environment

Translated for the first time into English by William Costa, Rafael Barrett’s text, originally published in 1911, offers political and spiritual solutions to Paraguay's social injustices following the War of the Triple Alliance.

NACLA hosted a panel discussion on the Drug War and the Environment in Latin America at the 2013 Left Forum. Listen to economist David Barkin discuss alternative community approaches to environmental sustainability in Latin America.

As of this writing, the new Brazilian government headed by President Lula da Silva is scarcely two months old. It

Costa Rica is the poster child for ecotourism. This brand of nature-based tourism, which seeks to be low impact and

Chile’s lush Huasco Valley is flanked by bone-dry hills that reach up towards the towering ridges of the Andes. Some

On November 15, 1532, in the northern Peruvian city of Cajamarca, Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro slaughtered 7,000 Inca

Colombia boasts a dizzying array of landscapes: from high Andean páramos to the tropical Amazon, from arid deserts to the

Costa Rica is the poster child for ecotourism. This brand of nature-based tourism, which seeks to be low impact and

Five hundred years ago, through the mountains of what today are Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Chile, merchant caravans with hundreds

In Brazil, a reform of the country’s water management system is underway. This process did not result from either a

In rural Tabasco, a swampy state on Mexico's Gulf Coast, a middle-aged farmer named Don Ramón* has spent the past

Mention of Peru’s rainforest conjures images of vast, trackless jungle rich in exotic plants and animals. But that image, on