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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSo the Amazon is Burning? So are the trees in my city, in a biomass shamThe use of biomass fuels in UK electric plants shadows an environmental travesty that harms disadvantaged rural...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe isthmus is ours: the right to self-determination and territory in MexicoMexico plans to build a transisthmian corridor despite the implications for indigenous communities and their right...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocracy, authoritarianism and the climate emergencyThe populist and authoritarian wave that is spreading through the world is not directly responsible for the climate...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhat explains Brazil's homicide decline?How has Brazil managed to reduce its homicide rate by 20%? It's got little to do with Bolsonaro.Español Português
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil is not condemned to a future of human rights abusePresident Jair Bolsonaro has described that National Truth Commission of Brazil report as nonsense. Interview with...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaScience Diplomacy can save the AmazonWant to protect the Amazon, support local scientists. Español Português
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaClimate emergency: why global mobilization is so importantThis climate crisis is almost irreversible, and it is global. And global and irreversible should be the answer....
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWho's responsible for the ecocide in the AmazonThey are killing the Amazon - and it's not just Bolsonaro, nor is it just Morales or Correa. There is more to it...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaUse of lethal force in Latin America: A sinister political priorityIn Venezuela the rate of civilian deaths killed by members of the state security forces now exceeds 15 for every...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSandra Ramírez: The vast majority of our party remain in peaceEx-combatant and current senator for the political party of the FARC in Colombia was in Ocupa Política, Recife,...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDevastating fires in Bolivia: a political toolUncontrolled fires linked to agricultural expansions are being used as a political tool during this election year in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaColombia trapped in an old nightmareOn Thursday the 29th of August, Colombia awoke in the midst of an old nightmare. The echoes of a war more than 50...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaOil, war, and corruption in Brazil: understanding “Curitiba’s conspiracy”The seemingly never ending number of cases of corruption within the oil industry can help explain Curitiba's...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNecropolitics: the exercise of uncontrolled power in VenezuelaIn 2017, 26% of homicides died at the hands of security forces. In 2018 this increased to 33%, meaning that 1 in 3...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNever ending crisis in Argentina, part 2: the disaster with the IMFThe great blow to officialism during the primary elections (referred to as the PASO) in Argentina has only deepened...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA warning about the indigenous genocide in ColombiaIt is a matter of urgency to prevent the escalation of violence against Colombian indigenous populations, who...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta5 lessons from Argentina’s primariesArgentina’s primaries have reshaped the country’s political landscape. The collapse of “Macrism” and the rise of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe open Amazon and its enemies: a call for action and optimismThe Amazon, now on fire, has become the central political and geopolitical hot spot for humanity's right to its own...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMarina Silva: “the fires in the Amazon are a crime against humanity”democraciaAbierta was at a conference with the Brazilian former minister and environmental activist Marina Silva in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe myths about Pinochet's Chile that persist in Brazil todayIt is customary among neoliberal economists to praise Pinochet's Chile and consider it an economic model to aspire...