Mike Gatehouse
The state is giving up its role to protect the population to give way to private armies in Central America.
DURBAN, South Africa. (ENS) - A new UN-backed effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests by paying communities to leave the trees standing is undermining the rights of indigenous peoples in Peru, leading to "carbon piracy" and
According to a new report, hundreds of sugarcane workers are dying in Central America as a result of of a strange kidney disease, without any serious investigation being carried out as to the cause.
Javier Farje, from LAB, analyses the impact of climate change on Latin America and looks at the stance it is taking at COP17.
The Bolivian President may have put the construction of a highway on hold but the conflict in TIPNIS continues.
The Peru-Based Institute of Legal Defence held a conference in Lima to discuss the best way to remember the victims of the political violence during the terrible years of the Shinning Path and the abuses by the state.