The Ghosts of Elections-LAB Newsletter 21 December 2017
20 December 2017
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
The ghosts of elections past, present and future
Across the world, polls this year have been confounded as...
Elections in Chile & Honduras. Peace problems in Colombia -LAB Newsletter...
28 November 2017
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
Elections
Chile: Results in the first round of Chile’s presidential elections, on November 19, confounded all the pollsters. Sebastián...
Colombia: peace, but maybe not the peace we hoped for
Without addressing crucial elements of the original agreement, the revised peace deal risks not living up to expectations in Colombia.
It has been a year...
Guatemalan Feminist Hip Hop Artist Raises Voice Against State Femicide
Rebeca Lane is a self-described “artivist” who uses music and poetry to expose and condemn state violence in Guatemala from the genocidal internal armed conflict in the 1980s to today.
Rosa’s incredible journey from Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Rosa’s incredible journey
Rosa of the Wild Grass was one of LAB’s most successful publications in many years. Practical Action Publishing, who produce...
El Salvador: rainwater harvesting
This article by Tim Muth is reproduced from the excellent El Salvador Perspectives blog. You can read the original here. Tim can be contacted...
Brazil: the poor must serve their sentence while the rich can...
Vitória lives in a small two-room house with her baby son Lucas and mother Laura in Jardim Guarani, on the northern periphery of São...
La Clave: London’s Latin America Festival
London's La Clave Festival returns to Crouch End on Saturday June 17, with music, film and talks, three of them organised by LAB.
The three...
Rosa: first anniversary of a remarkable book
Rosa of the Wild Grass: the Story of a Nicaraguan Family, by Fiona Macintosh, was published by LAB just over a year ago. To...
Belize: Teechaz gat yuh bak
From Punta Gorda: In the second of three blog posts, Rachel Simon explores indigenous land rights and social issues in southern Belize. Rachel spent...