Migration Puts the Brakes on Venezuela’s Vehicles — Global Issues

Migration Puts the Brakes on Venezuela’s Vehicles — Global Issues

On residential streets of Caracas with little traffic it is possible to see cars that have been abandoned by their owners for years. They probably migrated from Venezuela or cannot afford to repair and sell their vehicles. CREDIT: Humberto Márquez / IPS by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Monday, October 23, 2023 Inter…

Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazil — Global Issues

Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazil — Global Issues

An aerial view of Hacendita Cafubá, on the north shore of Piratininga, a lagoon in southeastern Brazil, when ponds that serve as a spillway and to collect sedimentation of polluted water were being built and filter gardens that clean the water of the Cafubá River before discharging its waters into…

El Ni񯧳 Impact on Central America’s Small Farmers Is Becoming More Intense — Global Issues

El Ni񯧳 Impact on Central America’s Small Farmers Is Becoming More Intense — Global Issues

Farmer Gustavo Panameño stands in the middle of what is left of his cornfield, hit hard by drought and windstorms, near Santa María Ostuma, in central El Salvador. Many Salvadoran small farmers are feeling the impact of El Niño, as are many others in Central America and the rest of…

Ecuadorians Vote to Preserve Yasuní National Park, but Implementation Is the Problem — Global Issues

Ecuadorians Vote to Preserve Yasuní National Park, but Implementation Is the Problem — Global Issues

Oil workers are busy on the banks of the Tiputini river, on the northern border of the Yasuní National Park, in Ecuador’s Amazon region. CREDIT: Pato Chavez / Flickr by Carolina Loza (quito) Monday, October 09, 2023 Inter Press Service QUITO, Oct 09 (IPS) – The decision reached by Ecuadorians to…

In Brazil, Indigenous Leaders and Youth Activists Fight To Protect Amazon — Global Issues

In Brazil, Indigenous Leaders and Youth Activists Fight To Protect Amazon — Global Issues

Indigenous leader and activist Vanda Witoto poses at her home in Manaus, Brazil, in October 2022. Credit: Michael Dantas/United Nations Foundation by Farai Shawn Matiashe (brasÍlia) Thursday, October 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BRASÍLIA, Oct 05 (IPS) – Raffaello Nava, a youth and student activist, has fled his home at the…

Traffic on the Paran᠗aterway Triggers Friction between Argentina and Paraguay — Global Issues

Traffic on the Paran᠗aterway Triggers Friction between Argentina and Paraguay — Global Issues

Transport barges navigate one of the branches of the Paraná River in Argentina’s Santa Fe province. The Paraná, the second longest river in South America, has been turned into a major waterway through which a large part of Paraguay’s and Argentina’s agricultural exports are shipped out of the region. CREDIT:…

Peru Faces Challenge of Climate Change-Driven Internal Migration — Global Issues

Peru Faces Challenge of Climate Change-Driven Internal Migration — Global Issues

by Mariela Jara (lima) Thursday, September 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LIMA, Sep 28 (IPS) – Nearly 700,000 people have migrated internally in Peru due to the effects of climate change. This mass displacement is a clear problem in this South American country, one of the most vulnerable to the global…

Pemex Exploits Fossil Fuels with Money from International Banks — Global Issues

Pemex Exploits Fossil Fuels with Money from International Banks — Global Issues

The state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) oil company is completing its seventh refinery on a 600-hectare site at Dos Bocas in the municipality of Paraíso, in the southeastern state of Tabasco. The plant will process some 290,000 barrels of fuels per day when it reaches full capacity. CREDIT: Erik Contreras-Gerardo Morales…