The Nature of Border Control
The border enforcement regime threatens not only humans, but other living beings in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands ...
Brazil’s Environmentalist Façade Unmasked at COP22
Brazil’s new Minister of Agriculture, Blairo Maggi, struggled to respond to civil society challenges at COP22, as the country’s commitment ...
Perspectives from a People’s Summit
Contrasting with UN negotiations on climate change, debates about climate justice at the People’s Summit demanded a departure from the ...
The Water Grab That Powers Predatory Development
Development that depends on “water grabbing” threatens Latin America’s ability to conserve wetland-based communities and ecosystems ...
Chile’s Untapped Clean Energy Potential
Despite Chile’s potential to shift to renewable energy sources, Michelle Bachelet has adopted the same energy strategy as her conservative ...
Impunity Revisited: Another Confrontation in Cherán
Just a year ago the indigenous Purépecha community of Cherán established a self-imposed “state of siege” to protect itself from ...
Sovereignty For Sale: Corporate Land Grab in Colombia
According to a recent report, about 40% of Colombian land "has been licensed to, or is being solicited by, multinational corporations in ...
Bolivia’s TIPNIS Conflict: Letting the People Decide?
Lowland indigenous leaders say that the vast majority of their communities reject the Bolivian government’s proposed highway through the Isiboro-Sécure ...
