New era in China-Latin America relations
China's growing willingness to engage with Latin America could transform the region, argues Raul Zibechi.
Bolivia — big changes planned for agriculture
While the Evo Morales government knows it must boost agriculture, it needs to reconcile the demands of two very different groups -- the big farmers and the campesionos
Land in Brazil 3
Because of the flurry of anti--indigenous legislation in the Brazilian Congress, Indians have decided that the only way to save their land and their culture is through direct action.
Colombia ends fumigation
In a surprising move Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has decided to end the spraying of Monsanto's Round Up as a means of eradicating coca.
Brazil — GM crops may be causing cancer
Brazil's National Cancer Institute is concerned about the health of the country's population, now that glyphosate, widely used in the cultivation of soya, has been classified as a "probable carcinogen".
Land in Brazil 2
MST leader João Pedro Stédile says that "political reform" is the only solution for the country's political crisis
Brazil — castigated by forest fires and dam bursts
With some of the largest forest fires in decades and a burst dam resulting in the country’s worst environmental disaster to date, it has...
Brazil: Why land demarcation matters to indigenous people
Marking out land is to stake out rights, ownership, stewardship. Unmarked land can just be seized. Felipe Garcia, a volunteer at the Munduruku Demarcation Mission, explains.
Brazil: Christmas hamper from the MST
Brazil's landless workers movement launches a Christmas hamper of products to promote organic food produced on small family farms
Central America: Devastated by ‘Free Trade’
Warnings about the human and environmental costs of 'free trade' went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.