Environment
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 00:00
Los cancilleres y ministros se reunieron ayer en Buenos Aires para anunciar acuerdos estrategicos bilaterales sobre medio ambiente, obras publicas y politicas sociales.
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 00:00
El gobierno peruano no descansara en su lucha contra la mineria ilegal del oro en la selva, una mafia que, segun dijo el jueves el ministro del Ambiente, Antonio Brack, vende "oro de sangre y mercurio".
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 00:00
But in the last few years, coffee yields have plummeted here and in many of Latin America's other premier coffee regions as a result of rising temperatures and more intense and unpredictable rains, phenomena that many scientists link partly to global warm
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 00:00
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said evidence had established that lawyers for 30,000 Ecuadoreans planned to move swiftly to pursue multiple enforcement actions and asset seizures around the globe.
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 00:00
Plans for a massive open-pit gold mine in the upper reaches of the Andes Mountains have sparked visions of El Dorado - and fears of environmental havoc.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 00:00
A Brazilian court in Para state ruled on Friday that the state-backed project, key to President's Dilma Rousseff's infrastructure push to support Brazil's continued economic growth, has not met environmental requirements and has halted construction.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 00:00
Communities in the West Zone (Zona Oeste) of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil have been earmarked for eviction and removal by the City Hall in preparation for the 2016 Olympics.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 00:00
Militares emprendieron una gigantesca operacion el sabado y domingo contra la mineria informal que, mediante el uso de dragas, esta ocasionando deforestacion y grave contaminacion.
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 00:00
Joseph Kohn, in a letter to two Ecuadoran members of the legal team, said he thought the company possibly could be persuaded to settle the long-running lawsuit for between $700 million and $1.2 billion.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 00:00
Armed with a $9 billion ruling against Chevron in Ecuador but little chance of collecting it there, representatives for Ecuadorean villagers said Tuesday that they were looking at waging legal battles against the company in more than a dozen countries.