Environment
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Ecuadorian Vizcacha’s Tiny Refuge Now Faces a Giant Mining Question
In southern Ecuador, a critically endangered Ecuadorean vizcacha survives on a mountain refuge threatened by fire, invasive pines, farming, and…
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Chile Faces El Niño Fury as Deadly Storms Close In
Chile’s first hours under a powerful El Niño-linked storm brought three deaths, mass evacuations and darkness for nearly 500,000 homes.…
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How Peruvian and Ecuadorian Fishermen Named El Niño as Climate Roared
El Niño began as coastal wisdom from Peruvian and Ecuadorian waters, then became a global climate alarm. As the powerful…
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Guatemala’s Pacific Graves Show Climate Crisis Eating Latin America’s Shoreline
Tropical Storm Cristina exposed Guatemala's Pacific coast as a frontline of climate change, where rising seas, violent surf, damaged homes,…
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Brazilian Amazon Satellite Ban Tests Lula’s Green Promise Before Election
Brazil's deputies moved to limit satellite-based environmental enforcement just as Amazon deforestation fell sharply, exposing a fierce struggle over agribusiness…
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Colombia’s Escobar Hippos May Fly East as Old Crimes Resurface
The proposed transfer of 80 Colombian hippos to India turns Pablo Escobar's private zoo into a global conservation trial, testing…
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Latin America Sees Forest Gains as Fires Rewrite Climate Politics
A World Resources Institute report shows tropical rainforest loss fell in 2025. Still, Latin America's forest politics remain fragile as…
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Colombian River Daughter Turns Fracking Fight Into a Regional Warning
Yuvelis Morales Blanco's victory against fracking in Colombia is more than one activist's triumph. It captures a deeper Latin American…
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Argentina Rewrites Glacier Rules as Water and Mining Finally Collide
Argentina has eased mining restrictions in glacier regions, turning a legal reform into a national argument over water, provincial power,…
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Mexico Oil Spill Exposes Latin America’s Old Extractive Trust Crisis
The expanding oil spill in the Gulf off Veracruz has evolved from an environmental emergency for Mexico into a significant…
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