President Morales and other leaders started planting trees in Oruro.

Structural rupture threatens a glacier in Lake Argentina’s ecosystem.  The glacier is currently acting as a dam between the majority of the body’s water mass and a smaller offshoot of the lake. 

Drought in Nicaragua has led locals along with domestic and foreign Red Cross officials to turn to new forms of irrigation in order to beat the lack of rain. 

Rapid deforestation in Paraguay is causing alarm among the locals, who worry that their way of life and even their health could become affected. 

Given that the problems associated with El Niño and La Niña will likely worsen, it’s time to move beyond “emergency” actions and redefine environmental management. 

With all eyes set on the inflation rate and the price of the dollar expected for next year, few people are paying attention to the dramatic drop in environmental funding. 

Now there’s a basic guide for understanding volcano activity. 

The threat of a plague in Latin America has triggered the global alert as scientists fight to save the banana.  In PáginaSIETE of La Paz Bethlehem Delgado wrote of Raza Tropical 4, known as Panama disease, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum, which has spread in recent years from Asia to Africa. Faced with the threat

President Rafael Correa insists that technology and knowledge to fight climate change should be declared “global public goods” to ensure their free access to all countries. 

Uruguay has a “controversial” plan for combating climate change.