First meeting of women banana workers
Women from Latin America, the Caribbean and West Africa are to meet in Ecuador
The “war on drugs” is devastating the Amazon
Róger Rumrrill, one of the most important analysts of the Peruvian Amazon explains why the Amazon is suffering the consequences of a failed strategy. In Spanish.
“Haiti Needs a Social Policy for Housing”
As many, many people are still living in tents following last year's earthquake Ronal Thelusmond discusses the need for a clear social housing policy to allow everyone to work together in securing a future for Haiti's people.
PEACE IS NOT GOOD BUSINESS IN COLOMBIA
A former director of the Jesuit think-tank CINEP argues that peace depends on settling the 'social question', chronic inequality, and sees little willingness anywhere to address this seriously.
Climate Conversations – Why the UNFCCC needs more countries like Mexico
For Mexico, the fight against climate change is a fight for sustainability.
Brazil: devastating attack on environmental policy
The leading biologist and former government official, João Paulo Capobianco, has strongly attacked the government's environmental policies, including its handling of the new forest code.
UNDP: Latin America is “biodiversity superpower”
The United Nations urges the region to adopt a new development model, based on its extraordinary biodiversity.
Bolivia: Nothing new in TIPNIS road
Way back in the 18th century, plans were afoot to build a road through the lands occupied by the Yuracares indigenous group, which is just the route to be taken by today's controversial TIPNIS road.
Brazil’s MST demands land reform
Activists from Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) are calling on the new President, Dilma Rousseff, to radically reform the country's old agrarian structures, which, they say, perpetuate inequality, injustice and violence.
Belo Monte: The dialogue that never happened
Bishop Erwin Kräutler, the president of CIMI (Indigenous Missionary Council) in Brazil, has published an "open letter" in which he attacks the government's decision to push ahead with the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon basin.