This green gold is the avocado, a fruit native to Mesoamerica, and rich in vegetable fat, vitamins, fatty acids, proteins and minerals. The high demand is driving the deforestation of jungle and woodlands across all of Latin America, in order to create more cultivation areas and obtain better harvests. At […]
Ecology
The Pacific Ocean, another victim of climate change
Around 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean are facing a real threat due to rising sea levels, which are estimated to reach between 24 and 30 centimetres by 2065. Amelia Duarte de la Rosa The situation faced by the majority of the islands in Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia […]
An environmental agreement that remains ineffective
Today we are on the cusp of total environmental disaster on our planet. Life in all its forms is deteriorating, and nothing is happening to change this despite a multitude of voices demonstrating for change. John Elvis Vera S.* Neither governments nor other responsible bodies are taking the […]
Bushmen and Masai, survivors of religions, governments and drought
Christian missionaries have been unsuccessful in changing the beliefs and customs of these two African ethnic groups who, although from different origins and opposing geographical locations, share beliefs and a way of life. Roberto Correa Wilson It is believed that the Bushmen inhabited Botswana 30,000 years ago in […]
Villa de Leyva, where Spain never left
Villa de Leyva is today a town full of people from the upper classes arriving from the capital and from other Colombian cities both within and outside the country, to enjoy the holidays, short getaways and weekends. The town is inhabited by wealthy owners of large mansions belonging to politicians, […]