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Honduras: direct intervention

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On 11 May 2012 US and Honduran soldiers shot a group of Miskito Indians from a helicopter, claiming they were involved in drug-trafficking. Berta Cáceres from COPINH says that the indigenous community is under seige.

ANDEAN GLACIERS “GOING FAST”

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Among the most sensitive indicators of global climate change, these glaciers have shrunk by at least 30% over the last 30 years. Paul Brown, from Climate News Network, reports.

Mexico Celebrates “Carnival of Corn”

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Day of action to pay homage to maize and to reject GMOs

Colombia: the perils of reclaiming land

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Colombian community leaders face threats and attacks, as the case of a community in the Choco region shows.

Ecuador wins a partial victory in its battle with Chevron

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An Ecuadorean court has upheld the ruling that Chevron must pay for the environmental damage it has caused, but reduced the amount by more than half.

Machine guns and development

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Minguarana Producciones, the latest LAB Partner, have submitted their first blog, which tells the story of the Amazonian hamlet of Mangabal, which is the subject of a documentary film they are working on.

Argentina: explosion in land conflicts

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Almost a quarter of the country's farming families are involved in a land dispute, largely because of the massive takeover of land by the soy plantations.

Is Mexico an emerging economic superpower?

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The BBC recently depicted Mexico as one of the next generation of economic superpowers. Mexican sociologist Luis Vazquez expresses a certain scepticism.

Brazil: indigenous conflicts in Amazonas and Maranhao

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While the village of the Tenharim indians has been invaded by settlers in the state of Amazonas,settlers in the state of Maranhão on the other side of the Amazon basin have finally being ordered to leave the reserve of the Awá indians.

Brazil’s prisons: A fate worse than death?

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'I would rather die than spend a long time in one of our prisons' --Minister of Justice Cardozo.

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