Environment
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ANALYSIS
Colombia’s Amazon Oil Reversal: Who Pays the Price for Forest Loss?
Colombia’s reversal of an Amazon oil-protection measure has reignited a political fight over consultation, conservation, and development. Behind the accusations…
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AMERICAS
Tijuana River Pollution Sends North America a Bill It Cannot Dredge Away
Tijuana’s sewage crisis exposes a border economy built around moving goods while leaving communities to absorb pollution. As environmental groups…
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LIFE
Bogotá Builds Mountains of Trash While Its Rural Neighbors Keep Losing Ground
At Bogotá’s Doña Juana landfill, thousands of tons of waste arrive daily while neighboring families battle flies and odors. The…
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ECONOMY
Trinidad and Tobago Buries Valuable Waste While Workers Dig Out a Living
At Trinidad and Tobago’s Forres Park landfill, discarded goods feed families and sustain an informal economy. But crowded dumps, weak…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Chile Took Sweden’s Toxic Waste, and Arica Is Still Paying Compound Interest
In northern Chile, a chemist who grew up beside Swedish mining waste is testing what decades of cleanup actually accomplished.…
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Environment
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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LIFE
Honduras Sees Cedeño Disappear as Global Climate Injustice Comes Ashore
On Honduras's Pacific coast, Cedeño has lost homes, streets, businesses, and buildings to three decades of erosion. Residents are no…
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Environment
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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Environment
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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ECONOMY
Brazil Turns Bankers Into Forest Guards as Amazon Politics Harden
Brazil's new anti-deforestation credit rule extends beyond traditional banking, demonstrating to Latin America that environmental enforcement can operate through finance,…
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