia Buxton, looking at the alarming ways in which it is being used in Venezuela today.