Latin America’s climate conundrum
The Americas now face the challenge of coping with the inevitable, potentially devastating,impacts of climate change.
ARGENTINA: ¡CATAMARCA RESISTE!
In the Northern Argentinian province of Catamarca, environmental activists and local people have been blockading mining inputs since February 2012
Mining in Latin America: deepening contradictions
Governments of right and left are welcoming large scale mining, but the social and environmental costs are mounting and communities are less inclined to suffer them
Election Day in Caracas
Rachael Boothroyd gives a lively account of election day in the capital.
Buenos Aires – Stop the towers!
The traditional middle class neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires are being threatened by speculative development of high-rise buildings. The local communities have fought back with some success.
ARGENTINA: two convicted over use of agro-chemicals
A provincial court in Argentina has found two people guilty of illegally spraying agro-chemicals close to a residential area in Cordoba.
VENEZUELA: ENTRY TO MERCOSUR WORRIES LOCAL PRODUCERS
The Venezuelan government is celebrating its membership of Mercosur, but not everybody is joining the party.
ARGENTINA: MONSANTO IN THE DOCK
Monsanto and the government's 'soyalisation' programme threaten the health of thousands and have contributed to escalating violence, including four murders, according to respected Argentine human rights campaigners.