In September 2024, the Amazon’s worst drought in generations hit Paraizinho, a small riverside community that depends on the once-reliable Madeira River. Crops withered. Wells ran dry. The river, ...

Indigenous leaders from across Latin America are gathering in Sarayaku, Ecuador, to discuss enforcing Inter-American Court ...

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, at the inaugural forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice during the ...

Colombia this week took a leading position in Latin America for Indigenous rights and forest protection by formalizing ...

Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across ...

Though Pope Leo XIV has been lauded for his advocacy in defense of immigrants and worker rights—his namesake, Leo XIII, who ...

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

This policy brief outlines the implications of the EUDR for the protection of Brazilian family farmers, Indigenous peoples ...

Across the Pan-Amazon region, communities who developed the bioeconomy concept centuries ago and practice it today still have ...

A recent report by the nonprofit Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) found that the operations of French retailer Casino Group in ...

An often marginalized group, Indigenous peoples the world over are a key demographic of development assistance. This is what ...