Introduction: Global Water Grab in the Andes
International demand for gold, groceries, and energy is driving destructive policies that pollute and deplete the water supplies of rural ...
Peru’s Media-Friendly Mining Ban Conceals Toxic Inaction
Humala’s 2014 ban on informal mining has made for good press, but done little for the local communities the mines ...
THE COUNTRY OF ICE XIII
Original publication by Chilean poet Raúl Zurita, with translation by poet Daniel Borzutzky ...
How ‘Green’ Water Concessions Are Failing Ecuador
The Hidrotambo hydroelectric dam threatens one of Ecuador’s richest food-producing regions, without reducing Ecuador’s reliance on fossil fuels ...
Interview with Anti-Extractivist Mayor Ramiro Trujillo (sidebar)
"We have seen that there is bountiful knowledge and bravery here to defend the right to water. We are always ...
Glacial Retreat in the Andes (sidebar)
Climate-linked threats to economies, human health, and agro-ecosystems undoubtedly will occupy a growing place in the politics of land and ...
Can the Technocrats Calm Peru’s Troubled Waters?
Peru’s 2009 water reform is not about alleviating water conflict, but about brokering the interests of international institutions and private ...
UN Climate Conference Exposes Peru’s Poor Record on Sustainability (sidebar)
In the shadow of fast-melting glaciers, delegations from around the world convened in Lima, Peru in December 2014 for the ...
