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
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. 2
Air pollution coming from the pig iron factories that surround the small community of Piquiá is making the inhabitants seriously ill
Brazil: rural maracatu threatened by ‘public security’
A traditional culture of street music and poetry in Penambuco is being suppressed by the police
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.
Peru: The Conga mine casts its shadow over local elections
Gregorio Santos, in prison for opposing the Conga gold and copper mine, is elected regional president.
Nicaragua: pros and cons of the interoceanic canal
The costs and benefits of the Punta Gorda - Brito route to supplement and replace the Panama Canal.
Nicaragua: protests against canal are growing
Government secrecy and the threat to communities fuel opposition to this vast project.
Brazil: landless people achieve advances in the face of government indifference
A documentary film describing an MST settlement in Rio Grande do Sul
Return to Nicaragua documentary screening
Filmed between 1985 and 1991 by the British director Marc Karlin (1943-1999)