Douwe den Held

PICHARI, Peru - It's nearly 5 p.m., and the bamboo grove is filled with children. In silence, they're looking…

Though coffee is one of the world's most important commodities, little of the profit trickles down to the far…

Activists in Rio Blanco, Ecuador, expelled a mine company from their community. But the move sparked tensions…

Cuenca - Milieu valt nu onder het ministerie van Mijnbouw.

With violence on the rise and government-led negotiations with armed groups in a seemingly endless stalemate,…

A licence to dig in the Cajas region has been welcomed by some as an answer to economic woes. Yet many fear i…

Feature in Rouleur 135

Indigenous voters likely hold the key to the April 13 election. But internal divisions may cost them their in…

Juan Guillermo Garcés had a brush with death while burning jungle for cattle pasture - now he runs a nature r…

Op de biodiversiteitstop in Colombia, de grootste ooit, tekent zich een paradox af: de wereld erkent dat het …

InSight Crime dives into the world of Dritan Gjika, an Albanian criminal mastermind behind a cocaine empire s…

Surinamese drug trafficker Brian Blue remains at large months after InSight Crime exposed his suspected ties …

US and Colombian investigators connected Suriname’s Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk and ex-President Desi Bou…

Medellín and other municipalities in the Aburrá Valley in the department of Antioquia have long been a microc…

Cocaine trafficked from Suriname into French Guiana and then on to France makes up some 30% of all cocaine co…

Da alcuni decenni ormai, i clan della ‘ndrangheta sono diventati i più importanti alleati europei dei narcotr…

The port of Gioia Tauro was buzzing with activity in December 2020. In addition to deliveries of legitimate c…

Salvatore Mancuso, one of the most powerful paramilitary commanders in Colombia, and Giorgio Sale, a well-con…

Rocco Morabito could see beachfront bars from his hotel room in João Pessoa, in the Brazilian state of Paraíb…

Suriname, South America’s smallest country, is facing multiple criminal challenges. It is a cocaine transit r…

President Luis Abinader has vowed to root out corruption in the Dominican Republic. But this is much easier s…

César Peralta, alias "El Abusador," became the most powerful and well-connected drug trafficker in the Domini…

The port of Caucedo, the Dominican Republic's main maritime entry point, is trying to fight back against a wa…

El tráfico de cocaína es una de las economías ilícitas más grandes del mundo. Desde su prohibición a mediados…