Pay-off time: Brazilian agribusiness calls in favours
Agência Pública is a LAB partner, and provided this article for publication in English by LAB. Translation by Shanna Hanburyt The original, in Portuguese,...
Guatemala: environmental defenders of Lake Atitlán
The women of Tz’ununya’ Collective have struggled for eight years to defend and conserve Lake Atitlán by pushing for local authorities to stop the deterioration of the lake.
Virus toll of indigenous elders is destroying history
COVID-19 kills the elderly, those with underlying health conditions, the poor and vulnerable. It is now doing so in the Brazilian Amazon where the...
Militias advance on Rio environmental reserve
By Mariana Simões, Agência Pública
Agência Pública is a LAB partner, and provided this article for publication in English by LAB. Translated by Julia...
The Brumadinho dam collapse: six months on
This edited extract from Christian Aid Brazil Programme's newsletter, updates and expands on the earlier article published by LAB. 'The lessons of Brumadinho: put...
Colombia: nationwide protest updates
WOLA's Director for Defense Oversight, Adam Isacson, gives an in-depth update on the nationwide protests in Colombia and an opportunity for dialogue
Arte para no morir: artists support protests in Colombia
In response to and support of nationwide protests across Colombia, artists of all trades have joined in protest through creative expression. Adapted from an article for LAB's partner, Sounds and Colours, here are some of the ways art is enriching the protests, contextualising demands and unifying Colombians.
Honduras: Breaking the silence around violence against women
Women Crossing the Line is a three part mini-documentary series that spotlights the work of women activists in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala rising to protect women's rights, the environment and democracy.
The shrinking land of the people of lightning
The collaborative work of 10 indigenous filmmakers, this short film offers an insight into the lives of the Avá group of Guarani-Kaiowá people in Brazil, whose land is shrinking and whose lives are increasingly threatened by outside influences.
Patricio Guzmán documents Chile’s new era
My Imaginary Country, which premiered to standing ovations at Cannes this year, is perhaps the documentary Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán has always wanted to make.