Full Coverage: Latin America & Caribbean

08.05.2008 The global food crisis is unraveling economic advances made in recent years by large sections of the poor working classes of Latin America, reports a U.S.-based ethnic media organization.

08.05.2008 Innovative local initiatives are strengthening rural regions throughout Mexico, which have been losing both people and their competitive edge in agriculture since Mexico opened its markets to free trade.

07.05.2008 Jesus León Santos, the leader of a democratic farmer-to-farmer network, recently received a prestigious environmental award for promoting sustainability through traditional agriculture in Oaxaca, Mexico.

07.05.2008 Keski-Amerikan maat pohtivat ruokaturvan parantamista yhdessä ALBA-maiden (Bolivaarinen vaihtoehto Amerikan kansoille) kanssa. Nicaraguan roolina on toimia vilja-aittana.

06.05.2008 Matkailu on Nicaraguassa nouseva elinkeino, ja maahan houkutellaan turisteja monin tavoin. Uusi matkailuun liittyvä innovaatio on "ideologinen turismi", jossa ekologiseen turismiin yhdistetään elämysmatkailu ja kehitysnäkökulma.

05.05.2008 Peasants' and other grassroots organizations are promoting change in Haiti, write two agricultural activists who paid a visit to the Caribbean island, where they found food scarcity, environmental damage, and general insecurity are widespread.

01.05.2008 The Haitian government and the international community contributed significantly to the dire situation that sparked the early April food riots in the Caribbean nation, writes anthropologist Mark Schuller.

01.05.2008 At least 30 million people's water supply would be affected by the anticipated loss of Andean glaciers which are dwindling ever faster.
From: Living in Peru