Porto do Açu, Rio de Janeiro. (Prumo Logística / Ministério da Indústria, Comércio Exterior e Serviços / CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)

“Petróleo para alguns poucos” nos portos de exportação do Brasil

Patricia Rodríguez
Para um pequeno agricultor no estado do Rio de Janeiro, um porto privado que serve a indústria de combustíveis fósseis ...
Momentos de tensión cuando no se dejan entrar a personas durante la audiencia en Sierra Grande, Rio Negro. (Cortesia de Suyhay Quilapan)

“Condenados al sacrificio” en la sombra de Vaca Muerta

Desde Patagonia, una activista ambiental habla de la lucha contra un nuevo oleoducto y la expansión del extractivismo en sus ...
Suyhay Quilapan and others demonstrate during a public hearing in Sierra Grande, Rio Negro. (Courtesy of Suyhay Quilapan)

“Condemned to Sacrifice” in the Shadow of Argentina’s Vaca Muerta

From Patagonia, an environmental activist discusses her community’s struggle against a new oil pipeline and the threats of expanding extractivism ...
Port of Açu, Rio de Janeiro. (Prumo Logística / Ministério da Indústria, Comércio Exterior e Serviços / CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)

“Oil for the Few” at Brazil’s Export Ports

For a small farmer in Rio de Janeiro state, a private port catering to the fossil fuel industry has brought ...
Brazil at a Crossroads: The Environment or Oil and Gas

Brazil at a Crossroads: The Environment or Oil and Gas

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration brought high hopes of reversing devastating environmental destruction. Will a new fossil fuel ...
The Neuquén River winds past rock formations in the Neuquén Basin, where the Vaca Muerta formation is located. (Lauren Dauphin / NASA Earth Observatory)

Argentina’s Vaca Muerta: 10 Years of Fracking and Local Resistance

With another oil and gas bonanza brewing and a new far-right president in the Casa Rosada, people-led proposals for a ...
Colombia's Minister of Mines and Energy Irene Velez Torres in a session on The Different Roads to Energy Transition at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Switzerland on January 19, 2023 (World Economic Forum /Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Is Colombia One Step Away from a Fracking Ban?

While lawmakers debate a proposed fracking prohibition, deepening struggles over the social and environmental impacts of oil and gas extraction ...
The 2014 Cumbre Agraria Forum on Campesino Reserve Zones, in Tibú, Santander, Colombia (Flickr/ Agencia Prensa Rural)

Cumbre Agraria Strikes Back

Cumbre Agraria, one of Colombia’s most powerful rural social movements, recently reached an important preliminary accord with the government. Will ...