Dateline journeys through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles, a route populated by drug traffickers, bandits and migrants searching for a new beginning.
This video examines how small coffee farmers in Colombia are fighting against the impact of climate change with the assistance of the catholic church and what is in store in the future.
Pulitzer Center grantee Jason Motlagh speaks with WBUR's Sacha Pfeiffer about his reporting in the Darien Gap.
Camila DeChalus exposes some of the obstacles and tribulations of a coffee farmer in Colombia who grapples with climate change amidst a 50-year internal war.
While climate change is making the lives of many small coffee producers more difficult, they are also facing another problem—the lack of youth engagement.
With potential treatments for Huntington's disease on the horizon, questions of responsibility towards Latin American communities are being felt acutely. Will they ever reap the benefits of research?
Desperation sends a flow of migrants from Cuba, Africa, and Asia on perilous journeys through the Darién Gap.
Philip Fearnside, a biologist who studies the relationship between human activities, such as agriculture, and the protection of tropical forests, says that soy production threatens the Amazon forest.
Efforts to treat Huntington’s disease involve costly drugs way beyond the reach of the poor communities in South America who take part in research studies
The palm oil industry has been a boon to Colombia’s economy but the industry has benefited from the violence surrounding the country’s longstanding civil war.
On Feb. 14, the Pulitzer Center releases its newest e-book on the environmental and human prices of gold mining. Whether this resource is produced in a way that is fair to all is very much up to us.
The mostly female workers in Colombia's flower industry endure low wages and work that cripples their bodies. Their attempts to unionize have been thwarted despite Colombia's promises to the US.
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