As tourist attractions go, the Hitachi EH5000 is a big one. The mining machine is more than 24 feet tall. You can comfortably stand inside the circumference of its monstrous wheels. The hulking earth-mover, weighing roughly the same as 37...
One of Colombia's poorest regions, La Guajira is home to the open cast mine of Cerrejon. After 30 years of mining, the surrounding are has faced a dramatic transformation greatly affecting the quality of life for local residents. As the demand for coal is decreasing and to avoid another resettlement dispute, the indigenous population and environmental groups hope to keep fighting to maintain residency and access to basic services which the mining industry has disrupted.
The UN predicts that global food security is currently in jeopardy, because of a high rise in global temperatures caused by climate change. Two million people Last year, more than 7,200 Central Americans from Honduras, Guatemala and El Savador began...
The United Nations’ Human Rights Council slammed Washington’s latest sanctions imposed on Venezuela, adding that such an embargo will worsen the famine in the once oil-rich nation in Latin America. “I am deeply worried about the potentially severe impact on...
The cover of the main Brazilian weekly magazine, Veja, printed on July 19 the image of an alleged terrorist who’s threatening the life of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. The alleged terrorist was interviewed and told the magazine about the plans...
Hacking at the roots with a shovel, yanking out the severed bush – it’s exhausting work in the equatorial heat. The labourers can expect little respite though, with orders from up high to hasten their efforts. Clearing plantations near the...
The new EU-Mercosur deal will have both positive and negative impacts on the economies of four South American countries and the EU. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and specifically their exporting industries, should see a rise in revenue due to...
The aftermath of the attacks in the US on September 11, 2001, heralded a new era, giving birth to the “war against terror”. Images of men clad in orange jumpsuits – hands bound behind their backs and their faces obscured...
In Brazil, a scandal broke out in which an enormous trove of secret documents were published by investigative journalism site, The Intercept. The documents exposed a plot by public prosecutors against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is...
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