South & Central America
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Agro-Forestry Helps Costa Rican Family Restore Their Soil, Diversify Their Farm
A Costa Rican farm family’s 25-year effort to keep their small coffee plantation, restore the soil, and regain their health is pointing to the ... -
Banks Withdraw from the Project Berta Cáceres Gave Her Life to Stop
Key international backers have pulled their financing out of a Honduran hydro project that was resisted by environmental activist Berta Cáceres until her murder ... -
Nicaragua Rejected Paris as a ‘Path to Failure’, In Counterpoint to Trump
It’s become de rigueur to snark at Donald Trump for joining Nicaragua and Syria in the very exclusive club of countries that aren’t parties ... -
Finance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationJobs & TrainingSouth & Central AmericaWaterWind
Latin America’s Biggest Wind Farm Courts Rising Tensions
Mitsubishi will invest US$1.2 billion to build Latin America’s biggest terrestrial wind farm in the isthmus of Tehuantepec, one of the windiest places in ... -
Colombia Declares Emergency, Peru Mounts Rescue as Epic Flooding Continues
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos declared a state of emergency Saturday after a torrent from three overflowing rivers swept through the small southern town ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsSouth & Central America
Billionaire, Bread-Maker Team Up to Launch ‘100% Mexican EV’
The world’s largest baker and its fourth-richest man are working together to bring a homegrown electric passenger vehicle to the streets of Mexico, where ... -
Climate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrought, Famine & WildfiresJurisdictionsSouth & Central America
Chile Receives International Aid as Wildfires Kill 11, Burn 400,000 Hectares
Chile has received an infusion of emergency financial aid, firefighters, and equipment to stem at least 58 wildfires that were burning as of January ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSouth & Central AmericaTransit
Costa Rica’s Gasoline Demand Rises Despite Renewable Power Milestone
There was an unfortunate back story to last week’s reports that Costa Rica is producing 98% of its electricity from renewables: the transportation sector ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsInternational Security & WarJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
Build That (Solar) Wall, Mr. Trump!
Two prominent Mexican academics have a response to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along America’s southern border: Bring it on! ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsSouth & Central AmericaWater
Loss of a Bolivian Lake Destroys Culture, Identity
Climate change and human demands have emptied a lake in Bolivia’s high desert—and with it much of the meaning of life for the Indigenous ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridHydropowerJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySouth & Central America
Venezuela Denies Drought-Starved Grid Near ‘Collapse’
Just four metres of water depth behind Venezuela’s Guri Dam stand between the troubled, oil-rich country and the “collapse” of its power grid, prompting ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"First PeoplesHydropowerJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySouth & Central America
Honduran Campaigner Berta Cáceres Murdered in Fight Against Agua Zarca Hydro Project
A wave of international outrage and protests was triggered last week after Honduran Indigenous and environmental rights campaigner Berta Cáceres was shot dead in ... -
Climate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySouth & Central AmericaWind
Mexican Wind Project Harms Indigenous Communities, Damages the Environment
Mexico’s development of a natural “wind tunnel” between the Atlantic and Pacific for power generation is injuring indigenous communities and damaging the environment, critics ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridGeothermalJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSouth & Central AmericaWind
Nicaragua Aims for 90% Renewables by 2020
Nicaragua expects to produce 75% of its energy from renewable sources by 2017 and 90% by 2020, relying on strong winds, bright sunshine, and ... -
South American Flooding Forces 160,000 to Evacuate
Severe flooding brought on by El Niño-related storms forced as many as 160,000 people out of their homes in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil ...
