Tag: Amazon
Amazon Workers on Strike in U.S. Warehouses
The strike takes place in NYC, Atlanta, San Francisco, Skokie, Illinois, and hundreds of fulfillment centers nationwide. United Amazon workers from many warehouses in the United States have announced a strike beginning Thursday after they failed to reach an agreement on labor negotiations with the online retail giant. RELATED: Workers Reject the Privatization of Aerolineas […]
December 19, 2024
Ecuadorians Reject Construction of High-Security Prison in the Amazon Region
Currently, Ecuador holds the highest per capita homicide rate in Latin America, with 47.2 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. On Thursday night, protests against the construction of a maximum-security prison in Archidona, a city located in the province of Napo, continued with intensity for the second consecutive week. RELATED: Ecuadorian Parliament Suspends Impeachment Trial Against Former […]
December 13, 2024
G20 Summit: Brazil Proposes Advancing Carbon Neutrality Goals to 2040
Lula da Silva also proposed establishing a UN Climate Change Council to enhance global environmental governance. On Tuesday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva called on the wealthiest G20 countries to bring forward their carbon neutrality targets from 2050 to 2040 or 2045. RELATED: G20 Leaders Lightly Mention Conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine He also invited […]
November 19, 2024
Venezuelan Armed Forces Destroy Illegal Mining Material in the Amazon
This happened as part of ‘Neblina 2024’, a security operation created to protect forest reserves and biosphere reserves. On Tuesday, Domingo Hernandez, the strategic operational commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), announced that his troops destroyed equipment used for illegal mining in the Carida sector in the state of Amazonas. RELATED: FANB Demands […]
August 21, 2024
Peru: Amazonian Indigenous Leader Mariano Isacama Found Dead
Human rights defenders recalled that 34 community leaders have been murdered since 2013. On Sunday, Mariano Isacama-Feliciano, an Indigenous leader of the Amazonian Kakataibo people, was found dead with signs of torture after being missing for 24 days. RELATED: Peruvian Minister Apologizes for Downplaying Sexual Violence Against Indigenous Minors The Peruvian Indigenous leader was known […]
July 15, 2024
Amazonas State Declares Emergency for 20 Municipalities Amid Severe Drought
The levels of the same in all the channels of the Amazon are below what expected for the period.
July 9, 2024
The Brazilian Amazon is Still Ravaged by Fires
Fire outbreaks cause concern as they occur even as Amazon deforestation continues to decline. In the first half of 2024, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) recorded 13,489 fire outbreaks in the Brazilian Amazon. RELATED: Indigenous Ecuadorians Demand to Eliminate Gas Torches in Amazon That figure is the highest one since 2004 and represents […]
July 2, 2024
Brazil’s Pantanal Wetland Lost 61 Percent of Its Aquatic Area
So far this year, the Pantanal has recorded 3,372 fire alerts, the highest number since 1998. On Wednesday, the scientific platform MapBiomas published a study showing that the Pantanal, a gigantic wetland that Brazil shares with Bolivia and Paraguay, lost 61 percent of its water surface due to drought and fires. RELATED: Fire Destroys 1,500 […]
June 26, 2024
Peruvian Minister Apologizes for Downplaying Sexual Violence Against Indigenous Minors
Over 500 teachers sexually abused Amazonian Indigenous girls and boys, many of whom were infected with HIV. On Thursday, Peruvian Education Minister Morgan Quero apologized for statements in which he described child rape cases in Indigenous communities in the Amazon as “cultural practices.” RELATED: Peruvian Court Condemns Soldiers Who Committed Crimes Against Humanity Last week, […]
June 20, 2024
Brazil’s Deforestation Drops 11.6 Percent in 2023
On Tuesday, monitoring network MapBiomas published a report showing that Brazil lost 1,829,597 hectares of native vegetation in 2023, which means a decrease of 11.6 percent in deforestation compared to 2022. RELATED: Brazil: Illegal Deforestation in the Amazon Fell by 63 Percent Two largest biomes, the Amazon and a tropical savanna known as “Cerrado,” accounted for […]