A Decade of Refounding Honduras
As we enter a new decade Gerardo Torres Zelaya looks at the path of the left in Latin America and the roots of popular resistance which have grown in the last 10 years.
Brazil’s MST demands land reform
Activists from Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) are calling on the new President, Dilma Rousseff, to radically reform the country's old agrarian structures, which, they say, perpetuate inequality, injustice and violence.
Brazil: Social movements reject Belo Monte
60 non-governmental organisations have attacked the partial go-head given to the Belo Monte hydroelectric power station by IBAMA, the federal government’s environmental agency.
Mexico: Zapatistas: The war with no breath?
Arsenault looks back at the acheivements of the Zapatista rebellion 17 years on.
Martial Law, Repression, and Remilitarization in Guatemala
President Colom initiated Martial Law in Alta Verapaz in December in order to control the drugs violence between cartels in the area.
Latin America and Gaddafi
How can Latin America's 'revolutionary' leaders support Gaddafi? Those who came to power on the back of mass democratic movements cannot deny Libyans the right to topple a dictator, says Mike Gonzalez.
Colombia: Las Pavas: Farmers demand right of return to lands
On 4 April 2011, more than 70 adults returned to the Las Pavas ranch (Department of Bolívar), from which they were displaced in July 2009, following various returns and subsequent forced displacements.
Brazil: OAS calls for halt to Belo Monte
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organisation of American States (OAS) says that work should end on the Belo Monte hydroelectric power station on the Xingu river, pending "full, free and informed" consultation with the affected comm
Ecuador: the struggle for Sumak Kawsay
Ecuador: the struggle for Sumak Kawsay, or 'the right to a good life'. Both the government and social movements see themselves as engaged in the struggle to forge a new and more sustainable way of life for the country.
CHILE: PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATION?
Nick Caistor, from LAB, analyses the reasons behind the students protests in Chile.