South America
A Marathon, Not a Sprint: Peru Needs Fiscal Reforms to Quell High COVID-19 Death Rate
By Laura Adriaensens and Sergio Chaparro Hernández “It’s a major paradox, no?” asks Hugo Ñopo, a researcher at the Peruvian think tank Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE). Since the beginning of the pandemic, Peru has presented itself… »
The Acción Humanista movement at the forefront of the fight for a worthy Chile
The political and social movement Acción Humanista, led by MP (Member of Parliament)Tomás Hirsch, joins the campaign team for the constitutional convention “Apruebo Chile Digno” in view of the referendum on October 25th. The Acción Humanista MP5Member of Parliament said he was pleased that the delegates and the Acción Humanista… »
Brazil’s 63,000 Fires
Amazon Day, a day of celebration for over 100 years on September 5th has passed. Amazon Day commemorates the year 1850 creation of the Province of Amazonas, encompassing 60% of Brazil and extending into Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and French Guyana. Meanwhile, illegal fires in Brazil’s Amazon… »
The Amazon Rainforest Asks for Help!
By Daniel Bruno Vasconcelos and Jennifer Terriaga September 5th is the Amazon Rainforest Day, but we have nothing to celebrate on this very remarkable date. The current president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro is ruining with the greatest natural wealth of the planet, an entire ecosystem is being destroyed in favor… »
Face 2 Face with Elizabeth Castanedas and Tatiana Lindo
On this show we speak with Elizabeth Castanedas and Tatiana Lindo about the present situation in Colombia, where President Duque is trying to undo everything from the previous administration and several youth leaders have been killed over the past few months. … »
“We don’t want to be exploited, nor marginalized”: indigenous Warao seek autonomy
Many families prefer to live outside the public shelter available, even if unemployed, and in precarious conditions Catarina Barbosa Like all other indigenous nations, the Warao have guaranteed rights established through a series of legal norms. These documents affirm that they should be consulted about their own destinies, but this… »
WENOMPA! DANGER! Machines in Operation
The expansion of the oil industry is leaving its mark on today’s landscape. A photo report from the Amazon region in Ecuador. By Carolina Zambrano (text and photography) The Waorani are one of the indigenous peoples who live in the Amazon rainforest. It is known as the “community of first… »
Why U.S. Political Scientists Are Arguing That Evo Morales Should Be the President of Bolivia
By Vijay Prashad and Manuel Bertoldi Three political scientists from the United States closely studied allegations of fraud in the Bolivian election of 2019 and found that there was no fraud. These scholars—from the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University—looked at raw evidence from the Bolivian election authorities that… »
Feminists Protests in Chile
With cacerolazos (pots and pans protest), canvases, protest signs and panflets handed out by the subway exit Chile protested today against the the city of Temuco’s court, which only ruled house arrest for Martín Pradenas, who is indicted for sexual abuse and the rape of five women. “It’s been years… »
SOS Galápagos
Yearly, local communities in Galápagos and other protected tropical areas earn millions of dollars of income through the thousands of scuba divers, who come to swim with whale sharks, stingrays and other marine megafauna. By Lucas Bustamante (text and pictures) Biologist, photojournalist and co-founder of Tropical Herping. Over… »
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