BRAZIL: TIME FOR SOLAR ENERGY
Decentralised electricity generation could reduce costs and avoid damaging the environment.
MEXICAN WIND FARMS GENERATE CONFLICT
A 'green energy' project benefits companies and excludes local people.
EL SALVADOR: MAKING THE BEST OF IT
An unusually violent hurricane ravaged their community but women are rebuilding their lives with sewing machines and eggs.
LATIN AMERICA: US$100BN DAMAGE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Latin America and the Caribbean face massive economic damages from global warming, report warns.
Brazil: anger over Amazon dams
Social movements are protesting over plans to push ahead with hydroelectric dams along the Tapajós river. Bruna Rocha reports for LAB.
Brazil’s forests wait for Dilma
President Dilma has until 25 May to decide whether or not to veto the landowners' version of the Forest Code. Meanwhile, pressure from the environmentalist lobby is gaining momentum.
Honduras: direct intervention
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.
Panama Awakes
José Alcoff discusses a new law brought into effect in Panama which circumvents worker rights and environmental considerations.
Bitter fruit: pineapples in Costa Rica
Pineapples in Costa Rica: Over the last decade intensive agriculture has led to a big surge in pineapple production in Costa Rica but at horrific cost to workers, peasant families and biodiversity. Felicity Lawrence takes an in-depth l
Mexico: Corruption And Deforestation Caused Oaxaca’s Mudslide Disaster
Amid rescue crews attempting to help those affected by Tuesday's mudslide in Oaxaca, Kristin Bricker looks at the neglect and corruption which lies behind the disaster and illustrates the need for closer scrutiny of public spending.