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.
Latin America: Millennium Development Goals
This week UN delegates meeting in New York are evaluating progress made in achieving the MDGs. Amnesty International has produced three radio programmes in Spanish.
Brazil: SOS Forests — the Forest Code is in Danger
Brazilian socio-environmental organisations have launched a campaign to stop the country's forestry code from being drastically rewritten to favour agro-business.
Colombia set to elect Green leader
Antanas Mockus on course to win in the first round of the elections, as he continues with his remarkable rise in the opinion polls.
COSTA RICA: War against Biodiversity Denounced
Costa Rica did not see Biodiversity Day as an occasion to rejoice. in English and Spanish.
Amazonas, the Opera
A groundbreaking operatic spectacle puts Brazil's Yanomami tribe in the spotlight – and highlights the destruction of the rainforest. Jan Rocha reports.
