Mexico’s Patricia Mayorga accepts Press Freedom Award
Patricia Mayorga: 2017 Acceptance Speech at the International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA)
Video: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), November 2017
MEXICO:SURREAL LEADERSHIP ON FOOD SECURITY
Mexico's agricultural policies threaten its few successes, including the honey sector, and promote multinationals. Timothy A. Wise reports.
“LULA AND DILMA HAVE PILLAGED THE AMAZON,” SAYS BISHOP
Bishop Erwin Kräutler, bishop of Xingu since 1980, decries the marginalisation of the indians and other Amazon communities, saying that Brazil is a 'civilian dictatorship'.
Notes from Colombia
Colombia’s security forces are in retreat. Human rights defenders are in bad shape. These are desperate times in the country. WOLA's Adam Isacson returns from his first visit to Colombia in nearly two years. Here are his reactions.
Colombia: world leader in displaced people
UN says Colombia has more people displaced by violence than any other country.
Dominican Republic Confirms First Cholera Death
As cholera sweeps neighbouring Haiti, the Dominican Republic confirms that they have had their first death from the disease.
HAITI : THE POLITICS OF CHAOS
Since Michel Martelly took over as president last May, the country has been in a state of almost complete paralysis. The uncertainty increased recently, says Nick Caistor from LAB, with rumours of an imminent coup.
What happens when an uncontacted tribe meets ‘civilisation’?
Margarita Mbywangy's tribe was nearly wiped out when the modern world came calling. Now she has come to Europe to talk about their stolen land and struggle for survival.
The Big Lunch goes to Chile
Early in November 2016 Peter and Lindsey from Eden Project Communities visited Santiago, Chile, at the invitation of Ciudad Emergente, an NGO ...