Land grab in Latin America
Meeting in Buenos Aires, social movements criticise a recent report on land-grabbing by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Brazil: looking at the bigger picture
In a letter to the Guardian, Francis McDonagh asks questions the influence of Brazil in neighbouring countries.
South America’s ‘Brown Left’
Many governments in South America see themselves as progressive, yet all are involved in conflicts over the environment.
LAB Interviews Quintin Andino Flores
Summary of Interview with Quintin Andino Flores, Project Director of COCOCH (Consejo Coordinado de Organizaciones Campesinas de Honduras)
Brazil: OAS calls for halt to Belo Monte
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organisation of American States (OAS) says that work should end on the Belo Monte hydroelectric power station on the Xingu river, pending "full, free and informed" consultation with the affected comm
Haiti’s Wildlife Faces Mass Extinction
Due to extreme deforestation Haiti is now facing a possible extinction event as key indicator species are already under threat.
TIPNIS: SECOND ANTI-ROAD MARCH CONTINUES
Indigenous groups in Bolivia are marching once again in protest over the planned road, even though it is proving hard to maintain the earlier momentum.
Brazil: the latest round in the Guarani struggle
At the end of February, the trial was held of the men accused of killing the Guarani leader Marcos Verón in 2003. Jan Rocha, who was at the trial, sent this special report.
Brazil: the land grab hottens up
Foreign investors believe that Brazil could have 150 million hectares of under-used farm land
CHILE: COMMUNITIES DEFY BARRICK GOLD
Communities in the Huasco Valley defy company attempts to silence them and detail the environmental damage being wrought by the Pascua Lama gold mine.