‘It’s a cause for concern,’ Alberta’s provincial energy minister tells Al Jazeera. ‘He has opposed every pipeline.’
![Steven Guilbeault, right, was named Canada's environment minister this week. He is pictured in 2001 being arrested by Toronto police after he and another Greenpeace activist climbed the CN Tower to protest against climate change inaction [File: ANW via Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2001-07-16T000000Z_2133680701_RP2DRINGPGAA_RTRMADP_3_CANADA-GREENPEACE.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Chris Arsenault is a senior online producer with Al Jazeera English specialising in Latin America, natural resources and environmental conflict. He ha... s held the Wolfson Press Fellowship at Cambridge University, The Phil Lind Fellowship at the University of British Columbia and has reported from: Venezuela, Mexico, Israel, Palestine, Argentina, Jordan, the US, Guatemala, Canada and Brazil. Follow @AJEChris //
‘It’s a cause for concern,’ Alberta’s provincial energy minister tells Al Jazeera. ‘He has opposed every pipeline.’
![Steven Guilbeault, right, was named Canada's environment minister this week. He is pictured in 2001 being arrested by Toronto police after he and another Greenpeace activist climbed the CN Tower to protest against climate change inaction [File: ANW via Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2001-07-16T000000Z_2133680701_RP2DRINGPGAA_RTRMADP_3_CANADA-GREENPEACE.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The iconic leader known as El Jefe outlasted 10 US presidents and, for better or worse, transformed Cuba.

Rainfall has dropped by 30 percent since 1998 in the West African country, leaving nearly 2 million in need of food aid.

The problem of armed groups commandeering food is a sensitive topic for charities around the world.

European taxpayer funds save Canadian Congo plantation paying workers $1 a day, as backers say the move creates jobs.
![More than 70 percent of DRC's 68 million population live below the poverty line [Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141114743120734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost or wasted annually as 800 million people go hungry.

Sunday’s runoff presidential vote could spark a return to outright conflict that has claimed 215,000 lives.
![Peace talks between the Colombian government and FARC rebels are ongoing in Cuba [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201461111522291734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
‘Colombia: The only danger is wanting to stay,’ tourism promoters say, challenging stereotypes of drugs and violence.
![About two million tourists visited Colombia last year and growth remains strong [Chris Arsenault/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201463105846724580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Landmines continue to blight rural areas in Colombia following years of conflict, but calm is returning to some regions.

Despite deep inequality and South America’s leftward tilt, Colombia’s voters consistently favour conservatives.
![Turnout in Colombia's presidential election was its lowest in four decades [Chris Arsenault/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014525225546963734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)