Six months ago, on 12th January 2010, an earthquake struck Haiti, killing an estimated 222,500 people and injuring more than 300,000 others. Vanessa, a survivor, tells her story.

Guy Tymorek investigates the polarisation and problems that still exist in Honduras one year after the coup d’état that removed democratically-elected president Manuel Zelaya from office.

On 30th May Colombians go to the polls to choose their first new president for eight years as incumbent, Álvaro Uribe, steps down after serving his maximum two terms in office. Just six months ago it had appeared that Uribe might stand again after he sought a constitutional amendment to allow him an unprecedented third term in order to protect his legacy of ‘democratic security’ in which the Colombian government has curbed the violence and weakened the FARC insurgency that had bedevilled the country.

The recent government approval of a controversial dam project on one of the Amazon river’s tributaries in Brazil has caused anger and protest from groups as wide ranging as indigenous activists who will see their entire way of life turned upside down, and the likes of Hollywood film director James Cameron. But despite international outcry, the project is pushing ahead.