Five members of the Black Fraternal Organisation of Honduras (OFRANEH) were arrested during a violent eviction in the Garífuna community of San Juan, on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, in early July. The five people were subsequently released but are facing criminal charges for “aggravated usurpation” of their own territory. This criminalisation is taking place in a context of growing…
A podcast by La Via Campesina La Via Campesina’s Newswrap returns for its second edition of 2026, looking back on April–June, from the memory of Eldorado do Carajás to renewed resistance across continents. We follow how territories are defended under siege, how peasant seed systems face relentless corporate pushback, and how trade deals threaten food sovereignty. We spotlight solidarity from…
A few weeks ago in Brazil, IARAA—an Artificial Intelligence tool for Agrarian Reform and Agroecology—was launched. The tool was developed by the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) and the World March of Women (WMW) and supported by the Baobab International Association for People’s Cooperation in China. To discuss this, I’m joined by Natalia Lobo, an activist with the World March…
Activists and socio-environmental organisations from around the world demonstrated against the impunity of transnational oil corporation Chevron (formerly Texaco) and in solidarity with the affected Amazonian peoples and communities. It is estimated that more than 450,000 hectares of the Ecuadorian Amazon have been contaminated by crude oil and toxic waste dumped by the corporation from 1954 to 1990. In 1993,…
Ten years after the murder of environmental defender Berta Cáceres, we take a look at the report issued by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI Honduras). This report, based on a human rights perspective as well as testimonial evidence, files, and telecommunications, confirms that the femicide of the Lenca defender was carried out by hitmen, planned by high-up corporate…
After the right-wing administration led by Daniel Noboa in Ecuador eliminated the diesel subsidies through decree 126 of 12 September, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) decided to call for a general strike and mobilisations. Ever since, the government's repression and persecution of mobilised social organisations and human rights abuses have continued unabated. The decision to call for…
The first Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change, signed in 1992 in Rio, Brazil, was held in 1995. Its 30th edition, better known as the COP30, will be held in November this year. It will be a special edition because it will take place in Latin America, the Amazon specifically, and also because social movements…
On this episode of Voices are Action, we discuss three central issues: 1) From 12 to 16 November, the Peoples' Summit will be held in the Brazilian city of Belém, in the state of Pará, in the Amazon. This summit is the response of social movements around the world to a new edition of the UN Climate Change Conference -COP30-,…
These are the headlines of our fourth episode of Voices are Action, our new podcast series. 1. Argentina – Mendoza: The Assembly for Water of Uspallata, a town in Argentina located at the head of the Mendoza River basin, is currently threatened by the actions of the San Jorge open pit mining project, in a context of public power grabbing…
Feminist economy and environmental justice are closely connected. They both provide strong criticism of the false solutions offered by capitalism to the crisis capitalism itself has created. And they both propose grassroots struggles that point toward a reorganization of society, ways of life, and the relationship between human beings and nature. Nevertheless, articulating these agendas together across movements, organizations, and…
