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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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"This is the least American thing a secretary of state can do. Your trip is a disgrace."

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"We have come from the forest and we worry about what is happening."

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

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.

Jair Bolsonaro aims to bring about "the worst abuses of the kinds of...

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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

Pope Calls on World Youth to Rise Up Against Global Capitalism

Obama Faces Latin American Opposition to Venezuela Sanctions as Cuba Joins Summit of the Americas

Newswire

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

Earthjustice

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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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

Sonali Kolhatkar

Don’t Believe Mainstream US Media Coverage of Venezuela

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