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. 

So far there are 240,125 displaced people in Paraguay by the rains of the past months: 50,000 in Brazil and 14,000 in Argentina.  

Many new reserves were recorded in the rolls of UNESCO and the Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve could be in danger. 

The Chikungunya virus is spreading rapidly through Central America and the Caribbean.