The Two Perus
The gulf between the Coastal and Highland economies, the dispossession caused by extractive industry and failure to involve local people mean that inequality in Peru remains stubbornly high, says Christian Aid partner, CEDAP.
Argentina: death in soya war
A peasant leader has been killed in Santiago del Estero, apparently by gunmen sent in by a local landowner.
Guatemala: dawn of a new banana age?
Signs that workers and the large transnational banana companies are working together to improve conditions in the industry
Brazil: massacre of rural workers
The Catholic Church’s Pastoral Land Commission says 13 rural workers have been massacred in the Amazon. Their report has been ignored by the national press.
Aguan, Honduras: World Bank Backs Death Squads and Displacement
In Honduras, the World Bank has funded a known coup-backer, murderer, and narcotrafficker, while escalating a decades-long land conflict and undermining local food security.
BRAZIL: MONSANTO FACES BILLION-DOLLAR PAYBACK
Monsanto has appealed against a Brazilian court ruling that it should pay back to Brazilian farmers all of the taxes collected since 2004 — a minimum of 2 billion dollars.
PERU: MAYOR VILLARAN’S SUPPORT STRENGTHENING
Lima Mayor Susana Villarán may yet succeed in resisting 'impeachment'
Gendering Peasant Movements, Gendering Food Sovereignty
Latin America is a world leader in the food sovereignty movement but machismo is still alive and well
Paraguay Lifts Restrictions on Transgenic Corn
The Franco government has approved the cultivation of genetically modified corn and cotton, but a new movement is seeking to oppose the measure.