In Mexico there are efforts to deal with shortages and resistance to privatize water.

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. 

Curtains of vegetation along roads and highways of Alto Paraná serve an aesthetic, as well as practical purpose. 

The Costa Rican government announced that three government ministries will take over the administration of the INBioparque. 

According to data provided by the Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) of Chile, the number of hectares of vegetation affected by fires has decreased.

The Argentina is one of the 30 countries that pollute the seas with the most plastic waste. 

The loss of Guatemalan forests is bad, but the loss of the Amazon is more ominous.