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Colombia: human rights organisation wins award

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Human rights activist wins award for her organisation's struggle to regain land violently seized by paramilitary groups. Article, in Spanish, from La Semana.

UNDP: Latin America is “biodiversity superpower”

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The United Nations urges the region to adopt a new development model, based on its extraordinary biodiversity.

HONDURAS: A State of Siege in Northern Honduras: Land, Palm Oil...

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HONDURAS: A State of Siege in Northern Honduras: Land, Palm Oil and Media. As the right wing de facto government continues to rule in Honduras, peasants are marginalised and the press is silenced. The violence continues.

Haiti’s Wildlife Faces Mass Extinction

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Due to extreme deforestation Haiti is now facing a possible extinction event as key indicator species are already under threat.

Brazil: soya and cattle in indigenous land

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Farmers have illegally taken over 90% of the land belonging to a Xavante group in the north of Mato Grosso. According to a report in 'O Globo' newspaper, the Indians are fighting against the 'perverse economic logic' of soya and cattle.

Guatemala: Not-So-Magical Realism

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As many in Guatemala still fight against the impunity offered to alleged war criminals, Feffer looks back at the civil war and draws comparisons with modern day Latin America.

Brazil: massacre of rural workers

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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.

Brazil: environment on the agenda

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Greenpeace in Brazil believes that the electoral results show that voters are finally waking up to the seriousness of the environmental crisis. We publish their press release, in Portuguese (and in English).

Thirty-four Colombian tribes face extinction, says UN report

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A recently released UN report has found that indigenous tribes in Colombia are critically endangered.

Guatemala’s New Civil Conflict: The Case of Ramiro Choc

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Indigenous people mobilize to protect their land rights in Guatemala whilst the government fights to protect the interests of international investment.

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