Fig. 1. Domestic extraction in Latin America by major category of material, 1970–2008Source: (UNEP, 2013). 3.2.1 Nationalisations and dependency on FDI Latin American extractivism still highly depends on FDI for its operations. While Brazil receives the largest amount of FDI in the region ...
because it proposes the regulation, under police supervision, of media coverage of protests”, while IFEX-ALC, an alliance of organizations that defend freedom of expression in Latin America and the Caribbean, stated that itcontravenes international standardsand the human rights treaties that Peru ha...
Similarly, last December, the U.S. Coast Guard vessel joined a patrol mission to South America “in a joint search to put an end to illegal fishing.” This is part of a broader effort that began in 2015 in a partnership between the Coast Guard and South American nations. Latin America’...
Race and ethnicity are complex issues in Latin America. Most of Latin America's 540 million residents descend from three major racial/ethnic groups: Indian or indigenous peoples, of whom there are some 400 distinct groups; Europeans, largely of Spanish and Portuguese heritage; and Africans, descen...