Antarctic — melting increases threefold
LONDON, 13 December, 2014 −The Antarctic ice shelf is under threat from a silent, invisible agency – and the rate of melting of glaciers...
El Salvador battles it out with multinational
When Corporations Sue Governments
An international gold mining company is refusing to accept the Salvadorean government's decision to expel it from the country for the...
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.
FIRST OPEN LETTER ON THE SELF-PROCLAMATION OF DAJE KAPAP EYPI INDIGENOUS...
This is the first open letter by the Munduruku Indians, about the recent step of marking out the limits of their land in an attempt to force the authorities to give them the legal rights to land they have long occupied
Nicaragua: protests against canal are growing
Government secrecy and the threat to communities fuel opposition to this vast project.
Nicaragua: pros and cons of the interoceanic canal
The costs and benefits of the Punta Gorda - Brito route to supplement and replace the Panama Canal.
Colombia: Tragedy strikes Sierra Nevada Indians
On top of a lightning strike and landslide which killed 17, the Kogi tribe leader's son is shot by assassins.
Brazil — The Polluted Face of Carajás. 2
Air pollution coming from the pig iron factories that surround the small community of Piquiá is making the inhabitants seriously ill
Latin America on a Dangerous Precipice
FAO optimism about eliminating hunger ignores climate change, which will present a big risk for the continent.
Brazil — The Polluted Face of Carajás. 1
Piquiá de Baixo is dying from pollution from the production of pig iron at the giant Carajás mine