What should Trump do next on trade? Optimize existing US trade agreements in Central and South America.

The Trump administration recently imposed 10 percent tariffs on exports to the United States from many free-trade-agreement partners from Latin America. This has resulted in unnecessary instability. At a time when Washington should be deepening...

Caribbean Culture Fund Unveils Third Call for Proposals, St. Kitts and Nevis Artists Eligible

by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)—The Caribbean Culture Fund (CCF) has launched its third call for proposals, making a substantial US$400,000 available in grants to bolster cultural and creative projects throughout the region. This...

Colombia churches push for dialogue in the wake of renewed political violence

Bogota’s Santa Fe hospital has become a gathering place for Colombians shocked by the attack on Miguel Uribe, a presidential candidate who was shot in the head on June 7 as he spoke to a small crowd in the capital. The hospital, where the...

Brazilian butt lifts and botox ‘being offered in public toilets and hotel rooms’

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Climate Change Makes Protests Harder—Including Climate Change Protests

Last Saturday, Laurie Marshall joined hundreds of people in El Paso, Texas, for the city’s “No Kings Day” protests, part of a nationwide series of actions in opposition of what organizers say is authoritarian behavior by the Trump administration....

Fortress Power Expands in Latin America

New Regional Headquarters and Regional Training Center Opens in Guadalajara, Mexico Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - June 11, 2025: Fortress Power, a global leader in energy storage solutions, officially celebrated the inauguration of a new regional...

Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests

BRASILANDIA, Brazil — (AP) — Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups. The...

Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests

Brazil sells exploration rights to 19 oil blocks near Amazon river

Brazil sold exploration rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river for $153 million (€133 million) Tuesday, at the start of an auction slammed by environmentalists months before the country is to host the COP30 climate...

Brazilian farmers live in debt and fear a year after devastating floods

The collapsed roof of the barn, once the shelter for 500 pigs, is a constant reminder to Gustavo Lorenzon of the catastrophic floods that hit his farm, and much of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, in May 2024. A year later, he still cannot...

Brazil sells exploration rights to oil blocks near Amazon river mouth

Brazil sold exploration rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at the start of an auction slammed by environmentalists months before the country is to host the COP30 climate summit. Two consortiums -- one...

Latin America’s largest-ever wastewater-treatment plant is launched in Buenos Aires

June 17, 2025 | By Mary Bailey International construction and infrastructure firm WeBuild Group (Rozzano, Italy) has announced a landmark project in Buenos Aires, Argentina — the launch of the Riachuelo System, the largest wastewater treatment...

Lee, Brazilian president agree to expand cooperation on global issues

By Kim Eun-jung KANANASKIS, Canada, June 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung held a summit with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Canada on Tuesday and agreed to expand cooperation on a range of global issues, such as climate...

Global Climate Talks Resumed This Week in Germany, For the First Time in 30 Years Without the United States

For the first time since the United Nations started its annual climate talks in 1995, the United States is not sending an official government delegation to one of the biannual global negotiation sessions. In Bonn, Germany, the United Nations...

UWI AI Research Conference aims to empower the Caribbean – Less than one week to go!

Dr Curtis B Charles The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica, West Indies. Tuesday, June 17, 2025—With less than one week to go, excitement is building for the region’s only dedicated AI conference, hosted by The University of the West Indies (The...

Bonn Bulletin: Slow start to climate talks fails to reflect urgency

Bonn agenda finally adopted after tough fight Anyone would think there’s no climate emergency. The mid-year UN climate talks in Bonn were meant to open on Monday morning, to advance negotiations on the road to COP30 in Brazil on issues such as how...

Chevron Acquires Blocks in Brazil's Foz do Amazonas Basin

Exxon Mobil and Chevron on Tuesday took their first steps toward eventually exploring oil in Brazil's Foz do Amazonas basin, scooping up offshore blocks auctioned by the country in the promising but environmentally-sensitive area. The move marks...

Exxon, Chevron acquires blocks in Brazil's environmentally-sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin

Exxon Mobil and Chevron on Tuesday took their first steps toward eventually exploring oil in Brazil's Foz do Amazonas basin, scooping up offshore blocks auctioned by the country in the promising but environmentally-sensitive area. This is the...

José María Velasco’s Mexico Glows at London’s National Gallery

José María Velasco, The Goatherd of San Angel, 1861. Francisco Kochen, Museo Nacional de Arte INBAL Mexico City Reproduccion autorizada por el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura Outside of Mexico, José María Velasco’s artwork is...

Government plans to cut glacier protections via decree, environmentalists warn

Each year, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier, one of dozens of massive ice formations found in Patagonia’s Los Glaciares National Park. Beyond their beauty, glaciers also hold over half of the Earth’s...