Venezuela: the politicians need to listen
The views of ordinary people about Venezuela's economic and political crisis
Planned Tapajós industrial waterway — a potential environmental disaster
The Brazilian government has unexpectedly cancelled the large São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric dam yet, as a timely new study makes clear, immense social and environmental challenges still loom for the Tapajós river valley,
GM war on Latin American peasants
US agribusiness giant Dow is forcefully promoting GM crops designed to be resistant to herbicides which it markets aggressively.
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".
Brazil — new government report warns of serious climate change
Report foresees failed hydropower and reduced harvests by 2040
The Amazon: halt illegal cattle farms
Amnesty international has launched a new report into illegal cattle farming in the Brazilian Amazon.Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures...
Rapid deforestation may fuel pandemics
Nearly 25,000 COVID-19 cases have
been confirmed in Brazil, with 1,378 deaths as of April 15, though some
experts say this is an underestimate....
Peronism back in the Casa Rosada
On 10 December,
Alberto Fernández and his deputy Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (no relation)
assumed the Argentine presidency marking an end to the right wing administration
of...
Latin America on a Dangerous Precipice
FAO optimism about eliminating hunger ignores climate change, which will present a big risk for the continent.
Argentina: explosion in land conflicts
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.