Alejandra Parra’s Zero Waste battle in southern Chile
Environmental defender Alejandra Parra continues to oppose a waste-to-energy incinerator in the south of Chile, despite rising danger for activists.
Lautaro has all the makings...
Despite global repression, Indigenous-led environmental movements fight on
Under the guise of national security and economic growth, governments and corporations worldwide are escalating legal strategies to suppress Indigenous activists and organizers.
According...
Maya Q’eqchi’ community forcibly displaced by the power of private interests
In the latest of ongoing violent attacks against the rural community of Lajeb Kej, private security forces destroy the resident families' homes and force...
Ecuador’s presidential elections 2025
What do deep divisions within Pachakutik, Correísmo’s troubled history with the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and of Nature, and the ongoing demonization of Fernando...
Indigenous leader Marisol Garcia Apagueño on the hidden costs of carbon...
In this interview with LAB contributor Maozya Murray, Túpac Amaru activist Marisol discusses Kichwa resistance to the Cordillera Azul National Park and what it...
Colombia’s ‘Just Transition’ from coal to wind and solar
Once the centre of coal mining in Colombia, La Guajira now finds itself at the heart of Colombia’s climate goals, which are some of the most ambitious in the world. But what does this mean for the people who live here?
Yanomami youth turn to drones to watch their Amazon territory
The Indigenous territory faced a severe humanitarian and environmental crisis with the invasion of around 20,000 illegal miners. Trained youths can now act as multipliers of drone monitoring and watch the land against new invasions.
Mapuche community accused of arson with scant evidence
Moira Millán’s community, Lof Pillañ Mahuiza, has been targeted and raided by government authorities. This piece was republished from the Esperanza Project, who translated...
Lula never pressured me to endorse oil exploration
As the 20th anniversary of the Amazon defender Sister Dorothy Strang, approached, LAB partner Agência Pública spoke to Brazil’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva. We asked the Minister about the row sparked by Petrobras’ ambition to explore for oil at the mouth of the Amazon. The issue resurfaced this week after President Lula signalled, in private and in public, that the licence will be granted soon.
Confronting racism and gendered violence in Guerrero
On 27 January 2025, the collective Mujeres Colibrí, Defensoras de la Vida (Hummingbird Women, Defenders of Life) presented their research on the multiple forms of violence experienced by Indigenous and Afro-descendant women in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, to state representatives and local media.
