February 10th marked a day of protest in the town of Pichanaki, located in Peru’s oil rich jungle region.  Indigenous protesters assembling for autonomy over of their homeland and livelihoods were met with violence at the hands of supporters of Argentine oil company Pluspetrol, including several Peruvian government officials.  In all, four government ministers were

Colombia is currently having issues with the misuse of crucial jungle territories by landowners for fear of legal repercussion on the part of the Colombian government. 

The bloodshed continues in Mexico over the Water War.  Alberto Almeida was gunned down in front of his wife in the parking lot of a mall in Ciudad Juarez on February 25th. 

Six turtles of an endangered species were born in the wild on Isla Pinzón for the first time in around 100 years.