Ecuador's Ministry for the Environment & Water has recognized the land collectively owned by San Isidro's Indigenous community as a national Protected Hydrological Area.
On human rights defenders’ day, we propose three main takeaways from 2020 that can guide our important work advocating for those who defend our rights and environment in the new year.
Erasmo Theófilo, a family farmer and defender of the riverine community and family farmers of Anapu, Brazil, has survived attempts on his life and received multiple threats from land grabbers. We can't let Erasmo become a R.I.P. shirt.
The growing illegal activity of Chinese fishing vessels in Latin American waters has triggered the search for new regional solutions to combat this criminal activity.
The "climate challenge" and the "energy transition" remain eminently political projects whose success depends almost entirely on the people's conscience and the political will of 200 States.
For the U.S., the Latin American agenda is not a priority. Still, Biden’s arrival at the White House signifies a respite for foreign ministries, who are exhausted by the region’s tension created by Trump. What changes can we expect now?
The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged Latin America during the last nine months. The region has suffered a severe deterioration in problems that were already getting out of control.
Gina Reales, a social leader from Quibdó (department of Chocó, Colombia), fights day in and day out to improve the harsh reality of her community. This is her testimony.
The 6 December parliamentary elections in Venezuela are seen as a fraud by the opposition and part of the international community. We exclusively interviewed Juan Guaidó, president in charge, for democraciaAbierta.
