Amazon: Another way is possible
At a time of serious environmental setbacks in Brazil, a remarkable new documentary shows how hundreds of families are successfully working together to recuperate the forest.
The Reforestation Project at Gros Morne, Haiti
The author visits an inspiring reforestation project in Haiti.
Brazil: Fighting GMOs
AS-PTA is a leading Brazilian NGO, which works with local farmers in the promotion of agro-ecology. In an interview with LAB, it says that in the long term it is confident that the battle against the bio-tech companies will be won.
ARGENTINA: END TO AERIAL SPRAYING
A coalition of doctors, health professionals and researchers calls for a ban on aerial spraying of crops. Dr Eva Sirinathsinghi reports.
ARGENTINA: A TEMPLATE FOR DISASTER
GM soya has already done huge damage to communities and ecosystems, yet the government is planning for a further big increase in its new agricultural plan. Diana Mills reports.
Paraguay’s Silent War
GM soya arrived later in Paraguay than in Brazil and Argentina. But the violence it has provoked has been more intense, as producers and campesinos battle for control over the land. Claudia Pompa reports.
South America’s ‘Brown Left’
Many governments in South America see themselves as progressive, yet all are involved in conflicts over the environment.
First meeting of women banana workers
Women from Latin America, the Caribbean and West Africa are to meet in Ecuador
Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy nations stall on...
According to a new report, hundreds of sugarcane workers are dying in Central America as a result of of a strange kidney disease, without any serious investigation being carried out as to the cause.
Argentina: death in soya war
A peasant leader has been killed in Santiago del Estero, apparently by gunmen sent in by a local landowner.