Drawing on historical and environmental research, this essay examines long-term trends in the ways that mining affected labour and the environment in Latin America.
This film criticizes the socioeconomic system of the Washington Consensus as being insufficient for overcoming global poverty, and argues that it is based on centuries of exploitation.
Jungleburgers is a documentary about the rainforest in Costa Rica being destroyed for the sake of low-cost beef for the US hamburger market.
This article discusses the need to broaden the debate about land rush by including a few key issues that have been neglected. Control over land is increasingly dictated by global actors and processes, leading to a patchwork of locally disembedded land holdings, not conducive for inclusive and sustainable development at the local level.
Environment and Citizenship in Latin America reveals the strong connections between environmentalism, citizenship, national identity, political participation and resources in Latin America.
