Amazon fires at record level — again
Fires in the Amazon rage at record levels, while Michel Temer government prepares to sign Paris agreement on climate change next week.
Argentina — controversy over glyphosate
Argentine agriculture is dominated by GM soya yet local residents increasingly fear that the pesticides used to cultivate it are making them sick.
Rio’s Not-So-Green Olympics
Brazil promised "Green Games for a Blue Planet". But did it deliver?
Brazil — A Bridge to the Future?
The programme introduced by acting President Michel Temer consists of extreme neo-liberal measures that the government believes can be imposed by force. But will it work?
Brazil: transport is not a commodity
Passe Livre has held 7 mass demonstrations in São Paulo aiming to force the government to rescind fare rises.
Guatemala: the criminal state
Days after the arrest of President Perez Molina, Guatemalans have voted to elect a new head of state but none of the candidates seems likely to resolve country's pressing problems.
Brazil: Water crisis marks failure of for-profit utilities
São Paulo's ongoing water crisis highlights the role of water company Sabesp and the failure of the 'public-private' partnership model.
Brazil: São Paulo’s water crisis on film
Documentary project Volume Vivo is releasing a series of films to chart the progress and causes of the acute water crisis in Brazil's most populous state.
Ayotzinapa is not a Mexican problem
An open letter from Panamanian singer Rubén Blades calls for an international crusade to end corruption and abuse.
Brazil — military police on the warpath in Belém
A least nine people were killed when armed men, believed to be members of the military police, invaded a poor area of Belém. The incident, largely ignored by the mainstream press, was reported by social media.