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Rights Group Demands ICE End 'Beyond Inhumane' Detention and Deportations as Covid-19 Pandemic Intensifies

A Life of Heat 'Near Unlivable' for More Than 3 Billion People in Just Decades, Climate Report Warns

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Clearly we will need a global approach to safeguard our children against the potentially enormous social tensions the projected change could invoke."

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Accusing US of Crimes Against Humanity, Venezuela Calls on ICC to Investigate Sanctions

Julia Conley, staff writer

With punishing sanctions, the Trump administration has given "a death sentence...

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Global Witness Accuses Exxon of 'Exploitative' Contract That Robs People of Guyana of $55 Billion in Lost Oil Revenue

Julia Conley, staff writer

"That money could be spent on upgrading infrastructure, health service, schools...

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Indigenous People in Brazil Vow to Defeat Bolsonaro After "Perverse" Attack Claiming Tribes Are Still "Evolving" Into Human Beings

Evo Morales was Bolivia’s first indigenous leader, was credited with lifting nearly a fifth of Bolivia’s population out of poverty since he took office in 2006. (Photo: UNIS Vienna/flickr/cc)

"This Is a Military Coup": Bolivian President Evo Morales Resigns After Army Calls for His Ouster

In 'Glimmer of Accountability,' Executives, Loggers Charged in 2014 Murders of Four Indigenous Land Defenders in Peru

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Ecuador's President Moves Government From Capital as Protests Over Austerity Measures Continue

First-Ever Indigenous Peoples March Will Fight Against Injustices Faced Across the Globe

'You Are Courting a Fascist': As Pompeo Blesses Inauguration, Brazilians Brace for 'Repugnant' President Bolsonaro

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Calling for 'Corridor of Life and Culture,' Indigenous Groups From Amazon Propose Creation of Largest Protected Area on Earth

Women across Brazil protested the country's election results on Sunday, as homophobic, misogynist former military officer Jair Bolsonaro advanced to a run-off election.

As Misogynist, Homophobic Bolsonaro Advances to Run-Off in Brazil's Election, Critics Fear 'Genuine Fascist' Takeover

Fueled by Floods, Storms, and Drought Made Worse by Climate Crisis, Global Hunger Levels Rise for Third Straight Year

Turning Blind Eye to Brazilian Coup, OAS Targets Venezuela's Maduro

Evo Morales: Latin America Must Fight US Coups with 'Democratic Revolution'

With 'Fierce Love and Conviction,' Women Take Stand for Mother Earth

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Global Witness

Exxon’s Exploitative Oil Deal in Guyana Will Deprive the Country of Up to US$55 Billion

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

New Report Reviews Changes in Bolivia’s Economy under Evo Morales’s Presidency

Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA)

From Amazon Leaders to World Leaders: We Call for an Ambitious Post-2020 Agreement That Heals Our Mother Earth

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Over 50 Organizations Issue Letter to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández Demanding an Independent International Investigation into the Murder of Environmental and Indigenous Activist Berta Cáceres

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Jeff Abbott

The Other Americans: Indigenous Guatemalans Mobilize to Denounce Coup in Bolivia

Vijay Prashad

Most of the World Does Not Like U.S. Foreign Policy

Laura Carlsen

Who Gains from Colombia’s Vote for Permanent War?

Mark Weisbrot

Political Judiciary in Argentina

Nick Dearden

Venezuela’s Food Revolution Has Fought Off Big Agribusiness and Promoted Agroecology

Mark Weisbrot

Obama Could Face Disastrous Summit Due to Venezuela Sanctions

Miguel Tinker Salas

US Alone Once Again at Americas Summit

Eduardo Galeano

A World of Violence

Richard Schiffman

What Lies Behind the Recent Surge of Amazon Deforestation

Mark Weisbrot

Breaking News: NYT Reports on What the Rest of the Western Hemisphere Thinks About the Conflict Between the US and Venezuela