Thousands of parrots, monkeys, iguanas, toucans, turtles and other rain forest animals are kept as exotic pets in the Central American country, and experts say that’s not good. 

The Guatemalan government estimates that 200,000 families are threatened with starvation due to the deficit of rainfall in the rainy season.  A state of public calamity was declared for a month, during which the government aims to get the necessary assistance to the victims. 

Indigenous people in Peru’s northeastern Amazon are taking legal action to block oil exploration in a concession that overlaps with their territory. 

A coalition of NGOs denounced the Peruvian government’s acceptance of an environmental impact study submitted in support of the controversial Tía María mining project. 

Ombudsman Rolando Villena ordered compliance with a judgment demanding a reversal of the eviction notice for the indigenous communities in the timber area of Pando. 

A long heat wave produced by El Niño has caused damage to crops and water rationing in Central America and northern South America.  The Honduran government is preparing to authorize massive grain imports, and water shortages have caused a crisis in many parts of Colombia.

The new law on geothermal energy (LEG), adopted within the so-called “secondary legislation” on energy reforms contains provisions that promote the privatization of water.  They also could lead to pollution.  And they were certainly designed to benefit the business and economic elites of Mexico, especially regarding energy production, the PRD warned. 

International experts examine the environmental, scientific, and legal implications of pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon caused by the U.S. oil company Chevron. 

Pope Francis called for more respect for nature today, branding the destruction of South America’s rain forests and other forms of environmental exploitation as a sin of modern times. 

Coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea have declined more than 50% since 1970.