“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 ...
“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
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration brought high hopes of reversing devastating environmental destruction. Will a new fossil fuel ...
Informal Settlements on the Front Lines of Wildfire Risk in Bogotá
Vulnerable dwellers were disproportionately affected by recent wildfires in Colombia's capital. As climate change exacerbates El Niño’s impact, affected families ...
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 ...
We Don’t Choose to Be Land Defenders, We Are Born Land Defenders
Kichwa activist Leo Cerda discusses the crucial role of national and global alliances in transitioning from extractive fossil fuels to ...
Panama’s Massive Environmental Awakening
The Canadian-owned mine at the center of a national uprising will be shut down. But differing environmentalisms in the isthmus ...
The Silences of Dispossession: Agrarian Change and Indigenous Politics in Argentina (Review)
Mercedes Biocca's insightful book reveals dynamics of resistance and acquiescence to soybean expansion in two Indigenous communities in the heart ...
