LASC Blog
The LASC Blog is a great way to stay up-to-date with all the latest in Latin American affairs, and is updated regularly with posts covering a range of voices, opinions and subjects. We particularly seek to highlight actors and perspectives not typically found in mainstream media.
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Please note that the views expressed in the LASC Blog are exclusively those of the authors unless otherwise stated, and do not necessarily reflect those of LASC and its members.
Blog Posts
With over 60,000 homicides a year, Brazil is facing a crisis that overwhelmingly impacts poor, young, black men. By Peadar
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The response to a politician's murder may be a turning point in finding a way out of Rio's crisis. Republished
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In honour of International Women's Day, LASC looks at one of the most dynamic social movements in Latin America today
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Partisan judges, a lack of evidence, and a right-wing government on the offensive: the ingredients of Lula’s recent trial highlight
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The 2009 conviction of Alberto Fujimori, Peru's autocratic former president, on multiple counts of crimes against humanity was widely seen
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The coverage of Venezuela's ongoing crisis often tells a single story of repression and despair. However, looking beyond the headlines
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In Ecuador, organisations like FECAOL are standing at the frontlines of a battle between peasant communities and multinational agribusinesses. By FECAOL
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Eimhin O’Reilly For the 21 million capitalinos living in Greater Mexico City, earthquakes are nothing new. In fact, when a
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Colombia Faces Challenge to Build Peace, Without Sacrificing its Famed Biodiversity Ondrej Prosicky / shutterstock By Jane Feeney Colombia is
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On the occasion of the third anniversary of the Ayotzinapa disappearances, LASC is republishing this piece by Liam Bradshaw, who
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By Eimhin O'Reilly Throughout May, indigenous protestors armed with spears, bows and arrows rallied against planned legislation put forward by Michel Temer’s
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By Eimhin O'Reilly On the surface, it sounds like a simple question, the kind of question you might hear in
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