Coronavirus has begun spreading around refugee settlements, but in one of the world’s largest refugee camp complexes a worst-case scenario may have been avoided.

Colombia and the Brazilian Amazon remain two major hotspots for deadly attacks on environmental defenders, a new report from human rights NGO Global Witness reveals.

Drug traffickers in Central America have been known to practise “narco-ranching”, in which they launder cash by buying land and cattle, then selling the meat in Mexico for clean money.

When Covid-19 first hit Colombia in early March, Medellín's municipal government was already looking for ways to include cultural institutions in the city’s pandemic response.

Less than a year ago, Colombian Indigneous leader Anitalia Piachi was addressing the Catholic Church’s leadership in Rome, now her community is hard-hit by COVID-19.

Experts say seeds from traditional agricultural varieties could help solve food shortages and malnutrition, as well as boost food system resilience to climate and cultural challenges.

Health experts warn pregnant lupus sufferers and their babies are at risk as global supplies of an anti-malarial medicine used to treat the disease run dry due to COVID-19 panic.

A lone voice rings out over the deafening silence of a Monday morning in Medellin, Colombia "Aguacate!" yells the fruit seller, using the Spanish word for avocado.

Despite fears of food insecurity,indigenous communities around the globe are closing borders in an effort to avoid a potentially devastating corona-virus outbreak in their territories.

The government and Catholic Church in El Salvador are confronting another new, challenging era in the country’s already rocky past: the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts from Venezuela are warning that an already-crippled health care system makes it likely the country will be hit hard by COVID-19, which will in turn affect the entire Latin American region.

American TV host and self-styled "adventurer" Forrest Galante claimed he found a rare reptile, but it was already documented by Colombian researcher Sergio Balaguera-Reina.

Women are on the front lines of protecting traditional and Indigenous land from threats but they often struggle to have their own rights to these lands recognized and respected.

For over 20 years, Carlos Osorio, 65, was a conventional farmer outside the central Colombian village of El Carmen de Viboral — spraying pesticides every single day.

Ed Regis explores why certain food plants are treated by authorities and the public as “genetically modified,” as worthy of strict cautionary regulation and others seen as "natural.”

For The Roman Catholic Church, which has ramped up its focus on the Amazon and the millions of indigenous people who live there, prayer is not enough.

Just in Colombia, scientists have amassed a collection of over 20,000 animal sounds being used to study everything from climate change to deforestation and urbanization.

UN says land tenure of Indigenous and traditional landholders is key to climate adaption but Colombia warn they can’t protect the forests if they can’t protect themselves.

Ex-guerrillas in Colombia are learning about how they can use the latest technology and scientific knowledge to help them launch or improve ecotourism businesses.