BNDES 4: The Bank and Belo Monte
Without the bank, BNDES would not have been built. But this massive act of environmental hubris is fraught with problems.
MEXICO: Still no answers for Ayotzinapa relatives
Relatives of the victims are threatening to break off all talks with the government, for failing to clarify what happened to their loved ones.
BNDES 3: The Bank for the Four Sisters
The rise of the Brazil's giant construction companies is intimately linked to power, corruption and bank loans
BNDES 2: The Bank for Business Credit
Bolsa Familia has helped Brazil's poor. Dubbed 'Bolsa Empresário', BNDES has helped big business and the rich.
Paraguay: Curuguaty paved the way for the multinationals
A leading rural workers' rights activist speaks out about the steady concentration of land and political power and the ethnocide of rural peoples.
Brazil: 2015 a bad year for rural communities
The Pastoral Land Commission's 2015 report paints a grim picture of the challenges facing peasants and indigenous people.
BNDES 1: The Bank, Corruption and the Amazon Dams
Brazil's BNDES, the world's largest development bank, appears to be out of control and damaging Brazil's people and biodiversity
Colombia: War and Peace
The Colombian government has recently launched aerial bombardments against new armed groups in northern Colombia, claiming they are 'narcos'. The groups, however, claim to be politically motivated.
Brazil — Congress poised to pass bill that sweeps away environmental...
Despite the severity of the recent mining disaster in Minas Gerais, the government could pass today (25 November) a bill further weakening environmental licensing legislation.
Brazil poised to approve Terminator seeds
With Brazil in political disarray, the agribusiness lobby is seeking gain approval from Congress for the Terminator seeds, that is, seeds genetically modified to be sterile. This would entail a huge risk for the country's precious biodiversity.