26/03/2018 Blog: Brazil’s Black Genocide With over 60,000 homicides a year, Brazil is facing a crisis that overwhelmingly impacts poor, young, black men. BrazilHuman RightsRacism
20/03/2018 Blog: Marielle Presente! The response to a politician’s murder may be a turning point in finding a way out of Rio’s crisis.... BrazilHuman RightsPoliticsWomen's rights
03/03/2018 Blog: No More: Ni Una Menos and the Fight against Machismo In honour of International Women’s Day, LASC looks at one of the most dynamic social movements in Latin America... ArgentinaBrazilMachismoMexicoWomen's rights
19/02/2018 News: LASC is Looking for an Administrator! (CE Scheme) Office Administrator Applicants should have an interest in Latin American solidarity issues and some experience of office administration /... JobsLASC
02/02/2018 Blog: Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Lula Conviction and the Unravelling of Brazilian Democracy Partisan judges, a lack of evidence, and a right-wing government on the offensive: the ingredients of Lula’s recent trial... BrazilCrimePolitics
19/01/2018 News: LASC Radio Interview on Honduran Election On 31st December 2017, LASC Coordinator Chris O’Connell spoke to Near FM’s Global Solidarity programme on the escalation of... Civil RightsHondurasHuman RightsPolitics
18/01/2018 Blog: Insult to Injury The 2009 conviction of Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s autocratic former president, on multiple counts of crimes against humanity was widely... Civil RightsHuman RightsImpunityPeruPolitics
12/01/2018 Blog: Venezuela Behind the Headlines The coverage of Venezuela’s ongoing crisis often tells a single story of repression and despair. However, looking beyond the... InequalityPoliticsVenezuela
21/12/2017 News: Timeline of events in Honduras LASC is extremely concerned by the escalating violence in Honduras since elections were held on 26th November 2017,... Civil RightsHondurasHuman RightsPolitics
19/12/2017 Blog: Out of the Fields and into the Streets In Ecuador, organisations like FECAOL are standing at the frontlines of a battle between peasant communities and multinational agribusinesses. CampesinosEcuadorFarmingPolitics