Newsletter 91

Newsletter 91

In newsletter 91, we report on the struggle against aggregate mining at Gales Point. Also, in this issue, wildfires grip the region, Costa Rica closes its zoos, and the fight for Indigenous rights in Honduras continues.

 

Newsletter 90

Newsletter 90

In newsletter 90 we hear from ENCA member Liz Richmond as she visits our partners across the region. We look at alternatives to the Panama canal, and we provide a round-up of corruption cases blighting Central America.

 

Newsletter 89

Newsletter 89

In newsletter 89 we look at the effect of migration on Panama and Costa Rica. FECON report back on projects funded in Costa Rica. We also investigate the links between mining money and the arrest of Salvadoran water defenders.

 

Newsletter 88

Newsletter 88

In newsletter 87 we examine concepts of sustainability in Panama, we report on the killing of Guapinol activist Oqueli Dominguez. We examine how Costa Rica seeks to combat environmental crime, and we report back on our virtual tour of Tobacco Caye in Belize.

Newsletter 87

Newsletter 87

In newsletter 87 we examine how ferro-nickel and iron ore mines have led to persecution and assassinations in Guatemala and Honduras. We also look at plans to develop new ports across the region, and report on El Salvador’s mega prison.

 

 

Newsletter 86

Newsletter 86

In newsletter 86 we examine agroecology and food sovereignty. We look at energy programmes across Central America. And we report on the El Sueño Existe festival, and ENCA’s support of Lake Atitlán communities.

 

Newsletter 85

Newsletter 85

In newsletter 85 we provide a round up of environmental stories from Costa Rica, we look at the fate of hydroelectric projects in the region. We also examine the state of plastics in Central America, and assess if Bukele’s bitcoin gamble has paid off.

Newsletter 84

Newsletter 84

In newsletter 84 we celebrate the release of the Guapinol 8. We also look back on 75 years of SITRABI, examine protests against palm oil in Guatemala, and report back from the Latin America Conference 2021.

 

Newsletter 82

Newsletter 82

In newsletter 82 we look at the impact of El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin. We remember the life and work of Paul Oquist. And Tobacco Caye show us how eating lionfish is good for Belize’s reefs.