These days there has been a lot of news about forest fires around the world and the latest IPCC report that gives 'Code red' for human-driven global heating has once again set off the alarms about the climate emergency. The emergency however also reaches Latin America and one of the most important areas for the climate stability of the planet: the Amazon. For years, the authorities have neglected the protection of the Amazon and its defenders. Thousands of forest fires a year due to deforestation are caused by drug trafficking, illegal logging, and land trafficking.
13 Jul 2021
Ep. 1: Is a new Chile awakening?
The assembly that will write the new constitution of Chile has chosen Elisa Loncón an indigenous academic woman as president of the Constitutional Convention. For many, it represents an act of recognition in a country where 30% of the indigenous population lives in poverty and where their language and cultures have been historically ignored and formally not recognized by the constitution that has guided the south american country since 1980.
13 Jul 2021
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