Issue Mar 01-07 2023: On Thursday, March 2, the Jornal Nacional, the main TV news program of Rede Globo, a big Brazilian television network, dedicated more than five minutes to attack the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) which occupied three areas of the Suzano Papel e Celulose company, in Bahia, to report environmental

Issue Mar 01-07 2023: Traditionally, jobs in the “maritime sector” are seen as jobs for male workers.

Issue Feb 22-28 2023: John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for the climate, journeyed to Brazil’s capital, Brasília, to discuss how the two countries will confront the climate crisis, illegal logging, and an energy transition.

Issue Feb 22-28 2023: Nicaragua’s “reforestation program” is good for the environment.

Issue Feb 22-28 2023: Bogotá’s Ministry of Environment issued a series of recommendations to citizens because poor air quality persists in Colombia’s capital.

Issue Feb 15-21 2023: In recent weeks, hydrocarbons have captured the attention in the energy transition debate in Colombia, a country that receives 87% of regional royalties from its revenues in the oil and coal industries.

Issue Feb 15-21 2023: Venezuela’s environment ministry announced that it has begun a reforestation project in areas affected by illegal mining, focused on three national parks: Canaima (Bolívar), Yapacana (Amazonas), and Caura (between Bolívar and Amazonas departments).

Issue Feb 15-21 2023: Cutting off the Dominican Republic from its neighboring country, Haiti, with a “border wall” is a controversial move, considering the backlash from climate activists.

Issue Feb 08-14 2023: Project Recupera Cerrado, on the North Shore of Paranoá, will plant 1,700 seedlings of native species at the University of Brasília (UnB) in an area degraded by human activity.

Issue Feb 08-14 2023: Wildlife trafficking of jaguar parts is a growing concern in several Latin American countries.