@MaxRadwin

Staff Writer covering LatAm for @Mongabay. Environment, organized crime, politics. Likes+RTs are not endorsements. Send tips to [email protected]

 Mexico City
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Joined January 2019
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A few months back, we rode #Mexico's #TrenMaya in search of deforestation and other environmental harm. Check out our video to see what we found. @MongabayOrg youtube.com/watch?v=RMeui4P6…
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Ahead of #COP30, I sat down with President of Suriname Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to discuss climate financing, land rights and more. Read the Q&A here👇 news.mongabay.com/2025/11/su…

Suriname’s plan to capitalize on carbon: Q&A with President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — With the U.N. Climate Change Conference coming up next week, Suriname finds itself at the center of a global debate about how to reduce carbon emissions and prevent deforesta...

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.@MongabayOrg “The Biden administration talks a big game about using targeted sanctions to hold #HumanRights violators accountable in #Nicaragua, but @USTreasury lets the worst of these actors off the hook” - @joshmayer @MaxRadwin reports on how intl’ mining firms like @CalibreMiningCo profit from @USTreasury’s failure to enforce sanctions against gold #mining in Nicaragua amidst increase in violence against #Indigenous communities: news.mongabay.com/2024/02/ha… @Mittaloak @AmaruRuiz
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Hopped on the @TrenMayaMX last month to see what all the fuss was about. My article for @MongabayOrg 👇 news.mongabay.com/2024/04/al…

All aboard Tren Maya: Here’s what we found riding Mexico’s controversial railway

CANCÚN, Mexico — The Mexican government finally opened its huge, controversial train project last December, connecting Cancún and Tulum with the rest of the Yucatán Peninsula. And yet, despite all...

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Despite Canada’s ‘climate forward’ public image, it acts as a safe haven for extractive industries and companies operating in Latin America, including regions of climatic significance. // via @MaxRadwin news.mongabay.com/2023/09/ho…

How Canada’s growing presence in Latin America is hurting the environment

MEXICO CITY — Canada has become a major force in Latin America. It’s spent the last 30 years beefing up its portfolio with investments in mining, oil and natural gas. It’s established free trade...

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Congratulations to our 2023 Environmental Journalism Award Winners! We are proud to celebrate these twelve brave and resourceful people whose investigations and reporting elevate the public discourse on ecology and climate justice. Read more: sealawards.com/twelve-journa…
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El levantamiento de las sanciones sobre el oro y el petróleo podría frenar los esfuerzos de conservación en #Venezuela. ➡️Lea articulo de @MaxRadwin de @MongabayOrg news.mongabay.com/2023/11/li…

Lifted sanctions on gold, oil could slow conservation efforts in Venezuela

Last month, the U.S. agreed to lift some sanctions on Venezuela in exchange for a roadmap to presidential elections, tentatively scheduled for the second half of next year. The deal required months...

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#Suriname is over 90% forest but the country is weighing land sales to Mennonite farmers, who've been a major driver of deforestation in other parts of Latin America. Story for @MongabayOrg 👇 news.mongabay.com/2023/10/pl…

Plan to bring Mennonite farmers to Suriname sparks deforestation fears

Foreign land developers have spent the past several years working to bring Mennonite farming communities from across Latin America to Suriname with the plan of starting a series of agriculture...

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Today marks 50 years since the 11 September 1973 coup in #Chile. Thousands of people were killed under Augusto Pinochet’s subsequent military regime. In order to move forward, Chile must secure justice, truth and reparation for the victims amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…

50 years on from the 11 September coup in Chile

Exercising historical memory is vital for the country’s future

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The rise and fall of a king. A patrol through the jungle gone awry. Read my latest @MongabayOrg feature on land rights in #Panama 👇 news.mongabay.com/2023/09/in…

In Panama, an Indigenous kingdom fights for its right to the forest

CHANGUINOLA, Panama — Long before the Naso peoples in the northern jungles of Panama won the fight for their land, before a king came from far away to lead them against the invaders and cattle...

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In Panama, an Indigenous kingdom fights for its right to the forest

CHANGUINOLA, Panama — Long before the Naso peoples in the northern jungles of Panama won the fight for their land, before a king came from far away to lead them against the invaders and cattle...

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Exceptional, essential piece by @MaxRadwin about what goes into making - and maintaining - an Indigenous kingdom. A @MongabayOrg feature. news.mongabay.com/2023/09/in…
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Critics question causes behind major new oil spill in #Ecuador's Amazon "If we’re talking about sabotage, the gov't would have to show the evidence it has+what the purpose of the sabotage was"-@jacero71, Lawyer @AFrontlines @MaxRadwin for @MongabayOrg: bit.ly/3OABOV2
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.@Mineros_sa Chemicals leaked from a processing plant of subsidiary #Hemco in a protected reserve in #Nicaragua contaminates 2 rivers with public health fallout for thousands of #INDIGENOUS people living nearby. news.mongabay.com/2023/05/ch… @MongabayOrg @MaxRadwin @Mittaloak
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"Mennonite soy farms have been a main driver of deforestation..." in Bolivian Amazon “What’s happened over last 30 years is a consolidation of the Mennonites, which is transforming the forest” @LarreaAlcazar news.mongabay.com/2023/02/bo… @ACA_DC,@mongabay,@MaxRadwin,@AceaaAmazonica

Bolivia has a soy deforestation problem. It’s worse than previously thought.

Mennonites, often searching for new land to expand their simple, rural lifestyles, have founded hundreds of communities across Latin America over the last century. In forested areas, particularly the...

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Costa Rica announced an all-out ban on the fishing of hammerhead sharks. Despite being critically endangered, hammerhead sharks have been bought and sold in Costa Rica for years, with demand being driven by shark fin soup, reports @MaxRadwin. news.mongabay.com/2023/02/co…
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For a government that's banned mining, @nayibbukele sure is doing a lot to promote mining. news.mongabay.com/2023/02/is…

Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?

MEXICO CITY — It was considered a major environmental victory, back in 2017, when El Salvador’s government announced it would be the first country in the world to issue a total ban on metal mining....

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The Nicaragua govt stays quiet on what exactly is happening to the environment. But satellite data show severe encroachment into primary forests by ranching, mining and logging in 2022—threatening Indigenous communities. @MaxRadwin reports for @mongabay news.mongabay.com/2023/01/in…

Indigenous communities threatened as deforestation rises in Nicaraguan reserves

It’s hard to know exactly what’s happening to the environment in Nicaragua. Data on everything from mining to deforestation to biodiversity loss is nearly impossible to get from the government....

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New report: forests managed by Indigenous communities tend to be carbon sinks rather than carbon sources, while areas under different management are often less predictable. @MaxRadwin reports for @mongabay news.mongabay.com/2023/01/in…
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Matt Finer@MattFiner11 Jan 2023
Illegal gold mining accelerating deforestation in one of Venezuela’s most threatened national parks, new report from @ACA_DC reveals Good new overview of crisis in Yapacana National Park from @mongabay Includes interview with @SOSOrinoco news.mongabay.com/2023/01/ve… @MaxRadwin

Venezuela’s Yapacana National Park suffering increasing mining deforestation: report

Illegal gold mining is accelerating deforestation in one of Venezuela’s most threatened national parks, a new report from Amazon Conservation revealed. Satellite imagery analyzed by the NGO shows...

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