Climate change threatens global food supply The global food supply faces a new threat: climate change. Extreme weather like the massive floods that hit the Midwest during planting season and...
Environmental journalists under threat Covering the environment is a surprisingly dangerous beat for journalists around the world. Over the last decade, as many as 29 reporters have been...
Nicaragua’s standoff The situation in Nicaragua has taken a dark turn in recent months. President Daniel Ortega's growing authoritarian streak has led to months of...
Latin American environmentalists under attack Earlier this year, a 51-year-old Mexican man named Isidro Baldenegro López was shot to death in Mexico’s Chihuahua state. Mr. López was a...
Honduran environmentalist’s murder resonates a year later "The government doesn’t want to get to the bottom of the killing because it involved people from the government itself." Silvio Carrillo always...
El Salvador’s unstoppable gangs El Salvador has a population of a little more than 6 million people, less than New York City. But the violence in the small Central American country...
Is fair trade really fair? Note this program was originally released July 9, 2015. You see the label on coffee, chocolate, t-shirts and even gold, “Fair Trade.” The...
TV star, ex-first lady contest Guatemala poll After corruption protests topple a president, Guatemalans are looking for change Voters in Guatemala will choose a new president Sunday, and the...
Guatemala’s turning point election After a massive corruption scandal rocked Guatemalan politics this summer, Central America's most populous country goes to the polls Oct....
Gunmen kill two journalists in Guatemala Gunmen have killed two journalists and critically injured a third in a city park in a regional capital in western Guatemala. Danilo López, of...