Joining Forces for Peru’s Rainforest
Mention of Peru’s rainforest conjures images of vast, trackless jungle rich in exotic plants and animals. But that image, on ...
Ecuador Oil Ruling: Whose Victory?
On March 4, 2003, the Ecuadoran newspaper Hoy reported that Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment had agreed to allow two transnational ...
The Treasure of Cajamarca—And Other Peruvian Curses
On November 15, 1532, in the northern Peruvian city of Cajamarca, Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro slaughtered 7,000 Inca ...
A Killer Fungus Waits in the Wings
Scientist David Sands calls the microscopic life form a “silver bullet,” a sure-fire weapon that would win the war on ...
Mexico: Lacandon Selva Conflict Grows
The Cessna bush plane takes off from Ocosingo, where the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico slope down to the Lacandon Selva—the ...
Brazil’s New Eye on the Amazon
The gleaming military installation rises from the patchy forests surrounding Belém, a city of one million people in Brazil’s eastern ...
Colombia’s U’Wa People: The Real Price of Oil
"We are all children of the Earth, help us to defend her." —Berito KuwarU'wa, spokesperson Traditional U'wa Authority In the ...
Conflict in the Borderlands
The history of U.S.-Mexico relations concerning water is one of barely contained, and sometimes open, diplomatic conflict. Within the United ...
