Venezuela is swept by economic chaos as new crypto-currency “scam” takes effect – Bolívar devalued by 95 percent

By Rachelle Krygier and Anthony Faiola 21 August 2018 CARACAS, Venezuela (The Washington Post) – Many Venezuelans rejected an opposition call for a national strike on Tuesday, warily going to work even as sweeping government measures aimed at curbing ­hyperinflation caused mounting confusion.With inflation hurtling toward 1 million percent and hunger spreading nationwide, President Nicolás […]

Venezuela heading for 1,000,000 percent inflation, says IMF – The worsening crisis “will lead to intensifying spillover effects on neighbouring countries”

By Gideon Long 24 July 2018 Bogotá (Financial Times) – Inflation in Venezuela this year is likely to hit levels seen in the Weimar Republic in Germany in the 1920s and Zimbabwe a decade ago as the government continues to pump out bank notes in response to its deepening economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund […]

2017 was deadliest year on record for indigenous and environmental defenders – “Local activists are being murdered as governments and businesses value quick profit over human life”

24 July 2018 (Global Witness) – Global Witness today reveals that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed last year – indigenous leaders, community activists and environmentalists murdered trying to protect their homes and communities from mining, agribusiness and other destructive industries.Severe limits on the data available mean the global total is probably […]

Amazon deforestation in Brazil up 108 percent in June 2018

By Stefania Costa 20 July 2018 In June 2018, SAD detected 1169 square kilometers of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In this bulletin, the fraction of deforestation between 1 and 10 hectares was 4% of the total detected (52 square kilometers). Considering only the alerts from 10 hectares, there was an increase of 108% compared […]

Video: Footage of sole survivor of Amazon tribe emerges

By Dom Phillips 19 July 2018 Rio de Janeiro (The Guardian) – Remarkable footage has been released of an uncontacted indigenous man who has lived alone in an Amazon forest for at least 22 years. Semi-naked and swinging an axe vigorously as he fells a tree, the man, believed to be in his 50s, has […]

As Colombia expands its palm oil sector, scientists worry about wildlife

By Taran Volckhausen 21 June 2018 (Mongabay) – The large-scale expansion of oil palm has been a major driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss in many areas of the tropics. In Malaysia and Indonesia, where 85 percent of the world’s oil palm is cultivated, rampant industry growth over the past several decades has replaced rainforest […]

Deforestation in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Forest in April and May was more than double the area razed in all of 2017

By Fabiano Maisonnave 20 June 2018(Folha de S. Paulo) – The Jamanxim National Forest (Flona) recorded in two months more than double the amount of deforested area in the last year.Located in the southwest of Pará, Flona lost 57 km2  of vegetation cover between April and May, according to the calculation of the NGO Imazon […]

On World Refugee Day 2018, a record 68.5 million people were forcibly displaced last year

By Morgan Winsor 20 June 2018 (ABC News) – Record high numbers of men, women, and children were driven from their homes across the world last year due to war, violence, and persecution, according to a new report by the United Nations’ refugee agency. The UNHCR’s annual Global Trends study found that a staggering 68.5 […]

Amazon deforestation in Brazil up 84 percent in April 2018

By Stefania Costa 24 May 2018(Imazon) – In April 2018, SAD detected 217 square kilometers of deforestation in the Amazon forest. In this bulletin, the fraction of deforestation between 1 and 10 hectares was 18% of the total detected (39 square kilometers). Considering only the alerts from 10 hectares, there was an increase of 84% […]

Global Peace Index 2018: World is less peaceful today than at any time in the last decade – “Acceptance of the Rights of Others” has been deteriorating in Europe and North America since 2005

LONDON, 6 June 2018 (IEP) –  The 12th edition of the annual Global Peace Index (GPI) report, produced by the international think-tank the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), revealed that the world is less peaceful today than at any time in the last decade. The 2018 GPI reveals a world in which the tensions, […]

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