Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing ...

In early February, in downtown Bogotá, Colombia, Luis Alfredo Acosta recited a line in a book from memory: “I am from the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining ...

The mayhem has been stirred up by the relentless rise in the price of gold and by a glut in the production of coca, cocaine’s ...

Latin America and the Caribbean rank among the regions with the highest rates of criminal activity worldwide, marked by a ...

Massive operations by Ecuador’s military against illegal mining following a historic massacre will do little to slow one of the country’s most lucrative criminal economies. Ecuador has deployed 1,800 ...

Darién National Park covers around 575,000 hectares, or 1.42 million acres, of rainforest at Panama’s southern border with ...

Colombia's deforestation dropped 33% in early 2025 compared to last year, ... Visible deforestation from illegal mining surrounds the Quito River, near Paimado, Colombia, Sept. 23, 2024.

The country’s long-running conflict continues to impact life in many rural areas, which also face threats from illegal mining and other extractive industries.

Indonesia has revoked the permits of several mining companies in Raja Ampat following public outcry over environmental damage in the eastern islands. But local police said rumours of residents burning ...

The article reports on the recent natural disasters and accidents in Colombia, Pakistan, and Sudan which have resulted in at least 84 deaths.