Colombia: Tragedy strikes Sierra Nevada Indians
On top of a lightning strike and landslide which killed 17, the Kogi tribe leader's son is shot by assassins.
Brazil: rural maracatu threatened by ‘public security’
A traditional culture of street music and poetry in Penambuco is being suppressed by the police
Brazil — The Polluted Face of Carajás. 2
Air pollution coming from the pig iron factories that surround the small community of Piquiá is making the inhabitants seriously ill
Four Peruvian Anti-Logging Activists Murdered
The death of a leading campaigner against illegal logging and three of his companions in a remote Amazonian area of Peru has led to renewed calls for more effective action against this lucrative trade.
Brazil — The Polluted Face of Carajás. 1
Piquiá de Baixo is dying from pollution from the production of pig iron at the giant Carajás mine
Brazil — upsurge in rural violence
Rural leaders are being targeted as a result of the government's failure to clamp down on impunity in the countryside.
Mobile Phones: The new vox pop
Across Mexico and Central America cell-phones bring benefits and some dangers, especially for women.
Brazil: Plinio dies
Leading left-wing intellectual Plinio de Arruda Sampaio has died.
Chile: no quick fix for Mapuche crisis
President Bachelet is finding that dialogue is not enough to resolve Chile's long-running dispute with its Mapuche peoples.
