Pará is focus of land disputes—and violence

July 2011

Uruguay (Free Read)

Mega-mine plan prompts referendum in Uruguay

Until now, Latin American debates about the impacts of large, open-pit mining projects have not touched directly on Uruguay. That state of affairs, however, has ......

Venezuela

Green groups say Chávez rhetoric belies record

Last December, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez made clear whom he held responsible for devastating rains and flooding that killed 32 people and left 70,000 homeless ......

Mexico

Moment of truth for Mexico in rights case

Twelve years after their arrests and imprisonment by Mexican soldiers, two Mexican anti-logging activists are waiting to see if their government will respect a historic ......

Nicaragua

After Felix, ‘pioneer’ species fill forest void

It has been nearly four years since Hurricane Felix cut a swath of destruction across Nicaragua’s northern Caribbean coast, killing 300 people and leveling or ......

Peru

An early test for Humala: regulating miners

Among many pending initiatives that could be affected in the wake of new Peruvian President Ollanta Humala’s July 28 inauguration is the regulation of artisanal ......

Around the Region

Surge in renewable energy forecast for Latin America

Latin America will experience rapid renewable-energy growth through 2020, with Brazil, Mexico and Chile leading the way, according to an international trade group’s report. Escalating oil ......

Centerpiece

Pará is focus of land disputes—and violence

On May 24, two men murdered José Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, 52, and his wife Maria, 51, in Nova Ipixuna, an Amazon rainforest town in ......

Q&A

It falls to her to negotiate Ecuador’s rainforest bargain

In 2007, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced that in return for international donations, Ecuador would not drill on pristine Amazon land believed to contain 900 ......

Centerpiece

Pará is focus of land disputes—and violence

Brazil

On May 24, two men murdered José Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, 52, and his wife Maria, 51, in Nova Ipixuna, an Amazon rainforest town in southeastern Pará state, Brazil. The killers cut off one of Ribeiro da Silva’s ears, an indication the crime was a contract hit, the ear taken as proof it had been carried out. Ribeiro da Silva was a community leader in a so-called extractive reserve, which is conservation land where the government allows residents to engage in the sustainable harvest of forest products such as Brazil nuts, fruits, berries and tree oils. He was also state coordinator of the National Council of Extractivist Populations (CNS), a rights group for extractive-reserve residents, and had denounced cattle ranchers, logging rings and... [Log in to read more]

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July 2011

Uruguay (Free Read)

Mega-mine plan prompts referendum in Uruguay

Until now, Latin American debates about the impacts of large, open-pit mining projects have not touched directly on Uruguay. That state of affairs, however, has ......

Venezuela

Green groups say Chávez rhetoric belies record

Last December, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez made clear whom he held responsible for devastating rains and flooding that killed 32 people and left 70,000 homeless ......

Mexico

Moment of truth for Mexico in rights case

Twelve years after their arrests and imprisonment by Mexican soldiers, two Mexican anti-logging activists are waiting to see if their government will respect a historic ......

Nicaragua

After Felix, ‘pioneer’ species fill forest void

It has been nearly four years since Hurricane Felix cut a swath of destruction across Nicaragua’s northern Caribbean coast, killing 300 people and leveling or ......

Peru

An early test for Humala: regulating miners

Among many pending initiatives that could be affected in the wake of new Peruvian President Ollanta Humala’s July 28 inauguration is the regulation of artisanal ......

Around the Region

Surge in renewable energy forecast for Latin America

Latin America will experience rapid renewable-energy growth through 2020, with Brazil, Mexico and Chile leading the way, according to an international trade group’s report. Escalating oil ......

Centerpiece

Pará is focus of land disputes—and violence

On May 24, two men murdered José Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, 52, and his wife Maria, 51, in Nova Ipixuna, an Amazon rainforest town in ......

Q&A

It falls to her to negotiate Ecuador’s rainforest bargain

In 2007, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced that in return for international donations, Ecuador would not drill on pristine Amazon land believed to contain 900 ......