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Solar energy even on cloudy days.

Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

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Chile’s President Gabriel Boric, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Helder Barbalho, governor of the Brazilian state of Pará, at the U.N. Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil.

International cooperation

Brazil continues to campaign for climate action and cooperation

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth

Biodiversity

A town in Mexico shows how communities can save reefs

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by Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz
Transport on the Río Beni: the people of Asunción de Quiquibey sell their goods at the Rurrenabaque market.

Indigenous rights

Even in Bolivia, indigenous life is under threat from many sides

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by Katja Dombrowski
Members of the Wairari Atun Sacha cabildo are mapping their territory.

Colombia

Defending territory with tradition and technology in Colombia

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by Leonardo Jiménez García
Protest against the disappearance of Mapuche leader Julia Chuñil in Santiago de Chile in April 2025.

Land rights and environmental protection

Where is Julia Chuñil?

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by Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa
Bruno Sirote, climate activist from Argentina.

Climate conference

“I hope the negotiations will become more substantive again”

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by Bruno Sirote
by Leon Kirschgens

Local communities

Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery

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by Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz
“Indigenous land is not farmland”: protest during a summit of Amazonian governments in Belém, Brazil, in the summer of 2023.

Human rights

How indigenous spirituality matters

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by Frank Schwabe
by Hans Dembowski
Heavy fires have been raging in Brazil this year. Burning forest close to the Bolivian border in July.

Forest fires

Latin America is burning

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by Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa
A local vendor on the beach of Isla Mujeres.

Respectful tourism

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

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by Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz