Fourteen years after committing to construction a dam on the Rio Asana, it has still not been built. Organizations and citizens of Moquegua denounce the contamination of water and question the controls on a mining activity aimed at supplying metals needed for economies free of fossil fuels. Pablo Muñoz […]
Latin America
Brazil and the USA: A dispute that transcends trade
New customs tariffs, disputes about digital regulation and questioning of sovereign decisions has widened tensions between the two countries. The South American nation has announced legal and diplomatic responses as it seeks to reduce the economic impact on its exports. Tariffs as a tool of economic policy. Martha Andrés […]
Job quality remains a challenge in Panama
The majority of new recruitments are still temporary, while specialists and unions maintain that the challenge lies not just in creating positions, but in guaranteeing stability, sufficient income, and employment protection. The generation of quality employment continues to be one of the main challenges today for the Panamanian Government, […]
New allegations of democratic breakdown in Ecuador
Lack of electoral guarantees, suspension of political organisations, lawsuits against opposition leaders and complaints of violation of rights constitute a scenario of institutional deterioration. This is maintained by the president of the Citizen Revolution (RC) movement. Her name is Gabriela Rivadeneira and she has affirmed that the South American […]
Peru: The environmental price of the green transition (I)
A British mining company is contaminating the drinking water of over 100,000 people in the south of Peru. The Prisma documents how the extraction of metals needed by developed countries to achieve fossil-free energy leads to environmental degradation in the southern hemisphere and questions the sustainability of UN Development Goals for 2030.
















