Last year 185 environmental activists were murdered world-wide, two-thirds from Latin America, according to Global Witness. Of the ten most dangerous...read more
By Laura Yaniz, AIDA social media manager (originally published in Animal Político ) Smog causes continuous environmental alerts in Mexico City. But...read more
AIDA joins more than 300 organizations in calling on Member States of the Organization of American States to act swiftly in the face of the financial...read more
Accountability and Transparency, Human Rights | 24 May 2016
The organizations decry the affront to human rights in the region and urges members of the Organization of American States to fulfill their responsibility to adequately fund the Commission.read more
The Commission did so by extending the precautionary measures originally granted in 2007. The decision arrives six years after it was requested, and confirms the severity of health deterioration in La Oroya.read more
Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Large Dams | 5 May 2016
The Brazilian government grandly inaugurated the Belo Monte Dam, which sits on the Xingu River in the midst of the Amazon. As an organization that...read more
Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Large Dams | 27 April 2016
By Anna Miller, AIDA writer Deep in the Amazon in north Brazil, the world’s third largest dam towers over a once lush jungle landscape. In its far-...read more
