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Moira Millán’s community, Lof Pillañ Mahuiza, has been targeted and raided by government authorities. This piece was republished from the Esperanza Project, who translated...

As the 20th anniversary of the Amazon defender Sister Dorothy Strang, approached, LAB partner Agência Pública spoke to Brazil’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva. We asked the Minister about the row sparked by Petrobras’ ambition to explore for oil at the mouth of the Amazon. The issue resurfaced this week after President Lula signalled, in private and in public, that the licence will be granted soon.

On 27 January 2025, the collective Mujeres Colibrí, Defensoras de la Vida (Hummingbird Women, Defenders of Life) presented their research on the multiple forms of violence experienced by Indigenous and Afro-descendant women in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, to state representatives and local media.

Visions from the Amazon aims to offer a glimpse of how the Amazon is not a singular entity but a region of immense diversity shaped by a complex interplay of legal, hydrological, geological, and ecological boundaries,. Thus, the artists and artworks featured in this exhibition are linked to different communities and regions of the Amazon in Brazil, offering varied perspectives that reflect both the cultural vibrancy of the region and the pressing challenges it faces today.

In Chile the Biobío Basin’s latest hydropower project is uprooting protected vegetation, amid allegations of insufficient prior consultation of local residents.

El «tío COVID», un hombre que sobrevivió tras ser enterrado en un cementerio colectivo secreto de Iquitos se ha convertido en un símbolo macabro del desastre en que se vio sumida la ciudad de Iquitos, en la Amazonía peruana, donde el 70% de los habitantes habían sido infectados por el COVID-19 en julio de 2020. Un sistema sanitario decrépito, una aguda falta de oxígeno médico, la pobreza, la corrupción de las élites locales y el poder de las bandas criminales conspiraron para agravar esta catástrofe.

A new-born baby discovered abandoned in a plastic bag sparked a public furore, pitting the church and pro-life defenders against advocates of women's right to choose and better sex education and support for young people.

The march on 1 February was a diverse mobilization that cut across class divides and brought together all those affected by Milei’s policies. Javier Milei’s...

Mexico has won some time, a short breathing space of one month from the threat issued by President Donald Trump of imposing a 25 per cent tariff on products exported to the US.

Donald Trump wasted no time in ordering a dramatic reversal of his predecessor's immigation policy. He immediately reintroduced the controversial 'Quédate en México' policy. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded by repeating her country's commitment to 'humanitarian principles'.