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BRAZIL: CULTURAL HERITAGE UNDER THREAT 31 Jul 2012 | 07:10 pm
Brazil's rush to build roads and hydroelectric power stations is wiping out archaeological sites, many of them of great cultural importance to communities today. In a special article for LAB, Bruna Ro...
THE HUMAN COST OF THE AMAZON DAMS 29 Jul 2012 | 01:10 am
Brazil's ambitious programme for hydroelectric dam building in the Amazon region is going ahead at full steam. But, says Jan Rocha in a special article for LAB, the companies are not honouring their c...
THE HUMAN COST OF THE AMAZON DAMS 29 Jul 2012 | 01:10 am
Brazil's ambitous programme for the construction of hydroelectrc dams in the Amazon region is being implemented ahead of schedule. But, says Jan Rocha, in a special article for LAB from São Paulo, the...
Microfinance in Latin America – The myths and the reality 29 Jul 2012 | 12:27 am
Is microfinance really a useful tool for development? In a special article for LAB, Milford Bateman forcefully argues that it is not.
Microfinance in Latin America – The myths and the reality 29 Jul 2012 | 12:27 am
Is microfiance really a useful tool for development? In a special article for LAB, Milford Bateman forcefully argues that it is not.
ARGENTINA: MONSANTO IN THE DOCK 26 Jul 2012 | 06:04 pm
Monsanto and the government's 'soyalisation' programme threaten the health of thousands and have contributed to escalating violence, including four murders, according to respected Argentine human righ...
ARGENTINA: MONSANTO IN THE DOCK 26 Jul 2012 | 06:04 pm
Monsanto and the government's 'soyalisation' programme threaten the health of thousands and have contributed to escalating violence, including four murders, according to respected Argentine human righ...
BRAZIL: FUNDING FAMILIES, FEEDING MINDS 25 Jul 2012 | 07:37 pm
President Lula lifted millions of Brazilians out of extreme poverty and at the heart of his social policies was Bolsa Familia, his family grant scheme that has been much praised abroad. But how key a ...
GUATEMALA: HISTORIC PUBLIC HEARING 23 Jul 2012 | 01:52 am
Indigenous communities express their support for the legal challenge to the government's right to change the mining law. Beth Geglia reports.
GUATEMALA: HISTORIC PUBLIC HEARING 23 Jul 2012 | 01:52 am
Indigenous communities express their support for the legal challenge to the government's right to change the mining law. Beth Geglia reports.
