‘So Many Have Gone’: Storms and Drought Drive Guatemalans to the US Border
The climate crisis has made life in many villages more precarious, leading some to risk joining an exodus. For the... Read Article
New Book ‘On the Track of Dirty Gold’ Follows Stories of Environmental Resistance.
In genre-bending Dirtigol, Luis Manuel Claps sets out to document the ‘Esquel effect’, the wave of organised resistance to large-scale... Read Article
Peruvian Documentary MAXIMA Tells of One Woman’s Battle Against Mining Giants
Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Sparrow’s first documentary film, MAXIMA, presents corruption, resistance and an indigenous Peruvian farmer’s fight for dignity against... Read Article
Colombian Artists Reflect on Rural Violence and Memory in Short Film
In the short film ‘Desolvido’, Colombian musicians and activists Edson Velandia and Adriana Lizcano combine folk music and simple lyrics... Read Article
Peruvian Documentary Explores Quechua Culture and Climate Change
The documentary Mothers of the Land is as an eye-opening report on the threats to Quechua culture posed by capitalism... Read Article
Indigenous Artists Occupy Bahia’s Museum of Modern Art
Indigenous artists staged a ‘retomada’ (reclaiming what is theirs) during an exhibition at Salvador’s Museum of Modern Art of Bahia.... Read Article
Brazil’s Amazon is Now a Carbon Source, Unprecedented Study Reveals
The Amazon has long done its part to balance the global carbon budget, but a new study has revealed it is now emitting more carbon than it captures.
The Rights of Nature Movement
This article was originally published by Sounds and Colours’s partner, Latin America Bureau. You can read the original here. A recent report,... Read Article
Sixth Mapuche-Wallmapu Indigenous Cinema Festival Takes Place Online
Organised by the Mapuche of Southern Chile, self-representation is the theme of the sixth edition of the Mapuche Film and... Read Article
Chile’s Social Uprising – A Year in Photos
Since the Chilean social uprising began in October 2019, photographer Sebastian Runner has been documenting the protests, largely between Valparaíso... Read Article
Mexico City Wins One Planet City Challenge, Recognized for Ambitious Climate Action
Mexico City has been recognized for its work to combat the climate crisis. WWF has announced that Mexico City is... Read Article
Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Lands Essential to Curb Biodiversity Loss
A “first-of-its-kind” study from the University of Queensland and the Wildlife Conservation Society has found that protecting Indigenous Peoples’ land... Read Article