ARGENTINA: END TO AERIAL SPRAYING
A coalition of doctors, health professionals and researchers calls for a ban on aerial spraying of crops. Dr Eva Sirinathsinghi reports.
EL SALVADOR: Negotiating with the Gangs
Gang violence expert Sonja Wolf expresses doubts about current short-term fix approaches to drug trafficking in Central America—both government plans to negotiate with the maras in El Salvador and the fully militarised onslaught in Mexico.
ARGENTINA: A TEMPLATE FOR DISASTER
GM soya has already done huge damage to communities and ecosystems, yet the government is planning for a further big increase in its new agricultural plan. Diana Mills reports.
Mexico: the lessons of the ladybird
The Mexican government is rushing ahead with the legalsiation of GMOs, even though there is a growing body of evidence of the damage they do. Even the ladybirds have something to teach us, says Silvia Ribeiro.
CHILE: Why three Chilean families rank among the world’s richest 100
Chile has the ninth highest number of millionaires in the world and three of its leading families are among the world's wealthiest 100.
GUATEMALA: A BISHOP SPEAKS OUT ABOUT DAMAGE CAUSED BY GOLDCORP’S MARLIN...
Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini of the Diocese of San Marcos has written a hard-hitting report on the environmental, health and social damage caused by Goldcorp’s Marlin mine, located in his diocese.
Victims of Agrochemicals Break their Silence
A documentary made by Friends of the Earth in Uruguay reveals the suffering among the rural population in Uruguay, because of the indiscriminate spraying of herbicides. Raúl Zibechi reports.
Mayan people sue Canadian company
Lawsuits against Canadian company HudBay Minerals Inc. over human rights abuse in Guatemala
Trafficking Networks Blamed for Femicide in Mexico
Sixty women killed in the first quarter of this year alone in the state of Chihuahua.
The return of politics to Brazil
Luiz Werneck Vianna, a lecturer in sociology at the Catholic University (PUC) in Rio, believes that politics will re-emerge forcefully in Brazil over the next few years.