Max Radwin

Staff Writer covering LatAm for @Mongabay. Environment, organized crime, politics. Likes+RTs are not endorsements.

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[Max Radwin @MaxRadwin]

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

https://t.co/dqLtcHA4Ai

[Max Radwin @MaxRadwin]

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👇

https://t.co/uLcuxxB22d

[Oakland Institute @oak_institute]

.@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: https://t.co/yTzFGRDVcs

@Mittaloak @AmaruRuiz

[Max Radwin @MaxRadwin]

Hopped on the @TrenMayaMX last month to see what all the fuss was about. My article for @MongabayOrg 👇

https://t.co/CrZYwQeR9E

[SEAL Awards @SEALAwards]

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

https://t.co/Fy0MdSWVag

[SEAL Awards @SEALAwards]

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: https://t.co/16OpOArUZB

[SOS Orinoco @SOSOrinoco]

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

https://t.co/5GAo9QRVZz

[Max Radwin @MaxRadwin]

#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 👇
https://t.co/LKjZ98aR6D

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

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 https://t.co/IsByQ4Hnze

[Max Radwin @MaxRadwin]

The rise and fall of a king. A patrol through the jungle gone awry. Read my latest @MongabayOrg feature on land rights in #Panama 👇
https://t.co/196z7y2WvF

[Mongabay @MongabayOrg]

In Panama, an Indigenous kingdom fights for its right to the forest https://t.co/i0KTxyRjV8

[Latoya @LatoyaAbulu]

Exceptional, essential piece by @MaxRadwin about what goes into making - and maintaining - an Indigenous kingdom.

A @MongabayOrg feature.
https://t.co/8TzBnrbj0Q

[AFrontlines @AFrontlines]

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: https://t.co/FzobCbXC70

[Oakland Institute @oak_institute]

.@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. https://t.co/PdrdaEagpC @MongabayOrg @MaxRadwin @Mittaloak

[Matt Finer @MattFiner]

"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

https://t.co/W7eTaLPQtf

@ACA_DC,@mongabay,@MaxRadwin,@AceaaAmazonica

[Mongabay @mongabay]

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.
https://t.co/EJufmz0ok7

[Max Radwin @MaxRadwin]

For a government that's banned mining, @nayibbukele sure is doing a lot to promote mining.
https://t.co/sV1M3PDIaf

[Latoya @LatoyaAbulu]

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
https://t.co/ODDHpjm2p0

[Latoya @LatoyaAbulu]

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
https://t.co/SuvhW7kAy3

[Matt Finer @MattFiner]

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

https://t.co/aMDBqiqouH

@MaxRadwin