Environment
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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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Mexico Oil Spill Reveals Persistent Transparency Issues in Latin America
The extensive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, affecting protected reserves and marked by official uncertainty, has evolved beyond…
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Caribbean Islands Reveal Deep Secrets as Protection Plans Catch Up
Beyond the shallow waters of Cayman, Anguilla, and Turks and Caicos, a nonstop six-week expedition captured footage of reefs, a…
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Central America Blooms Before Rain and Counts the Climate Cost
Each dry season’s end brings Central America a brief eruption of yellow and pink, when guayacán and savanna oak flowers…
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Flood Deaths Test Latin America as Rivers Rise, Drains Fail
From the streets of Guayaquil to the slopes of the Andes, rains from February to March are causing deaths and…
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Chile Mega-Fires Turn Heat, Plantations, and Planning into a Test
On the edge of Concepción, smoke still clung to rooftops after the evacuations. More than fifty thousand people left as…
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Colombia Sinú Flood Turns Homes Into Shelters and Questions Into Routine
In Montería's low neighborhoods and Tierralta's rural riverbanks, the Sinú has risen and stayed. Seven days in, families count centimeters,…
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