In Malta one can still see remnants of walled forts that rise out of the hillsides with the telling of long histories.

From its North African and Arabic influences, Malta, located smack in the middle of the Mediterranean was a strategic position for British Air and Sea Forces in WWII. It was pivotal for the allies who were up against Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. 

After the war the devastated island was given a measure of self-government. The country gained independence in 1964, and ...

The G8 Summit in 2010 is sure to bring a whirlwind of activity to small-town Ontario.

It's amazing to see how such an event can really change a small town in the middle of the woods.

In a little over a year from now leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, USA, and Europe will invade tiny Huntsville, in Muskoka Ontario, along with at least 3000 members of the media.

I am amazed that the G8 Summit will be conducted where I've lived for the past 6 years...

As recent tension and violence escalates in Peru, Indigenous people are on edge and wondering about the future of their livelihood.

Last week serious violence erupted in Peru when many protestors - some carrying spears and machetes, launched their fight over President Alan Garcia’s Free Trade Agreement with the USA.

Hundreds may be dead or missing in the country’s worst violence in decades. It is a media battle now with both sides launching aggressive publicity campaigns.

A Cover-up has...

Dancing brings out joy; while in South America be prepared to dance the night away.

There is so much dancing in South America these days that it’s making my head spin.

And I’m not talking about all the Political dancing either.

When I arrived in Peru they told me be prepared to dance, because “that’s what we do here in Latin America.”

It’s not uncommon to dance till the sun comes up, to the pounding of endless Cumbia or Flamenco tunes that will soothe your soul as you get lost in the ...

"Portrait of a Woman" by Angie

It’s always interesting to see what my students capture when I give them cameras for the first time. I am just as eager to see their results as they are, sometimes more eager than my own snapshots.

I give the students briefings on the “rules” of photography before we go out on assignment, then during the creative process they realize: there are no rules. We inflict them upon ourselves and rules are limiting, especially when it comes to thinking outside the...

The Parana family lives on a "floating house" near Iquitos, Peru. They rely on the Amazon, as many have for thousands of years as a source of life.

Thousands of delegates and groups from all over have now converged at the UN Headquarters in New York, for the 8th Forum on Indigenous Issues that are challenging rich cultures abroad.

The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council, with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to...

For over a week now protests by tens of thousands of indigenous farmers in the Amazon region have put the territory in conflict. The residents are protesting the free trade agreement that Peruvian President Alan Garcia has signed with the US. The document allows private corporations to explore and extract natural resources from Native lands, and privatize water sources.

The farmers are protesting with strikes, marches and blockades of rivers and roads, which has paralyzed oil production...

The Yellow Eye Brow Frog is one of many species that are struggling to survive in the Amazon.

From the window of my plane I am marvelling at a grand serpent winding through a sea of endless green.

When I do land in Iquitos, gateway to the Amazon I am hit with a blast of heat and fresh oxygen which leaves me sweating instantly.

Creator of life, illusions and legends, the world’s longest and largest river was discovered in 1541 by Francisco de Orellana, though tribes have been existing...