In Chile, millions of people are taking to the streets to demonstrate against neoliberal President Piñera. El Pueblo Unido - the song that accompanies the protests is called The United People in English. It is...
“Watershed” agreement: Farmers, water suppliers and communities work together to protect their water sources
Ingo Geiger
In Bolivia, 24,000 farmers in cooperation with communities and public water suppliers protect more than 600,000 hectares of forest from deforestation, exploitation, and the interests of mining companies—and thus protect the regional water supply in...
Peace, environmental protection, integration – Costa Rica a model State for Latin America?
Kontrast.at
Costa Rica went its own way: without an army, but with investments in education and health, a sustainable economy and an open society, Costa Rica became a model state in Latin America.
Costa Rica is one...
In the midst of the Corona crisis, teams of Cuban doctors have landed in Italy and Andorra to provide medical support to Europe. However, this is not the first time that the island state has...
Bolivia, a country in the Andes, has developed strongly in recent years. Since the left-wing president Evo Morales took office, poverty in the country has been more than halved, life expectancy has risen by four...
In the USA, there are more than five times as many vacant homes as there are homeless people. The state of Utah has therefore implemented the “Housing First” program and started to provide shelter for...
For years, the Amazon rainforest was cut down. The concern: the unique ecosystem could collapse. The deforestation in Brazil is a huge environmental problem. But the election of Lula da Silva as president gave hope....
How does a news agency work? Where does the newspaper get the information from?
We want to know what's happening around us and why. What we can't see for ourselves, we like to be told: Online,...
Lula da Silva grew up in poverty and became president of Brazil. During the military dictatorship, he fought for democracy and workers' rights. As president, he helped millions of Brazilians out of poverty. Lula was...
In the US the COVID pandemic results in extreme contrasts. The acute economic crisis entails 32 million unemployed and at least 27.5 million without health insurance. At the same time, it is precisely the corona...