South America

South America

European Union-Mercosur Trade Agreement: The Unequal Energy Transition

The agreement was signed months before the European Green Deal; 540% increase in ethanol exports to Europe expected

Green Attack on the Amazon: REDD Projects Worsen Climate Crisis

False solutions, such as carbon markets and Nature Based Solutions, prosper as threats and violence increase in the Brazilian Amazon

Brazil: Indigenous People Block Highway, Protesting Covid-19, Deforestation, and Railway Construction

In 2017 U.S.-based agroindustrial giant Cargill announced it would compete in the tender with a block of other U.S. and Brazilian companies.

Massive Protest in Brazil over Fare Hike

The clock strikes 5 p.m. It's been raining all day. People are looking for a spot where they can stay dry. There are militarized police everywhere. They've got guns and riot gear. A few...

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Resistance Grows Against Water Privatization in Mexico

Participants from 18 states and 6 countries, around 500 people, celebrated the Second National Assembly for Water and Life in rebel Otomí territory

Mexico abides by United States climate policy, adding four wind farms in the Isthmus

U.S. creates alliances to accelerate new renewable energy complexes benefiting the main energy multinational companies

AMLO decrees expropriation of communal lands in Oaxaca for construction of industrial parks

The mexican president expropriates communal lands for construction of industrial parks linked to the Interoceanic Corridor in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec