MEXICO: VIGILANTES — FRIEND OR FOE?
Self-defence units are springing up all over Mexico.The Peña Nieto government has signed a pact legalizing many of them, but will it be able to control their activities?
Colombia: What happens when Auntie AngloGold comes to stay?
AngloGold Ashanti is busily buying land and influence in Cajamarca province, future site of its vast La Colosa mine. Behind the PR, what's really going on?
Honduras: Indigenous Movement carries on with the struggle
As election approaches, indigenous leaders face mounting pressure
Colombia: the perils of reclaiming land
Colombian community leaders face threats and attacks, as the case of a community in the Choco region shows.
Ecuadorian Victims’ Struggle for Justice Against Chevron
Legal battles in the United States are obscuring the fact that communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon have received no compensation from Texaco/Chevron for environmental damage caused over 20 years.
Brazil: Victory on the Tapajos –Photo Essay
Villagers on the Tapajos river have won a partial victory in their pursuit of land security.
Brazil: Surprise victory for peasants on the Tapajós
Against all the odds, peasant families have won rights to their land, despite Brazilian government plans for a large hydroelectric dam on their river.
Colombia: agrarian protest stems from neo-liberal destruction
August's 'Agrarian and Popular Strike' highlighted the failures of the NPA and the Santos government's policies.
Peru: El Marañón -the environment, communities and rivers be dammed
Communities on the Marañon river are planning resistance to hydro-electric projects being bull-dozed through by the government and the mining companies.
El Salvador: Justice closing in on the Jesuits’ killers
A US court imprisons the ex-commander of the Belloso Battalion, clearing the way for his extradition to Spain.
