Brazilian shaman warns of the “falling sky”
Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami Indian shaman, talks about “paper skins”, “xirina" ants and “Teosi" in a fascinating new book.
El Salvador: No street should bear his name
Plans by the right-wing mayor of San Salvador to rename one of the capital's streets after Roberto D'Aubuisson have aroused intense controversy.
Mexico: We’re walking on bones
From Guadalajara, LAB Editor Nick Caistor describes a country built on bones: both ancient and very recent.
Brazil: football, the opium do povo
Like a religious faith, the Brazilian obsession with football is beyond rational explanation.
LAB explained
LAB Editor Nayana Fernandez describes LAB's 37 years of commitment and service to human rights and social progress in Latin America
Brazil: ‘The Munduruku Indians: Weaving Resistance’ – Online Release
We are proud to announce that next Monday, 17 November 2014, LAB will be the platform for the online release of 'The Munduruku Indians: Weaving Resistance' documentary.
Return to Nicaragua documentary screening
Filmed between 1985 and 1991 by the British director Marc Karlin (1943-1999)
International support for disappeared Mexican students
A petition, draft letter to British MPs and an early-day motion in the UK Parliament
Brazil: landless people achieve advances in the face of government indifference
A documentary film describing an MST settlement in Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil: Documentary series investigates the worst water crisis ever in the...
Brazilian documentary makers are currently working to discover the way water is used in Brazil’s most populated area. Volume Vivo is an audiovisual research project that intends to look at the causes of, and the solutions for, the São Paulo water crisis.