Colombia: stairway storytellers in Medellín
Sulay Pino is waiting for us at the main entrance to the San Javier metro station wearing a bright green t-shirt that reads ‘Stairway...
Brazil: map and timeline of rural massacres
As mentioned in Sue Branford & Thais Borges' article (Brazilian Amazon, 3 massaces in 12 days)Brazil's Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) has launched a ...
Brazilian Amazon: 3 massacres in 12 days
The Amazon has seen 3 probable massacres in 12 days — likely a record for the region — as violence has exploded...
Colombia – two sisters, the FARC and the Peace Process
This article is based on an interview carried out by ABColombia in August 2018. The text does not reflect the views of ABColombia...
Bolivia: 21 days working in a tin mine
Spanish journalist Samanta Villar Fans spent 21 days working in an artesanal tin mine in Bolivia in 2009. She filmed it for her programme...
Brumadinho: a gallery of destruction
On 25 January 2019 a huge tailings dam at the Feijão iron ore mine, near Brumadinho, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, collapsed suddenly and catastrophically....
Mexico: more than 800 socio-environmental conflicts since 2006
A project called 'Talking to Goliath' has mapped social and environmental conflicts across the length and breadth of Mexico, caused by the development, expansion...
Brazil: indigenous reserves to be opened up to mining
New Minister of Mines and Energy Admiral Bento Albuquerque announced on 4 March that he plans to permit mining on indigenous lands...
Brazil to build power line across indigenous land
The Brazilian state of Roraima is currently dependent for 70 percent of its power on Venezuela’s Guri hydroelectric dam. But socioeconomic chaos...
Colombia: forced removal to make room for the mine
Rogelio Ustate recalls (in a poem) the day when his community (Tabaco, a township of Alto Nuevo in Guajira) was displaced by public...