Environment
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 00:00
Timber traffickers in Peru have built a huge logistical network for bribing officials and moving illegally harvested wood out of the country, and now drug traffickers are taking advantage of this to move their own product.
Monday, April 9, 2012 - 00:00
Manaus' expansion is still a threat to the environment that surrounds it.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 00:00
This podcast features an update about the murder of a community organizer in Oaxaca who had been spearheading anti-mining activities at a mine owned by Canada's Fortuna Silver.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 00:00
Chile's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a multi-billion dollar dam project in Patagonia, in the south of the country.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 00:00
Chevron Corp. won a small victory Tuesday in its quest to avoid paying billions in environmental damages in Ecuador.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 00:00
Conservationists counted 615 dead dolphins along a 90-mile stretch of beaches in Peru, a wildlife group said Wednesday, and the leading suspect is acoustic testing offshore by oil companies.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
Peru's Constitutional Tribunal, the country's highest court, is expected to make a decision on a case involving Newmont Mining Corp.'s (NEM) stalled Minas Conga copper and gold project in two months, the president of the court said.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
Recently, the harassment almost turned violent when two armed men wearing bulletproof vests confronted a team of Ibama inspectors.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 00:00
La primera diferencia surgio cuando los dirigentes campesinos leyeron, durante un acto en el Patio de la Paz, del Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, alrededor de 68 demandas contenidas en seis areas.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 00:00
Gen. Raul Salazar says police tried to repel the protesters, many of them fishermen, in the northern coastal town of Sechura on Tuesday with tear gas but were forced to use firearms. He hasn't released details on how the 24-year-old victim died.