Central America
Honduras: most dangerous country for ecologists
Human rights group Global Witness ranked Honduras as the world's most dangerous country for environmental defenders, with 109 slain over the past five years.
Tag: Brazil
The Andes
Panama Papers pummel Peru politicians
Four of Peru’s presidential candidates, including far-right front-runner Keiko Fujimori, have been implicated in the “Panama Papers” revelations.
Southern Cone
Protests rock Brazil as Lula takes cabinet post
Brazil has seen its biggest protests since the end of the dictatorship as ex-president "Lula" da Silva is appointed to a cabinet post that gives him immunity in a corruption scandal.
The Amazon
Brazil: ‘zero deforestation’ push
Greenpeace sent 1.4 million signatures to Brazil's congress demanding a "zero deforestation" law—while cattle and timber barons push a bill to further open indigenous lands.
Southern Cone
Brazil to sue mining giants for dam failure
Brazil's Environment Minster announced plans to sue BHP Billiton Ltd and partners for $5.24 billion in damages caused by a dam collapse at an iron ore site that wiped out a village.
Southern Cone
Mining company to pay in Brazil disaster
Brazilian mining company Samarco agreed to pay $260 million after waste dams were breached at its facility, flooding nearby villages with toxic mud.
The Amazon
Peru declares ‘Yellowstone of the Amazon’
Peru's government designated as a national park the vast Sierra del Divisor area of the Amazon rainforest—but will it really be able to police the remote territory?
The Amazon
Brazil: indigenous activists disrupt fracking auction
Indigenous leaders and activists interrupted an auction of oil and gas exploration blocs in Rio de Janeiro, seizing the stage to discuss climate change and indigenous rights.
Southern Cone
Brazil: party official sentenced in Petrobras scandal
A Brazilian court sentenced ex-treasurer of the ruling Worker's Party Joao Vaccari Neto to 15 years for charges related to the Petrobras corruption scandal.
The Amazon
Brazil: Guarani leader slain by gunmen
A Guarani-Kaiowa indigenous leader was shot dead in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state, one week after his community occupied part of their ancestral lands usurped by ranchers.
Southern Cone
Amnesty: ‘Trigger happy’ police kill hundreds in Rio
Amnesty International charges that Brazil's military police have been responsible for more than 1,500 deaths in Rio de Janeiro's favelas in the last five years.
Southern Cone
Brazil: police implicated in Sao Paulo massacre
Gunmen killed at least 18 people in outlying districts of Sao Paulo, and authorities suspect a coordinated campaign of revenge by off-duty officers for the death of two colleagues.