Latin America

Left: TikTok on iPhone. Photo Source: Nordskov Media. Right: Meta on Smartphone. Photo Source: Alpha Photo (CC BY-NC 2.0)

November 2, 2024

Brazil Sues Meta, TikTok, Kwai for 3 Billion Reais in Wake of Minors’ Mental Health Risks

Brazil’s Institute for Collective Defense, a consumer rights group, has filed two lawsuits demanding 3 billion reais ($525.27 million) from the Brazilian units of TikTok, Kwai, and Meta Platforms for allegedly failing

Climate·Latin America·News

COP16 in Columbia Scrutinizes Global Failure: Only 8% of Oceans and 17% of Lands Protected So Far—What’s Next?

The 16th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) opens on Monday in Cali, Colombia, marking the first international meeting since the adoption in 2022 of an unprecedented roadmap to safeguard nature. However, the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Agreement is not progressing fast

October 21, 2024

NASA’s GOES-19 Reveals the Amazon’s Decline in 42 Million km² Image of the Americas

Forest·Latin America·Space

Details of the American continent, with its approximately 42 million square kilometers of extension including Argentina’s 2.78 million square kilometers, were never before documented

Colombia Records 74% Drop in Environmental Defender Murders but 66% of Cases in 2023 Remain Unsolved, But Is Safety Improving?

Activism·Latin America·News

The departments of Cauca, Nariño, and Antioquia have accumulated the highest number of homicides against environmental defenders. After 2023 was the deadliest year on