Colombia’s Rallying Cry
Biographic
On June 27, 2017, after years of negotiations and demobilization, the FARC officially disarmed. Hope is on the horizon for the first time in half a century, but so are many hurdles. Can ecotourism mend a divided nation in the aftermath of war?
The vigilante cyclists of San José
The Guardian
Tired of government bureaucracy and traffic jams, activists in Costa Rica’s capital are solving the city’s transport problems themselves: painting crossings, funding research and even building infrastructure.
The Last Stand
The Tico Times
A group of conservationists is the only thing that stand between poachers and sea turtle eggs. A group of foreign volunteers and locals continue to fight even after the high-profile murder of one of their own.
Gruesome ‘spining’ loophole aids criminal shark finning in Costa Rica
Vice News
An absolution in a criminal shark finning case may bring back the rampant overfishing from Costa Rica’s past.
All that glitters isn’t green
The Guardian
Costa Rica’s use of renewables conceals reliance on oil. Costa Rica produced 98% of its electricity last year without fossil fuels but the sustainable success story unravels with the rising demand for gasoline and cars.
Climate change threatens Colombia’s largest indigenous group
Univision
Colombia is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. In the dry north, the climate crisis is already forcing people out of their homes.
Is Costa Rica’s green reputation at risk?
U.S. News and World Report
Some say the country, long praised by environmentalists, hasn’t gone far enough to curb carbon.
Latin American environmentalists are an endangered species
Mongabay
Murders over land disputes have been on the rise worldwide, but the problem is especially severe in Latin America. Conflict over surging development in the region’s remote corners is a driving factor.
To save a predator
The Tico Times
A history of human-jaguar conflict in Costa Rica.
Denver’s climate activists are getting louder
Denverite
Denver’s climate activists are becoming controversial with arrests, protests and general civil disobedience.
Environmentalists seek legal rights, personhood for Colorado River
Aspen Journalism
An environmental group has petitioned the state to grant legal personhood to the Colorado River in an effort to protect it.
Costa Rica’s crocodile conundrum
The Tico Times
With one of the highest rates of crocodile attacks in the Americas, Costa Rica is now struggling as the giant reptiles move into popular tourist destinations.
Legal challenge could stop construction plans for new Colorado Dam
Water Deeply
Construction is set to begin next year, but environmentalists have filed a lawsuit over Chimney Hollow reservoir, which would store water for communities in Colorado’s Front Range.
Costa Rica’s chocolate comeback
The Tico Times
In the 1980s a cacao-killing fungus devastated Costa Rica’s booming chocolate trade. Now farmers and scientists are working to bring the crop back.
Craft breweries in Colorado brace for less water
The Atlantic’s City Lab
People in the booming beer industry in Colorado worry about predicted water shortages and threats to the high quality of Rocky Mountain water.
