A fossil gas boom that lifted millions out of poverty has collapsed and inflation is rising – but not everyone believes gold and soya exports are the answer

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

A fossil gas boom that lifted millions out of poverty has collapsed and inflation is rising – but not everyone believes gold and soya exports are the answer

Border barrier expansion along Big Bend’s Rio Grande imperils rafting in this remote national park

Record wildfires devastated South America in 2024, raging out of control in biomes where fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, but also entering rainforests that had never burned before. Driven by…

Record wildfires devastated South America in 2024, raging out of control in biomes where fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, but also entering rainforests that had never burned before. Driven by ...

Indigenous groups organised mass protests over a series of deals by the president, Rodrigo Paz, that prioritise agribusiness and mining interests

YouTube video by LTV Ziņu dienests

AROMA MARKA, Bolivia — The rolling hills around the town of Aroma Marka are a cacophony of colors: golden-yellow, deep-red and purplish-black quinoa pods smatter the otherwise barren landscape here…

As rising gold prices fuel environmental destruction, communities in the country’s biodiverse heartland are passing laws against mining

Updated on Jan 2, 2026 with final 2025 figures In 2025, Mongabay published more than 7,300 stories across eight languages. The volume reflects a newsroom that has expanded geographically and editorial...

Casi 500 años de explotación minera tienen al borde del colapso a Cerro Rico, en Bolivia. Investigamos el caso.

At about 4,800 meters, or nearly 15,800 feet, above sea level, Cerro Rico towers over the city of Potosí, in Bolivia’s southern highlands. Famous for its vast silver reserves, Cerro Rico — whose name ...

Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has found

Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has found

Amidst bitter infighting and economic crisis, Bolivia’s left suffered a major defeat after nearly two decades of groundbreaking governance.

Politicians have long promised the critical metal will rescue the economy but Indigenous locals say the push to exploit vast reserves threatens the ecosystem and their livelihoods

Politicians have long promised the critical metal will rescue the economy but Indigenous locals say the push to exploit vast reserves threatens the ecosystem and their livelihoods

In the summer of 1992, Bobbi Peckarsky, a researcher at Cornell University, was wading in the rocky streams surrounding the Rocky Mountain Biological Labor

Every Sunday, Hermindo Vies wakes up early and travels by river from his village, Asunción de Quiquibey, in Bolivia’s Beni department, to the nearest major town to sell his produce. Though he knows th...

Published in NACLA Report on the Americas (Vol. 57, No. 1, 2025)

Last October, Isaac Callizaya visited Pariti Island, where he was born and raised. Located in Lake Titicaca, on Bolivia's highland Andean plateau—known as

Food shortages and health issues continue after vast areas of forest and farmland burned last year

With little state support, villagers are left to battle wildfires armed with little more than shovels and bottles of water