Bolivia: second indigenous march
The new march against the controversial road through the indigenous territory, TIPNIS, is taking place in a much more complicated political context. Emily Achtenberg reports.
BRAZILIAN ORGANISATIONS CAMPAIGN FOR DILMA TO VETO THE FOREST CODE BILL
After the vote in the Brazilian Congress that passed a version of the Forest Code that drastically reduces protection for the Amazon rainforest and other forest areas, 200 environmental and social organisations have launched a...
FAREWELL TO BRETTON WOODS: HELLO TO THE AGE OF THE BRICS
The Brics countries, including Brazil, are planning to set up their own development bank. Does this spell the end of the era of the IMF and the World Bank?
Miss Kayapó: subverting indigenous culture?
Film-makers from the Kayapó indigneous community in the Brazilian Amazon are beginning to film many aspects of their culture, including the participation of Kayapó girls in beauty contests.
Amazon: Another way is possible
At a time of serious environmental setbacks in Brazil, a remarkable new documentary shows how hundreds of families are successfully working together to recuperate the forest.
Brazil: huge defeat for environmentalists
Congress approves new forest code that represents a serious reverse for environmental movement. The ball is now in Dilma's court.
The land problem in Paraguay: an unsolvable issue?
Paraguay has a left-wing government that does not seem to have the will to solve the land problem in the region of Alto Paraná.
Brazil: MST attacks Dilma
In the wake of a series of actions undertaken by the landless movement (MST) across the country, João Pedro Stédile, one of the main leaders, has attacked President Dilma for allowing her government to be taken over by 'second-rate bureaucrats'.
Brazil: devastating attack on environmental policy
The leading biologist and former government official, João Paulo Capobianco, has strongly attacked the government's environmental policies, including its handling of the new forest code.
How sustainable is hydropower in the Amazon?
A new study of the ecological impact of the 150 dams planned across all six major river basins connecting the Andes to the Amazon, a huge area covering parts of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, raises serious concerns.