The soya industry agreed to a two-year moratorium on growing crops in deforested land in Brazil’s Amazon region. "This is an important step as this is the first time we’ve had the multinationals and the […]
It’s hard to find hope for the future of Haiti. Ever since the 2004 coup that removed former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti has been an island of violence. According to the United Nations, there has […]
The AP has reported that the U.S. plans to help Honduras build a military base in the northeast part of the country near the Nicaraguan border to help combat drug trafficking. "It’s a zone where there […]
Civil Society is demanding transparency regarding negotiations for a free trade agreement between Canada and Central America. About 150 organizations from throughout the hemisphere are demanding the Canadian government (and its Central American counterparts) release […]
Peru’s Supreme Court recently ordered government health officials to develop and execute a “public health emergency plan” to alleviate toxic emissions in the town of La Oroya, where Missouri-based Doe Run operates a nearby metallurgical […]
A controversial 1.5-billion dollar hydroelectric mega-dam on a river bordering Honduras and El Salvador could cause massive flooding, lead to the displacement of 20,000 people and lead to food insecurity. The project began three weeks […]
Following the recent success of the indigenous Ecuadoran struggle against Occidental Petroleum’s illegal poisoning and militarization of that country, 22,000 protesters in the northeastern province of Orellana took aim at French oil company Perenco. Residents […]
Striking teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico said they would boycott this weekend’s Mexican Presidential election, but would cancel the boycott if contract negotiations with the government took a turn for the better. The National Union of […]
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