Latin America

Mischa Wilmers sees the horror for himself – and meets those trying to change it.

Filed in: Chile Prisons

Peru is said to be booming but the poor would never know it. Stephanie Boyd reports.

Filed in: Economics Peru

You may be tired of climate change talks, but Ben Castle has met some Bolivians for whom it’s a matter of life or death.

Filed in: Bolivia Climate Change

Peru’s gold rush threatens indigenous communities’ right to water. Roxana Olivera meets one of the faces behind the struggle, Máxima Acuña.

Filed in: Indigenous Peoples Mining Peru Water

A meeting in London this weekend looks at what it does for Peru’s poor.

Filed in: Economics Peru

As guerrilla army FARC enter formal talks with government, Colombians are optimistic about an end to civil war, reports Jonathan Glennie.

Filed in: Colombia

David Hill says the centenary of the Putumayo massacre is a reminder of why ‘progress’ gets such a bad name.

Filed in: Colombia Indigenous Peoples United Kingdom

Jody McIntyre on his journey up Mount Avila and how the ‘giant brother’ has left him transfixed by its magic.

Filed in: Environment Venezuela

Asháninka communities are locked in a cold war with the government and their neighbours says Izzi Myers.

Filed in: Activism Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Peru

Jody McIntyre says accusations of a ‘cult of personality’ around the Venezuelan president show prejudice towards the country’s people.

Filed in: Politics Venezuela

Well, he’s definitely not Hugo Chavez. And he’s unlikely to topple the president in October’s elections, as Jody McIntyre reports from Venezuela.

Filed in: Politics Venezuela