At the COP20 Conference in Lima Ecuador will insist on the need for developed countries to commit to significant reductions in emissions. Ecuador is particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. 

On November 20, 2014 the HKND Company presented the results of several feasibility studies, as well as a report on the progress of the yet-to-be completed environmental impact study for the construction of the Grand Canal. 

The Peruvian government is investigating the deaths of some 500 sea lions found on its coast, while a Peruvian inventor says he can purify Lima’s air. 

How can progressive governments move beyond “mere welfare-ism” and truly challenge the existing system?

The street is “par excellence” the meeting place for social interactions, communication, and coexistence.  Recent events in Mexico point to needed changes to make it friendlier to political protest. 

Obama’s immigration plan “is to be commended for allowing undocumented yet otherwise law-abiding immigrants to ‘come out of the shadows and get right with the law.’”  Yet it “overlooks one important aspect – the reason why Latinos risk their lives to illegally enter the US in the first place.” 

Aleida Guevara was at the Book Fair of Santiago to hawk her take on her father’s writings.   

In 2014 Venezuela had recorded over 150,000 cases of Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya. 

Thousands of hectares of land have been transferred to small farmers, the labor code is getting a makeover, and traditional “folkloric” buses may operate in Quito if they’re up to date on safety regulations.  

Costa Rica reached a new peak of income inequality during 2013.