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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEven a Lula victory won’t necessarily mean a win for Brazil
OPINION: Latin America’s Left needs a new development model to stop the continent’s ‘open veins’ from haemorrhaging
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionCould a UN treaty force mining companies to behave responsibly?
As business continues during a global pandemic, the need to protect the environment, health and human rights are...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s pro-mining politics dealt a blow by Indigenous, green movement
In a historic referendum, more than 80% of the electorate in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, voted to ban...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationIllegal Chinese fishing in the Galapagos: a threat to the biodiversity of the Latin American Pacific
The growing illegal activity of Chinese fishing vessels in Latin American waters has triggered the search for new...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFormerly colonized people can’t breathe. And the IMF and World Bank are to blame
It’s time for a #FeministBailout based not on profit-maximization but care, respect for eco-systems, and solidarity.
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Published in: ourEconomyZimbabwe's new gold rush
Amid COVID restrictions, families, youths and women are flooding into the sector. Policy interventions are needed to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAs the pandemic continues to accelerate, so does the deforestation of the Amazon
As Covid-19 accelerates in Latin America, now the global epicentre of the pandemic, the fierce extractivism agenda...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaExtractivism and resistance in North Africa
Should we see protests, uprisings and movements against extractivism as mainly environmental, or are these...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaParadises of the earth, Part 3: Oum Laarayes [video]
Watch the third episode of the ground-breaking web documentary series “Paradises of the Earth” where the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaParadises of the earth: activism and film production
Hamza Hamouchene, producer of the groundbreaking web documentary Paradises of the Earth, talks about the reasons...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSocial opposition to extractive industries hits all-time high in Colombia
Tensions over land and natural resources persist in rural areas despite the end of the conflict between the FARC and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTropical deforestation in Paraguay and our BBQ
On a vast, hot plateau in Paraguay, a little-known environmental crisis is playing out. Español