-
Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationA green paradox: Deforesting the Amazon for wind energy in the Global NorthA shift to wind energy is leaving a trail of destruction in Ecuador, with a brutal impact on Indigenous communities...
-
Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBolsonaro’s empty climate promises for BrazilAs Bolsonaro claims to protect forests, his leadership has allowed devastation of the Amazonian jungle to reach epic heights
-
Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe US is taking on its corporate monopolists – now the rest of the world must followAs Joe Biden’s administration starts to challenge the democracy-warping powers of giant multinationals, Britain and...
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaFate of the Piripkura tribe in the hands of agency taken over by BolsonaroLast remaining family members rely on Brazil’s Indigenous land protection orders for survival. With the protections...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsBig Tech firms paying below minimum wage left off UK government’s name-and-shame listDeliveroo, Uber and Amazon were excluded because couriers are classed as self-employed, but legal experts say...
-
Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionSpace: the final frontier for the planet’s wealthiest?Space travel was once about collective efforts to go beyond the limits of one’s imagination. Now it’s an exhibition...
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaMiners out, COVID out: Brazil’s Yanomami fight backThe Yanomami people in the Brazilian Amazon have been fighting the plague of extractivism for decades. Then the...
-
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'
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaWe're hiring: fellowship focused on the Brazilian AmazonApply to be part of openDemocracy's Latin American section and develop an investigative project on the Amazon and...
-
Published in: 50.50: InvestigationDozens of anti-LGBT groups fundraising on Amazon despite equality pledgesRevealed: Online shopping giant – whose profits have soared during COVID-19 – has given a platform for many US...
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaErasmo Theófilo: Amazon defender in dangerErasmo Theófilo, a family farmer and defender of the riverine community and family farmers of Anapu, Brazil, has...
-
Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhat would a state-owned Amazon look like? Ask ArgentinaCorreo Compras promises to benefit workers, consumers and sellers, and could even use big data for the public good.
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Covid-19 smoke curtain grows in Latin AmericaThe Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged Latin America during the last nine months. The region has suffered a severe...
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaJosé Gregorio: Either we preserve the Amazon rainforest, or the planet will take revengeFor José Gregorio, an indigenous from the Colombian Amazon region, training young people to fight for the...
-
Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil burns as we fight for lifeThe international community can help Brazilians by monitoring the unfolding of the environmental crisis and the...
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaAmazon heroes who don't give upThe Guardians of the Forest, a group of indigenous Guajajara in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, struggle to defend...
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaNothing has changed and the Amazon burns againData suggests an Amazon fire season worse than 2019's, which shocked the world. So what are international investors...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
