Columns / Letters From

Why does ‘accelerated development’ spell disaster in the Brazilian Amazon? Dan Baron Cohen begins his column from the Afro-indigenous community of Cabalo Seco.

In her final column writing from Bolivia, Amy Booth reflects on what Cochabamba has revealed to her – including about herself.

Being on the wrong side of suspicion can have extreme consequences where formal justice systems are not fully functional, realizes Amy Booth on a visit to a prison.

Bolivians have had to get used to doing without postal services. In her Letter From Cochabamba, Amy Booth writes how they manage instead.

Not a sign of progress but a cause for alarm. Amy Booth reports from Cochabamba’s overlong dry season.

Amy Booth goes to the back of beyond in Bolivia and hears of a surprising migration.

The wealthy West is an irresistible dream to many Bolivians, as Amy Booth discovers.

Amy Booth visits an event of festive solidarity in support of a desperate cause.

Amy Booth visits a Bolivian isolated indigenous community fallen on hard times, striving to keep their culture alive

Bolivian democracy was won from the clutches of dictators. Amy Booth meets a frontline participant in the struggle.

Her travel plans thwarted, Amy Booth reflects on a very Bolivian way of drawing attention to grievances.

Playing with water is controversial in a place with a history of water struggles like Cochabamba, writes Amy Booth.

Working children have more pressing concerns than the law, discovers Amy Booth.

Amy Booth finds her feet – and friends – in Bolivia.

On the matter of decent housing, the government turns a deaf ear to poorer citizens, while bending over backwards to help the wealthy. Lindsey Collen, who penned this column from 2006 to 2007, returns with a one-off letter.

In Cairo, normality is something of a heroic enterprise, Maria Golia explains.

Green shoots of hope spring up among the rubble of discontent, writes Reem Haddad.

Ruby Diamonde bids farewell to the Central African Republic.

Ruby Diamonde travels to the bush in search of an answer to a difficult question.

The importance of communication should not be underestimated, writes Ruby Diamonde.