Haiti’s fight against cholera “In deep shit?”
Haiti is the only country in the world where provision of sanitation decreased in the last decade: cholera will remain endemic for many years.
Environmental Network for Central America (ENCA)
ENCA works directly with communities in Central America, struggling for environmental and social justice, and provides small-scale funding for sustainable projects.
Faces of Latin America 4th Edition
The indispensable introduction to Latin America for all serious students, readers and travellers.
Brazil — Indians don’t take no for an answer
Failing to get the authorities to listen to them, the Munduruku indians have issued a powerful statement in which they expound their view of the world.
Mexico – mounting protests against GM decision
Enrique Pena Nieto's government will soon decide whether to allow transnational companies to start the commercial planting of GM maize, but opposition is growing among Mexican farmers, scientists and activists.
Uruguay – agribusiness is wiping out family farming
Large-scale commercial farming, particularly of soya, is imposing GMOs and destroying rural livelihoods.
Brazil — Waimiri-Atroari indigenous massacre
Thanks to Brazil's Truth Commission, hard evidence is finally emerging of one of the worst atrocities of the last 40 years
British supermarkets, GMO soya and birth defects
The UK's six largest supermarkets have quietly decided to allow more GM soya into the food chain, despite horrific evidence of the impact of the GM soya boom in Argentina.
Amazon: deforestation hits hydropower
Reduced rainfall as a result of deforestation will hit output of hydroelectric power stations, warns The New York Times
Brazil — indians harness the wind
While Brazil’s Government tends to favour a one-size-fits-all approach to energy provision, an indigenous group in the far north has come up with its own more sustainable solution.