Thousands of Brazilian indigenous people on Wednesday camped in the capital Brasilia to protest against government plans to open up their territories for farming and mining.
Read MoreIn the stifling heat, Diego Matom takes the bread trays out of the oven and carefully places them on wooden shelves, happy that his business has prospered since his village in northwest Guatemala began to generate its own electricity.
Read MoreColombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) was created after then president Juan Manuel Santos signed a peace deal with FARC, the country’s biggest guerrilla movement, in November 2016.
Read MoreBrazil’s Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday reduced former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s prison sentence from 12 years and one month to 8 years and 10 months, allowing him to request house arrest as early as September.
Read MoreLuz Marina Bernal’s son has been dead for 11 years, but large pictures of the handsome Fair Leonardo still dominate her modest living room in Soacha, a sprawling low-income municipality near the Colombian capital.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan government has reduced citizens’ working hours for three days this week to cut electricity consumption amid ongoing power outages which it blames on the United States.
Read MoreVenezuelan “bahareque”. By Indira Parra from Lara, Venezuela. Camera: Panasonic DMC-FH5
Read MoreThe United States announced a raft of new sanctions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua on Wednesday, as it seeks to pressure what it has dubbed the western hemisphere’s “trioka of tyranny.”
Read MoreThe American Museum of Natural History will no longer host a gala honouring Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, following outrage over the right-wing populist leader’s environmental policies.
Read MoreCounterterrorism measures are not only affecting extremist groups, but are also impacting a crucial sector for peace and security in the world: civil society.
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