Issue Feb 08-14 2023: Major environmental disasters, such as forest fires, have devastated areas in Chile.

Issue Feb 08-14 2023: According to a report released by Siemens Energy, Latin America is the “least advanced region” in terms of fostering sustainable energy as the maturity of the region’s system is only 22%.

Issue Feb 01-07 2023: Four species in danger of extinction were released into their natural habitat in the Agua Blanca community, in Ecuador.

Issue Feb 01-07 2023: Uruguay has adjusted to extend resources towards its wetlands.

Issue Feb 01-07 2023: Mayarí municipality, in Northeast Cuba, has been hit by a major forest fire that has decimated more than a thousand hectares (2500 acres) of forest land.

Issue Jan 25-31 2023: Nicolás Marín Benitez, a 23-year-old National Geographic explorer and underwater photographer, has been recognized by the environmental protection organization “Our Ocean” for his work raising awareness for marine conservation through photography.

Issue Jan 25-31 2023: The Peruvian Congress wants to modify the Forestry and Wildlife Law to eliminate requirements that protect the Amazon and grant more powers to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) over the Ministry of the Environment (Minam). The latter ministry is currently the one that establishes the permanent production of forests

Issue Jan 25-31 2023: Susana Muhamad, the Colombian minister for the environment and sustainable development, has announced that the department is “consolidating agreements with traditional miners, Indigenous reservations, community councils, and coca farmers” in a bid to protect the country’s natural resources.

Issue Jan 18-24 2023: The Colombian Biodiversity Information System documented record-breaking data for 2022.

Issue Jan 18-24 2023: Although they are responsible for between five and six percent of all carbon emissions, militaries around the world are not held accountable for their major contributions to the climate crisis.  In Nexos Magazine of Mexico, Maritza Islas Vargas argued that militarization is a driving factor behind the current environmental and climatic