Indigenous Communities Examine Risks and Impacts of Climate Change at First Annual Meeting in Colombia

By CS Staff Rosy Sul González (Maya Kaqchikel), Verónica Aguilar (Mixtec), and Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam) Climate change is accelerating worldwide, and Indigenous communities are experiencing the impacts and risks most acutely due in large part to...

Displaced journalists must adapt to new culture, language, climate, and even a different color of the sky, says Luz Mely Reyes of Venezuela

“Exile is like getting divorced while still in love,” said Luz Mely Reyes, Venezuelan journalist and director and co-founder of the digital media outlet Efecto Cocuyo, during the opening keynote session of the 18th Ibero-American Colloquium on...

Caribbean Marine Biodiversity: A Window into an Underwater Paradise

Clouds of reef fish and corals, French frigate shoals, NWHI April 2, 2025 Hour: 2:49 pm The Caribbean Sea, with its warm, crystalline waters and vibrant marine ecosystems, is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions. Stretching across over a...

Holy Week Travel: El Salvador and Guatemala Aim for a Smoother Border Experience.

Authorities from El Salvador and Guatemala have been actively coordinating efforts to enhance the flow of tourists and commercial goods between both countries, particularly as the peak travel season approaches. With Holy Week just around the...

Nomura travels to Guatemala for Rotary project

City of Carpinteria Councilmember and Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon member Wade Nomura recently spent four days in Rabinal, Guatemala, where he met with the beneficiaries of an agroecological project focused on reversing the effects of climate...

Hidden cost: How keeping climate data classified hurts developing countries 

Rachel Santarsiero is the director of the National Security Archive’s Climate Change Transparency Project in Washington, D.C. The U.S. intelligence apparatus has long monitored how climate change will affect U.S. national security interests in the...

Banana imports to Europe and the US under pressure from climate change

A new report by RaboResearch highlights the growing impact of climate change on banana supplies to the EU and the US. Fluctuations in yields, rising water demand, extreme weather conditions, and increasing disease pressure pose significant risks...

Women’s Center explores gender norms in Guatemala

The Women’s Center embarked on a nine-day trip to Guatemala over spring break to explore traditional gender norms and violence affecting women in the country. Tyra Frye, a fourth-year studying English and women’s, gender and sexuality studies and...

‘More than just a place to eat’: Smorgasburg celebrates 15 years in Brooklyn with Jamaican sandwiches, Guatemalan coffee, and much more

Smorgasburg is returning to Brooklyn this weekend with dozens of new vendors and longtime favorites. Photo courtesy of Sam Hollenshead/Smorgasburg Search our comprehensive guide to things to do in Brooklyn for more local events — or submit your...

Paso Por Paso members happy to find kids 'thriving' in Guatemalan village

NEWS RELEASE PASO POR PASO ************************* Recently, I was one of four members of Paso Por Paso who travelled to Guatemala and there we watched first-hand the implementation of part of a nutrition program that Paso supports. Paso Por...

Regulation loopholes fuel illegal wildlife trade from Latin America to Europe

Between 2017 and 2023, nearly 2,500 animals from 69 species were seized from illegal trade shipments from Latin America into Europe, a recent IFAW report shows. More than 90% of the seized wildlife were live animals, mostly amphibians, reptiles...

TRÓCAIRE: Belfast donations making a difference to communities facing climate change challenges

THE Lenten Appeal is Trócaire’s biggest annual fundraising appeal. Telling the story of one family and community, the appeal highlights the challenges facing at-risk communities around the world. This year’s appeal focuses on a family and...

Guatemalans Burn the Devil to Welcome the Holiday Season

Hundreds of Guatemalan Catholics symbolically expelled evil spirits on Saturday by burning the “devil” in street bonfires during a traditional celebration on the eve of the Feast of the Virgin of Conception. The “Burning of the Devil,” which dates...

The Nutrition for Growth Summit mobilizes over US$27 billion to reach nutrition-related Sustainable Development Goals (28 Mar. 2025)

On March 27 and 28, 2025, at the Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G), which was organized by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs under the auspices of Minister Delegate for Francophonie and International Partnerships Thani Mohamed-Soilihi,...

HRC58: EHRDs, including fisherfolk, still at risk for protecting the environment and its biodiversity

Protecting the ocean with a human rights approach On 14 March, the Special Rapporteur on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, Astrid Puentes, presented her thematic report to the Human Rights Council (HRC), focusing on the...

La Tormenta Tropical Melissa aún no se fortalece, pero se espera que se convierta en un huracán peligroso en el Caribe

Se ha emitido un Aviso de Huracán para la costa sur de Haití y un Aviso de Tormenta Tropical para Jamaica debido a la Tormenta Tropical Melissa, que hasta el mediodía del miércoles aún no se había fortalecido. La tormenta se desplazaba lentamente...

Climate financing should come from oil and gas ‘super’ profits, study says

Oil and gas companies have the ability to become a significant source of climate financing, a new study in Climate Policy argues. The study looked at oil and gas profits from 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine spiked energy prices across...

CMR Group launches Guatemalan banana under its own brand Banarica

CMR Group has just launched the Banarica brand for its bananas, which it imports from Guatemala, and with which it expects to grow in terms of volume in the coming years, both in supermarkets and wholesale markets. "We have been marketing these...

‘Climate of terror’: New York’s migrants and asylum seekers brace for Trump

Manhattan, New York – On a brisk autumn day, Diana Zarate stood on a New York City sidewalk, surrounded by a clump of her family’s suitcases and backpacks. Towering above her was the Roosevelt Hotel, a sprawling 850-room facility that has served...

Climate projects take ‘invisible’ care work for granted: why this needs to change

Care work forms the often invisible infrastructure of all life. It is largely carried out by women and other marginalised groups, and it holds up communities and societies. It can be work in relation to production, such as in farms or forests, as...