New fire satellites offer hope for Amazon and other biomes, but local barriers remain

Record wildfires devastated South America in 2024, raging out of control in biomes where fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, but also entering rainforests that had never burned before. Driven by…

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New fire satellites offer hope for Amazon and other biomes, but local barriers remain

Record wildfires devastated South America in 2024, raging out of control in biomes where fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, but also entering rainforests that had never burned before. Driven by ...

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Blockades, marches and human shields: Bolivia’s farmers resist as land opened up to industry

Indigenous groups organised mass protests over a series of deals by the president, Rodrigo Paz, that prioritise agribusiness and mining interests

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Bolīvijā plaši protesti – veido barikādes un bloķē piegāžu ceļus

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Protests Have Paralyzed Bolivia. Here’s Why.

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After quinoa’s boom, Bolivian farmers face degraded soils and climate stress

AROMA MARKA, Bolivia — The rolling hills around the town of Aroma Marka are a cacophony of colors: golden-yellow, deep-red and purplish-black quinoa pods smatter the otherwise barren landscape here…

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How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold-mining industry – and won

As rising gold prices fuel environmental destruction, communities in the country’s biodiverse heartland are passing laws against mining

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At Trump’s Summit, a Former Foe Makes a Political U-Turn

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Updated on Jan 2, 2026 with final 2025 figures In 2025, Mongabay published more than 7,300 stories across eight languages. The volume reflects a newsroom that has expanded geographically and editorial...

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Bolivia: la montaña que financió al Imperio español puede colapsar tras 500 años de explotación minera

Casi 500 años de explotación minera tienen al borde del colapso a Cerro Rico, en Bolivia. Investigamos el caso.

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In the heart of Bolivia, the mountain that financed an empire risks collapsing

At about 4,800 meters, or nearly 15,800 feet, above sea level, Cerro Rico towers over the city of Potosí, in Bolivia’s southern highlands. Famous for its vast silver reserves, Cerro Rico — whose name ...

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Rodrigo Paz, a Centrist, Ends 20 Years of Leftist Rule in Bolivia

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‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease

Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has found

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‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease

Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has found

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From Hope to Disillusionment: Bolivia After 20 Years of MAS

Amidst bitter infighting and economic crisis, Bolivia’s left suffered a major defeat after nearly two decades of groundbreaking governance.

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‘The Dubai of South America’: how the promise of riches from lithium mining turned to dust in Bolivia

Politicians have long promised the critical metal will rescue the economy but Indigenous locals say the push to exploit vast reserves threatens the ecosystem and their livelihoods

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‘The Dubai of South America’: how the promise of riches from lithium mining turned to dust in Bolivia

Politicians have long promised the critical metal will rescue the economy but Indigenous locals say the push to exploit vast reserves threatens the ecosystem and their livelihoods

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What sexual diversity in the natural world can teach humans about sex, gender, and inclusive biology

In the summer of 1992, Bobbi Peckarsky, a researcher at Cornell University, was wading in the rocky streams surrounding the Rocky Mountain Biological Labor

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In Bolivia, Indigenous communities struggle to rebuild as wildfires return

Every Sunday, Hermindo Vies wakes up early and travels by river from his village, Asunción de Quiquibey, in Bolivia’s Beni department, to the nearest major town to sell his produce. Though he knows th...

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Barbarella’s Kiss and the Beginning of the Sexual Revolution in Bolivia

Published in NACLA Report on the Americas (Vol. 57, No. 1, 2025)

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As water levels recede, Indigenous communities and scientists collaborate to protect Lake Titicaca and its high-altitude endemic species

Last October, Isaac Callizaya visited Pariti Island, where he was born and raised. Located in Lake Titicaca, on Bolivia's highland Andean plateau—known as

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‘If not fire, we’ll be killed by hunger’: villagers continue to feel fallout from Bolivia’s worst wildfires

Food shortages and health issues continue after vast areas of forest and farmland burned last year

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‘Global red alert’: forest loss hits record high – and Latin America is the heart of the inferno

With little state support, villagers are left to battle wildfires armed with little more than shovels and bottles of water

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