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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionOil exploitation is threatening the Ecuadorian rainforest – and the planet‘No to Block 28!’ Indigenous and peasant communities are fighting to protect nature and their way of life in a...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureEmbedded in the Amazon: new ways of narrating indigenous storiesThe Gabo Prize-winning series ‘Rainforest Defenders’ shows that deep empathy married with visual innovation can...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Interview‘Bolsonaro’s politics of hate wants to destroy all that Marielle represents’Monica Benicio, the former partner of human rights activist Marielle Franco, murdered in 2018, explains how she is...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFlares from the AmazonDocumentary series collects the voices of indigenous communities in the Colombian, Brazilian, and Ecuatorian Amazon,...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionLegal flat-earthers and the rule of law in BrazilCriticism of the Supreme Court’s decision to annul ex-president Lula’s corruption convictions reveals how polarised...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisBolsonaro falters as his COVID disaster becomes impossible to ignoreLosing allies at home and abroad, could this be the beginning of the end for Brazil’s authoritarian president?
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationHow oil, cocaine and armed conflict threaten the survival of the Awá people'In our territories, the entry of different people and companies exploiting resources is advancing'
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationTucupi, a spicy sauce to stop Amazon deforestationIn the Colombian Amazon, Indigenous women are planting chillies to end their communities' reliance on the cattle...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIn the Menkragnoti Indigenous Land, we are resisting more than just COVIDWe depend on the forest and the river to survive, and will protect it from exploitation, says Pho Yre, an inhabitant...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhat’s behind the proclaimed success of Chile’s vaccination strategy?The country has vaccinated nearly a quarter of its population – but there are still questions to be answered
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeaturePatagonia is burning: the politics of fireIn Argentina, suspected arson is destroying land that Indigenous communities have long protected from miners and developers
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIn the Colombian Amazon, Indigenous people resist threats to their territoryCommunities are trying to make their voices heard as mining companies and illegal prospectors eye up the region’s...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureThe Amazonian Indigenous communities fighting 'balsa wood fever' and COVIDThe extraction of balsa wood is a plague spreading through the Ecuadorian Amazon, and loggers have brought the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaUnholy alliance: the global crusade against reproductive justiceAs the far Right unites, it is time that we also stand together and strengthen our ties
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil’s catastrophic management of COVID-19 threatens the entire worldBolsonaro’s inability to curb the pandemic goes beyond creating a national tragedy – he has produced a global threat
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisThe ‘biggest judicial lie’ in Brazil’s history – former leader Lula is backWith his corruption convictions quashed, the former premier is no longer yesterday’s man. He could even be set for...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHow Brazil’s far-Right ‘active knowledge’ industry supports Jair BolsonaroLike many right-wing populist leaders, Bolsonaro has encouraged people to question experts – inciting a wave of...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisA health check for democracy in Latin AmericaThis year’s election cycle will tell us whether political systems in the region can deal with social tensions made...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhat Portugal can teach us about the far RightUnless progressive social movements challenge the shortcomings of liberal democracy, the appeal of ‘anti-system’...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow President Bolsonaro used COVID-19 to erode Brazil's democracyAmid unprecedented chaos, Bolsonaro has shown an increasingly authoritarian attitude