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Project Ateles and its crusade to save Venezuela’s most endangered primate

September 29, 2026September 29, 2026Tatiana Da GamaLeave a Comment

The Daily Journal.- In the last remnants of seasonal forest still standing in Venezuela’s western plains, a unique species is racing against time and extinction. The brown spider monkey, scientifically known as Ateles hybridus, is a Neotropical primate with long limbs and a prehensile tail that has alarmingly earned a place among the world’s 25 […]

The mutilated city: the billboard business, local anarchy, and Caracas’ lost shade

September 17, 2026September 17, 2026Tatiana Da GamaLeave a Comment

The Daily Journal. Caracas is losing its shade. Across the valley, the deafening roar of chainsaws has replaced the song of urban birds, exposing a severe crisis of environmental governance, institutional opacity and commercial interests. What local authorities and waste collection companies describe with euphemisms such as “sanitation,” “maintenance,” or “Cut and Prune,” activists and […]