Tracy L. Barnett

MEXICO CITY -- The old Mexico met the new one Saturday at the massive Foro Sol and together, in a vivid explosion of rhythm and light and living energy, they danced the night away.

Wirikuta Fest, a lineup of...

This story is the second in a series about the historic pilgrimage of the Wixarika people to their sacred site...

Note: This is the third in a series of articles, "Battle for the Birthplace of the Sun," reporting from the Sierra of Catorce on the historic pilgrimage of the Huicholes to their threatened sacred site of Wirikuta....

Note: This is the first in a series of articles, "Battle for the Birthplace of the Sun," reporting from the Sierra of Catorce on the historic pilgrimage of the Huichols to their threatened sacred site of Wirikuta. Stay tuned for developments as they unfold...

Long before the sun appears over the towering white cliffs all around us, this temporary village comes to life. The guardians of the ceremonial fire are stoking the flames for the temezcal; the kitchen crew is chopping and peeling and stirring; smoke is rising from the women's tipi. Suddenly the...

ASUNCION, Paraguay - The federal agricultural agency's dramatic destruction of more than 100 acres of transgenic corn a couple of weeks ago has provoked a fiery new round here in the debate about genetically...

ASUNCION, Paraguay - It was an historic moment for Latin America, and perhaps for the world: A former guerilla, a former priest and a former coca grower, now presidents of their respective countries, stood together and addressed the...

Author's note: Last week, following the visit of U.N. Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Rights James Anaya, the Guatemalan government agreed to abide by his requests and those of the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights, the Catholic Church, the International Labor Organization and others and has ordered the temporary suspension of...

HUEHUETENANGO, Guatemala -- They arrived in pickup trucks, in school buses and on foot, resplendent in the vibrant purples and reds, blues and yellows of their native highlands. They came by the thousands to witness a...

PANAJACHEL, Guatemala -- For three days I've been traveling the villages of Lake Atitlan, watching the slow shift from disaster to windfall.

On Saturday, we stood together in Marvilla's kitchen at Posada Dos Volcanes in San Lucas...

XELA, Guatemala -- It's been 14 years since the brutal civil war that gripped this country for over three decades finally came to an end, and the former combatants that once manned guerilla posts in the mountains have all gone back to civilian life. For many of them, though, the...

A ruling by a federal court judge in a case involving Chevron's environmental disaster in the Amazon could lead to documentary filmmakers and investigative journalists dumping their unused footage and notes in order to avoid having them seized, said the filmmaker's attorney.

Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger must hand over to...

QUETZALTENANGO, Guatemala - I awoke this sparkling Mother's Day to the sight of the Santa Maria volcano from my rooftop, rising green and conical over the mountains that surround this charming city in the highlands. Quetzaltenango, known to...

GUATEMALA CITY - Between the black smoke-belching chicken buses and the mass of cars that congest the streets of Central America's largest capital, it's hard to imagine a bicycle, much less a mass of them. With one of...

An Amazonian community's fifteen-year battle with Chevron is entering dangerous waters with the Chevron request for all of the 600 hours of unused footage from the filming of "Crude: The Real Price of Oil".

The movie documented the environmental...

Recently I was privileged to spend some time in Belize with Albert Bates, co-founder of The Farm in Tennessee, the Global Ecovillage Network, a prolific author and a visionary for our times. I can honestly say that few people have inspired me as he has of the urgent necessity to...

Yesterday I had the rare pleasure of meeting and visiting with a true original -- a man who, together with a core group of compatriots, has done more for the environmental movement in Latin America than perhaps anyone else, and has done it in his own inimitable way.

Alberto Ruz...

Much has been written about the pros and cons of carbon offsets. The idea, if you haven't been following, is that you pay money to a nonprofit organization to plant trees or invest in renewables or otherwise reduce the amount...

ST. LOUIS, MO. -- Today's the day.

I've made my list and checked it a million times; selected and reselected my gear; said my goodbyes and received good wishes and safe travel blessings from near and far. I've left my car keys, my...

The man who's been called the Paul Revere of climate change, Dr. James Hansen, launched his new book, "Storms of My Grandchildren," last night at Houston's Wortham Center to a packed house.

Why would Houston be chosen for this honor, you might ask? It's...