An uprising in a favela on hills overlooking the famed Copacabana beach spilled over into the posh tourist district below. Is Rio's "pacification" campaign backfiring?
The Organization of American States rights commission ordered Peru's government to protect local residents facing threats over their opposition to the Conga mining project.
A new report counts 412 hydro-electric dams to be built across the Amazon basin and its headwaters, portending the “end of free-flowing rivers” and potential “ecosystem collapse.”
Hundreds of police troops occupied Ecuador's Intag Valley, backing up a team sent to carry out an impact study for the Junín mining project—over the protests of local campesinos.
Ecuador's National Electoral Council turned down a petition for a referendum on plans to open Yasuni National Park to further oil exploration—as activists protest "fraud."
Lakota members marched at the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota during the annual Liberation Day commemoration of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, pledging to resist the Keystone pipeline. In Nebraska, a landowners' suit against TransCanada's use of eminent domain could… Read moreHeartland stands up to Keystone
An unknown number of miners—perhaps as many as 40—were buried alive as an illegal gold mine collapsed at El Palmar, in Colombia's southern region of Cauca.
Workers in several Iranian industrial centers marched on May Day in defiance of official attempts to shut them down, protesting labor repression and non-payment of wages.
Military Police occupied the favela, or shantytown of Caramujo outside Río de Janeiro following riots sparked by the death of two local youths in incidents with the security forces.
Clashes rocked central Istanbul as Turkish protesters attempted to defy a government ban on May Day rallies at the city's iconic Taksim Square.
A contingent in support of the Syrian Revolution marched in the May Day parade in New York City on May 1. Photo: Bruno Giuliani See the Free Syria Contingent statement…
As thousands of protesters blocked a main traffic artery in Taipei and clashed with police, Taiwan's government agreed to halt work on two nuclear reactors.
