(IPS) – Compensation for biodiversity loss, which is taking its first steps in Latin America, is criticised by social organisations for “commodifying” nature and failing to remedy the impacts of extractive industries and other activities […]
Source: Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Watch At the United Nations Security Council meeting last week, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power did not mince words regarding who was to blame for Haiti’s electoral impasse. […]
Source: Telesur English Four indigenous leaders were killed in September whilst protecting their lands from loggers. On Monday, what is believed to be the skull of Jorge Ríos, perforated by a bullet, was found in […]
Source: Latinamerican Press Surveys indicate that the governing Frente Amplio and right-wing National Party would vie for the presidency in a second round. On October 26 Uruguayans will vote for a new president and choose […]
Source: Latin America Bureau Scientists in Brazil believe the loss of billions of litres of water released as vapour clouds by Amazon rainforest trees is the result of continuing deforestation and climate change – leading […]
Source: teleSUR The top U.S. immigration court ruled last month that women from other countries fleeing domestic violence and fearing for their lives can now legally seek asylum in the United States. The Board of […]
Source: The Guardian Unlimited The figures were published in a report that Cuba prepares for the United Nations each year in requesting a resolution US economic sanctions against Cuba have cost the island nation $3.9bn […]
(IPS) – Poor young men, slumdwellers and single mothers are hurt the most by anti-drug policies in Latin America, according to representatives of governments, social organisations and multilateral bodies meeting at the Fifth Latin American […]
Source: BBC News Four Peruvian tribal leaders have been killed on their way to a meeting to discuss ways to stop illegal logging. The men from the Ashaninka community were attempting to travel to Brazil […]
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas As Bolivia’s election campaign moves into full swing ahead of the scheduled October 12 vote, President Evo Morales’s controversial plan to build a highway linking the country’s Andean and […]
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