By Amanda Sparks - Problems with our environment are by no means exclusive to Latin America. It is global – disappearance of entire species, holes in the ozone, ocean warming,…
By Emily Foecke Munden - International Development Fellow at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy: While ongoing corruption probes in Brazil have dominated headlines, the laws protecting Brazil’s indigenous peoples have been…
Article by Jeanette Bonifaz from Young Professionals in Foreign Policy - With only a few exceptions, a decade of progressive governments throughout Latin America set an agenda that promoted labor movements,…
(By Barbara Hogenboom and Marjo de Theije) - In the last decade, South America has seen substantial economic growth combined with impressive social progress. While the surge in social spending…
“Volunteers here come from all social strata,” Diego, a fireman in the southern city of Temuco, explains, “We have rich businessmen, students and labourers working side by side… when we…
The Colombian government and the FARC have recently implemented a plan encouraging farmers to abandon coca production in favour of alternative legal crops. Coca leaves are the raw material for…
The British government and various multi-national stakeholders expect to - with increasing effect - extract Falkland Islands-originated crude oil and natural gas in 2017. This will cushion their abrupt energy revenue…
(Guest Article by Sherley Alaba): The life on planet earth runs through various forms of energy. Mankind has been searching for a way to conserve energy that is clean and…
(Cross-Posted with Permission of EstePaís) – The atmospheric crisis through the Valley of Mexico reminds us of those episodes of the ones in the early 1990s that alarmed the population and the…
(Cross-Posted with Permission of EstePaís) - In the late eighties, I came to live in Mexico City for my university studies. What caught my attention was all the differences between the big…
Baracoa’s main beach was already chaotic. A jumble of sandcastle makers, futbolistas and free divers who would run from afar and plunge into the Caribbean Sea. On Tuesday night that…
Guest article by SAFE - Did you know that more than half the food in Latin America comes from 14 million smallholder farmers across the region? Despite their key role in…
Pulsamerica in honored collaboration with UN MEXICO: On Sept. 25, 2015, countries had the opportunity to adopt a set of global targets to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for…
The State of Rio de Janeiro is hosting more than just the Olympics. It also hosts a tangible portion of Brazil’s unemployed. In fact, disproportionate benefits for multinationals are leaving Brazil’s…
News from the northern La Guajira region in Colombia is bleak. In the fast few days another child died from malnutrition. According to indigenous leader Javier Rojas Uriana, this latest…
At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, the third feature by Ciro Guerra. Filmed…
Experts believe that the current El Niño event – already among the strongest ever recorded – will reach its peak soon. But authorities across the region are confident they are…
All eyes are on Paris as the nations of the world meet to negotiate a global deal to curb carbon emissions and prevent runaway climate change. What do Latin American…
In the trees round uni, everyone knows, are iguanas, bold enough for staring matches, spined and metre-long. Just as common are the parakeets, scarlet fronted or orange cheeked, and a…
Pew Research Centre study reports Latin American middle class grew by 50 percent between 2001 and 2011; 63 million people left poverty; Argentina’s middle class records strongest growth of 114…
The US oil company Exxon Mobil’s has discovered oil in Guyanan territory claimed by Venezuela. The finding is part of a Stabroek Block field exploration, located approximately 200 kilometers (120 miles)…
The Calbuco volcano surprised Chile with three violent eruptions after half a century of inactivity, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. Tourist activities in the Patagonian Los Lagos region…
While the small South American nation maybe the world’s most expensive economy to own a car due to its dependency on foreign oil providers – principally Brazil, Ecuador Iran and…
Last week one of Chile’s most active, and most picturesque, volcanoes erupted for the first time in 24 years, the longest period of dormancy in 600 years. As a result,…
Latin American presidents address international leaders at UN summit; Leaders call for united and ‘equal’ global action to combat climate change impacts; Several presidents take opportunity to highlight their own…