Recent events have highlighted the many ongoing threats that are hammering Latin America’s environment from all sides; overcoming them will require extraordinary and unprecedented levels of effort and cooperation.
Category: Human Rights
Colombia: Climate Change and Civil War, two existential problems with mutual solutions
Colombia has a lot riding on the future of global climate change action, and also on there being a successful outcome from peace talks with FARC; the two are absolutely linked, and possibly even dependent on each other.
Ecuador-Chevron case: New videos reveal Chevron attempts to cover up evidence of petroleum pollution in the Amazon
Amazon Watch releases video evidence depicting attempts by Chevron employees to cover up evidence of pollution in the Ecuadorean Amazon, in the latest twist in the long-running case against Chevron-Texaco.
Juan Manuel Santos: Peace in Colombia means peace for the world
(Translation) Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, writes about Colombia’s peace process and its implications for the rest of the world, in an exclusive column published in Spain’s El País.
Colombian farmers to sue BP over oil damage claims
Dozens of Colombian peasant farmers are bringing legal action against British oil giant BP, over claims that it caused significant… Read more Colombian farmers to sue BP over oil damage claims
Ecuador apologises to indigenous community over ‘illegal’ oil activities on their land
Ecuador’s government praised for undertaking court order to apologise to indigenous community for oil extraction on their lands, but doubts… Read more Ecuador apologises to indigenous community over ‘illegal’ oil activities on their land
Activists prompt Guatemala U-turn on GM crops
Guatemalan lawmakers throw out a law concerning the property rights of GM crops, after widespread protests against what many saw… Read more Activists prompt Guatemala U-turn on GM crops
Amnesty International highlights alarming culture of torture in Mexico
Report from Amnesty International details extent of the use of torture by police and armed forces in Mexico, which often… Read more Amnesty International highlights alarming culture of torture in Mexico
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