Ecuador was the first country on the planet to institute legal rights to nature in 2008 under the administration of Rafael Correa. This bold move came on the heels of the demands of CONAIE, the most...
The Escazu Agreement was signed in 2018 by a group of 24 Latin American countries at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio, and has been ratified by 17 participants since. It entered...
The Hach Winik, or Lacandon Maya, are a Maya-descendant group in Mexico’s Lacandona Jungle, whose resilience and adaptation reflect centuries of migration, colonial resistance, and cultural...
In the province of Alajuela, Costa Rica, a group of coffee pickers from different areas of the country, and even from neighboring countries, come to work on these coffee farms when it is harvest...
On November 1st 2024, the Inter American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) launched a case against the Peruvian state for violating the rights of the Mashco Piro indigenous peoples in isolation (PIA)....
Photo by Denisse Ariana PerezA portrait from her series on Afro-Ecuadorian women.Our co-founder, Sara Lopez, sits down with Caribbean-born, Barcelona-based photographer, artist, and author of AGUA,...
Photo by Lily T DayanimOn a recent visit to Tulum, Lily Dayanim, met with local environmentalist, Cuitlahuác in Tulum, Mexico.The Riviera Maya, the region which Tulum is located, has seen...
Guajiro picking tobacco leaves in Valle de Viñales. Photo by Henrique G. HedlerTell your friends that you are going to Cuba, and they will warn you that you are about to visit an authoritarian,...
