Indigenous groups in Bolivia are marching once again in protest over the planned road, even though it is proving hard to maintain the earlier momentum.

After the vote in the Brazilian Congress that passed a version of the Forest Code that drastically reduces protection for the Amazon rainforest and other forest areas, 200 environmental and social organisations have launched a petition asking President Dilma Rousseff to veto the bill.

Congress approves new forest code that represents a serious reverse for environmental movement. The ball is now in Dilma's court.

Salvadorean President Mauricio Funes has promised support and incentives for small-scale localised food production in an implicit criticism of the neo-liberal model.

An official march and a march of the social movements take each other on in Quito.

In the wake of a series of actions undertaken by the landless movement (MST) across the country, João Pedro Stédile, one of the main leaders, has attacked President Dilma for allowing her government to be taken over by 'second-rate bureaucrats'.