Despite the Public Prosecutor’s Office denouncing the practice, São Paulo state was still burying identified bodies in anonymous graves until at least 2016, without notifying the affected families. 🖊️ Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social tr. Stanton Geyer. @apublica.org lab.org.uk/sao-paulo-st...

📖 Looking forward to discussing the inspiration behind #SmallEarthquakes - from the Atacama to Patagonia, Easter Island to South Georgia - with @karennedwards.bsky.social at the Book Elephant in south London. 🗓️ 10 Oct, 6.30pm 🎟️ Tickets available now👇🏽 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shafik-meg...

Amid industrial pressure and legal rollbacks, a grassroots women's network fights for ancestral marine rights and cultural survival in Chile. Marisa Pettit for LAB's #EnvironmentalDefenders series lab.org.uk/chile-the-in...

Bulldozers tear into the Peruvian Amazon, threatening isolated tribe, the Mashco Piro. Their survival, and the credibility of a global sustainability watchdog, hang in the balance. ✍🏽Maozya Murray for LAB lab.org.uk/uncontacted-... @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org

Watch Bolivia Burning, a @thegeckoproject.org doc following Bolivian human rights lawyer Alvaro Bozo García & British journalist David Hill as they hear from people impacted by the fires which ripped through over 12.5 million hectares of the country in 2024. lab.org.uk/bolivia-burn...

Jasmine Haniff visited Monica Perez in her London studio to learn about wool, traces of empire, and Indigenous erasure in the Uruguayan artist's work. lab.org.uk/colonial-eng...

Amazonians come together in London to demand ‘No More History Without Us’. lab.org.uk/voices-from-...

Aug 30 was International Day of the Disappeared, to remember & honour those who go missing in contexts of war, violence, migration & disaster. Next month LAB publishes The Congress of the Disappeared by B. Kucinski tr. Tom Gatehouse, supported by ‪@englishpen.bsky.social‬ lab.org.uk/the-congress...

How to Save The Amazon: This testimony book by the assassinated journalist lays bare the tragedy of Amazônia – of which he himself came to be one of the most painful examples – but also its uniquely marvellous nature. lab.org.uk/amazon-oh-be...

In the Bolivian highlands, the Indigenous community of Cala Cala is waging a battle to defend the headwaters of its river from mining. At stake is not only the community’s water and livelihood, but also the fragile Andean ecosystem that depends on it. lab.org.uk/bolivia-high...

Chile’s Atacama Desert has become a dumping ground for fast fashion waste. Mountains of unsold clothes pile up, creating toxic conditions. A local youth collective, Desierto Vestido, is fighting to expose the crisis, demand accountability, and develop circular solutions. ✏️ @mattcarr.substack.com

Award-winning Brazilian photographer Marilene Ribeiro is an artist, ecologist & activist. Her most recent work is a handcrafted book of images and artefacts entitled Photo-Rituals for Disappearance. She spoke to LAB's Linda Etchart about the project: lab.org.uk/photo-ritual...

Trump introduces 50% tariffs on Brazil, states open support for Bolsonaro, inveighs against judges, all in attempt to prevent Lula from retaining support. The latest from Jan Rocha in São Paulo lab.org.uk/brazil-trump...

Once known as Colonia Dignidad, it was home to a secretive religious sect founded by a manipulative and abusive leader who collaborated with the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet... Story from @graceliv.bsky.social

Drawing inspiration from LAB’s Environmental Defenders series, LAB contributor Leon Elliott has created an interactive tool that traces important developments in the fight for water and life in Guapinol, Honduras. Learn more about it and check out the tool here: lab.org.uk/honduras-int...

Latest for the #EnvironmentalDefenders series: Activists – especially women – stand firm in the face of an increasingly hostile regime in El Salvador, as opposition mounts against the new mining law which revokes a seven-year metal mining ban. lab.org.uk/water-life-t...

A pleasure to chat to Sam Baldwin at the Travel Memoir Review about South America, travel writing, and the inspiration behind Crossed Off the Map and Small Earthquakes. 📚 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social & @latinamericabureau.bsky.social travelmemoir.review/2025/08/07/t...

COP30, held this year in Belém -‘capital city' of the Brazilian Amazon- provides an opportunity to depart from climate colonialism and end fossil fuel expansion, but it risks becoming a spectacle of exclusion, greenwashing and government ‘performance’ @mcolon.bsky.social lab.org.uk/cop30-climat...

Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed police in London in 2005, mistaken for a suicide bomber. The prejudice which led to that error persist, affecting Latin Americans and contributing to exclusion, unjustified arrests, & deportations ✍️ ‪ @thibogossian.bsky.social lab.org.uk/brazilians-i...

On 6 July, Haiti’s iconic Hotel Oloffson was completely destroyed in a fire probably set by one of the gangs that control Port-au-Prince. Like many foreign correspondents, LAB’s Nick Caistor used to stay there. He explains its significance. lab.org.uk/haiti-the-en...

Álvaro Uribe, one of the most influential leaders in Colombian history, was found guilty of bribery in criminal proceedings, becoming the country’s first former president to be convicted in a criminal trial.

This is a plea for President Lula not to sign The Devastation Bill into law in Brazil, to prevent tragedies like the “Belo Monster". "On the eve of COP30, show the world that your gov stands for Life, the Environment, the Forest, & the Future." @amazonialatitude.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4fv...

‘[A] book that should help foster and mediate new conversations in the present about Britain and South America’s shared histories.’ Thanks to Freddie Stone for his detailed and thoughtful review of #SmallEarthquakes for the @latinamericabureau.bsky.social. lab.org.uk/shafik-meghj...

@shafikmeghji.bsky.social's Small Earthquakes is "a book that should help foster and mediate new conversations in the present about Britain and South America’s shared histories." Book review on lab.org.uk today. lab.org.uk/shafik-meghj...

Indigenous rangers of all ages come together in Ricaurte, Nariño, to protect their living territory amidst armed conflict, loss of culture, and deforestation. ✍🏽 J. Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo for the #EnvironmentalDefenders series w/ @globalvoices.org lab.org.uk/the-indigeno...

Bolivia Burning is a @thegeckoproject.org documentary following Bolivian human rights lawyer Alvaro Bozo García & British journalist David Hill as they hear from people impacted by the fires which ripped through over 12.5 million hectares of the country in 2024 lab.org.uk/bolivia-burn...

Environmental defender Alejandra Parra opposes a waste-to-energy incinerator in the south of Chile, despite rising danger for activists. Its toxic emissions could pollute the air, damage crops + undermine greener alt.s like composting + recycling. lab.org.uk/alejandra-pa...

Women Resisting Violence, a powerful book about the ways in which women confront and resist various forms of gender-based violence, is now available in Spanish 🔗 Its intersectional perspective reveals how gender violence is closely related to socioeconomic status, race, and sexual identity. 📚💙

Thanks to @latinamericabureau.bsky.social for co-publishing it with us and to the author Estefanía for bringing the story forth.

This book is part of a broader project of the LAB and King’s College London. In partnership with the LAB, Cita Press is pleased to make the Spanish edition of this book available online for free. To learn more about the English-language edition, visit @latinamericabureau.bsky.social

"The global popularity of “ayahuasca” has given rise to a new form of spiritual tourism that romanticises and distorts Indigenous cultures." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don't miss Voices from the Amazon: Our Stories, Our Solutions – a day of talks, art, film, and networking to hear directly from the Amazon ahead of COP30. 27 June at Rich Mix, London (Bethnal Green Road/Shoreditch) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voices-fro...

2024 was the worst year on record for the planet’s tropical forests. And Bolivia lost more than almost any other country. Fires tore through the Chiquitano and Amazon forests. Indigenous people were burned out of their homes. 'Bolivia Burning', a new film from ‪@thegeckoproject.org‬, coming Soon

According to Mapuche activist Moira Millán, a dictatorship has returned to Argentina. Under the guise of national security & economic growth, govs & corporations worldwide are escalating legal strategies to suppress Indigenous activists and organizers. @prismreports.org lab.org.uk/despite-glob...

CDMX announces new strategy for searching for its disappeared. While the announcement offers some hope for the capital, it has also cast a harsh light on the decades of delays and neglect that preceded it. Charli McMackin reports. lab.org.uk/mexico-crisi...

Uruguay aims to increase areas under forest cultivation amid persistent doubts about their value, and water and biodiversity concerns. This piece was originally published by our partner Dialogue Earth. lab.org.uk/uruguay-bets...

Brazil's new law threatens wholesale destruction. Jan Rocha reports lab.org.uk/will-cop-30-...

In a country with one of the highest rates of murder of journalists, content-creators and influencers are also becoming targets, especially if they criticize the bosses of organized crime. Elva Narcia reports

Ahomar fishers network defends Guanabara Bay’s marine life, fights pollution & pushes for effective public policies for fishers around Rio de Janeiro. Their work includes peaceful occupations, a volunteer patrol & a monitoring app to report abuses. #EnvironmentalDefenders lab.org.uk/the-network-...

#VacaMediática is a crowdfunding campaign supporting 15 Venezuelan independent media outlets that –despite censorship, blockades and threats– continue to report responsibly, ethically & with a commitment to the truth. Watch the live teletón & support them here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjb...

Lawyer & human rights activist Ruth Lopez has been arbitrarily detained in El Salvador - a sign of the country's further descent into authoritarianism She's been illegally detained for 4 days now She was one of the BBC’s 100 most influential women 2024 @latinamericabureau.bsky.social

Shocking investigation into the threats journalists in Mexico and Honduras face from state employees – even when enrolled in ‘government protection schemes' lab.org.uk/state-agents...

As concerns over the environmental damage associated with Uruguay’s pulp and paper industry grow, expansion plans are appearing on the horizon. Approx 6% of the country's land area has been dedicated to eucalyptus and pine monocultures. lab.org.uk/uruguay-bets... @dialogueearth.bsky.social

General strike continues in Panama Against austerity, mining & US military bases in Panama Read this analysis by Panamanian journalist Olmedo Carrasquilla - reporting from the frontline for Radio Temblor www.radiotemblor.org lab.org.uk/panamas-nati... @latinamericabureau.bsky.social

“Boca has helped people on the street become visible, given us a voice. We write about what’s bothering us. We talk about violence against women, we talk about police violence, we talk about our difficulty in getting access to healthcare.” Another great piece from @constancemalleret.bsky.social

Last week we hosted a multilingual networking workshop about transnational feminist research. Participants offered reflections, learnings & practical advice for embarking on co-created projects. Thanks to all involved. More soon! Get in touch to work with LAB and learn more lab.org.uk/about/rei-work

In the 🇪🇨 Amazon Indigenous Achuar ... have developed solar-powered boats that glide silently down the Capahuari River, learned how to operate & maintain them, & improved local education & community tourism work thanks to solar panels being set up in 10 communities www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

"The recent displacement of the families of Lajeb Kej is just one piece of a larger puzzle of the structural violence underpinning land disputes in Guatemala." 🖊️ Leonie Malin Höher lab.org.uk/maya-qeqchi-...