Issue Aug 12-18 2026: One of the main sources of water to the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, the Guacerique River dam of Los Laureles, has become a choke point for accumulated residential and construction waste, including plastic bags, cardboard, furniture, and scraps of material used in building projects.

Issue Aug 12-18 2026: Peru’s Ministry of the Environment (Minam) has reinforced the surveillance and dismantling of illegal mining operations in Tambopata, in the Madre de Dios region.

Issue Aug 12-18 2026: The administration of Abelardo de la Espriella revoked one of the three resolutions regarding the delimitation of the Santurbán páramo (high-altitude moorland) that had been left by the Gustavo Petro administration.

Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Mexico has reopened the debate over energy sovereignty after a scientific committee led by the country’s science and energy ministries recommended conditionally evaluating hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the northeast.

Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Brazil’s ambitious efforts to restore degraded ecosystems face a major obstacle: financing. As the country seeks to recover millions of hectares of native vegetation, experts argue that agricultural policies should play a larger role in funding restoration while holding landowners responsible for environmental damage.

Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly unanimously approved a bill today requiring wildlife protection measures in new and existing public infrastructure projects, a major legal step aimed at reducing animal deaths on roads and reconnecting fragmented habitats. The Wildlife Crossings Bill passed its second and final debate with 56 votes in favor. One

Issue Jul 01-31 2026: Costa Rican lawmakers have given initial approval to legislation that would allow authorities to pursue illegal mining and other serious environmental offenses using organized-crime laws. The Legislative Assembly approved the proposal in first debate with 53 votes.

Issue Jul 01-31 2026: Mexico will invest 2 billion pesos in 2026 to combat sargassum in Cancún, Tulum, and the Mexican Caribbean using new sargassum-collection vessels and coastal barriers.

Issue Jul 01-31 2026: As global demand for lithium, rare earths, and other critical minerals accelerates, Brazil is moving to establish a national strategy for developing its vast mineral reserves.

Issue Jun 17-30 2026: Over the past three decades, in Cedeño, located in the department of Choluteca on the Gulf of Fonseca, hundreds of people have been evacuated due to large storm surges that have gradually destroyed hotels, homes, restaurants, a school, a health center, a soccer field, and other beachfront infrastructure. According to official