Environment
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 00:00
Conservacionistas nicaraguenses denunciaron este viernes que la construccion del canal interoceanico con el que Nicaragua pretende competir con el Canal de Panama, aprobada por el Congreso este jueves, provocara una catastrofe ecologica
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 00:00
As Belo Monte rapidly takes shape downriver on the Xingu, Altamirans like Reis are accusing the Brazilian government of failing to properly balance the rights of local citizens against the national interest
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 00:00
Though not particularly large by oil disaster standards, the spill presents a political headache for Ecuador's third-term president, who has sought to keep the economically vital oil pumping while assuring critics of his environmental credentials
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 00:00
Indigenous activists occupied the headquarters of a federal agency here Tuesday as part of mounting protests against government policies and the construction of a controversial dam in the Amazon
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 00:00
Last month, an estimated 11,480 barrels of oil leaked from a damaged pipeline into the River Coca in Ecuador
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 00:00
Environmental campaigners urge the country's "locomotive" - as the government has described its mining and energy plans - to tread carefully around some areas rich in biodiversity
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 00:00
Soldados del Batallon Ecologico han detenido dos camiones que trasportaban familias y semovientes con destino a Bosawas
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil's military is 12 days into its largest ever deployment of troops in the country's border regions