News
| Huacas de Lima - Huacas in Lima Lima, the capital of Peru, is discovering its ancient past. |
| Brazil: a prize the government won’t be bragging about For all its industrial growth, Brazil has now a dubious honour: a very, very bad company. |
| En defensa del agua, la vida y sus derechos: Pueblos indígenas de Loreto se movilizan. In Spanish. The indigenous communities in the Loreto region, in Peru's northeast Amazona are mobilising against the activities of mining companies that are destroying the environment. |
| World Social Forum -- Day of Action The Assembly of Social Movements, held at the WSF in Porto Alegre in Brazil, has called on social movements throughout the world to take collective action on 5 June 2012. |
| Uruguay: land occupations Landless peasants have occupied an estate in the extreme north of Uruguay. The action is mainly intended to put pressure on the Broad Front government, says MercoPress. |
| Paraguay: indigenous eviction The police in Asunción have evicted dozens of indigenous families who have been camping in the central square for seven months, demanding land. A report from El Pais (in Spanish). |
Focus
 San Salvador: Life under the Maras. Maras, or street gangs, have becoming the scourge of El Salvador, particularly in the capital. They sell drugs, extort money and rape girls, often in extremely cruel ways. They systematically resort to violence to get what they want, being responsible for about a third of the country's homicides. In this special article for LAB, Sonja Wolf looks at the role played by the maras in the life of the country. |
Analysis
Graft, greed, mayhem turn Tegucigalpa into murder capital of world
An unholy alliance of cops, crooks, prisoners and politicians has turned the nation into a shooting gallery.
Peru’s Conga Mine: A chance to get it right, or business as usual?
OXFAM analyses the protests against mining concessions in northern Peru.
Argentina tries to combat a drier future
Argentina is suffering a terrible drought. Is climate change to blame?
Climate Conversations - Why the UNFCCC needs more countries like Mexico
For Mexico, the fight against climate change is a fight for sustainability.
Guatemala: Former Dictator Efraín Rios Montt Questioned for Genocide
Following his counterparts in other Latin American countries, another former dictator is arrested to respond for his crimes. This time is Guatemala.
The Drug War’s Invisible Victims
There are many kinds of war. The classic image of a uniformed soldier kissing mom good-bye to risk his life on the battlefield has changed dramatically. In today's wars, it's more likely that mom will be the one killed.
EL ORO Y EL APOCALÍPSIS AMBIENTAL Y SOCIAL EN MADRE DE DIOS
In this article in Spanish, the Peruvian journalist, Roger Rumrrill, says that after just two years of illegal gold mining 20,000 sq. kms of one of the most biodiverse regions in the world have been destroyed.
A New Chile is Possible
Chilean students question the education system as commercial and elitist because it reproduces existing social inequities and makes them worse. But they are not just asking questions: They are practicing the kind of education they have spent years dreaming about and struggling to obtain.
USAID's Alternative Development policy in Colombia
This report, published last year, analyses the flaws of the U.S. approach to the fight against drug production in Colombia
As the climate dries, Mexico's milk region faces arsenic threat
Climate change is destroying the dairy industry in some regions of Mexico.
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