Colombia: displaced Indigenous community wins right to return to their lands
LAB's Grace Livingstone speaks to the two governors of this Emberá Chamí community to learn more about their historic land restitution case and analyses the current government's efforts to tackle displacement and redistribute land.
‘Our environment and its defenders need the Escazú Agreement’
Ricardo Andrés Pineda Guzmán, of the Honduran Network for Escazú, reminds us why it’s crucial for Honduras to sign, ratify, and enforce the Escazú Agreement for environmental justice.
‘The Dark Side of Skin’: race relations in modern Brazil
Jeferson Tenório, originally from Rio de Janeiro, is currently a teacher of literature in Porto Alegre. The Dark Side of Skin is his third novel and winner of the esteemed Jabuti national literature prize.
Moira Millán: urgent situation of Indigenous people in Patagonia
Moira and Vilma had travelled from southern Patagonia to Europe to spread awareness of the urgent situation for Indigenous peoples in the south of Argentina, and to strengthen bonds of international solidarity.
Kopenawa, Krenak, Kayapo
Brazil's Indigenous leaders are at last being recognized, reports Jan Rocha. But will anything really change in their 500-year-old struggle, as Brazil's Congress continues to defend the interests that seek to annihilate them?
Paraguay: the Paĩ Tavyterã and the changing climate
Paĩ Tavyterã Indigenous communities are employing ancestral knowledge and advocacy against the impacts of climate change
Eliane Brum: contemplating the Amazon, the centre of the world, through...
In an extraordinary interview, Brazilian journalist Eliane Brum explains how language is fundamental to the life of the Amazon and its peoples
Ecuador: a haven no longer?
Increasing violence and instability are driving refugees and some Ecuadorians towards risky migration
Bust of Berta Cáceres shows ‘lack of respect’
A bust of Berta Cáceres was installed in a square in Tegucigalpa's civic centre, next to a bank owned by the Atala family, who have been accused as one of the masterminds behind her murder. This piece was originally published in Spanish by Contracorriente.
Mexico: guardians of the cenotes
The Kanan Ts'ono'ot collective is making history in Mexico by demanding that cenotes be granted legal status and the Maya people named as their guardians against threats posed by industrial farming.