Tension high as power lines reach Canaima

October 1999

Colombia

Colombia gives go-ahead to fill controversial dam

Five years ago, some 600 of Colombia’s Emberá Indians set off in wooden canoes and rafts down the 230-mile (370-km) Sinú River, chanting prayers ......

U.S.-Mexico

Bad-air days on the border—and binational solutions

The economic boom echoing along the U.S.-Mexican border has had an unwelcome side effect: smog. More people, cars and factories has meant more air ......

Venezuela

Tension high as power lines reach Canaima

Power lines slated to carry Venezuelan hydroelectricity to Brazil have begun their march across this country’s majestic Gran Sabana, but they’ve prompted violent opposition from ......

Chile

Region eyes Chile’s mix of market and water

Depending on where you live in Latin America, the last few years could be considered proof that the region is becoming a vast desert or ......

Argentina

For hake’s sake, new law draws line in sea

Starting next year, Argentina will divvy up its hake-fishing grounds and attempt to enforce new limits on the annual catch to prevent serious overfishing of ......

Around the Region

Venezuela offers unleaded gasoline—late but not last

Unleaded gas sales got underway in Venezuela this month, leaving Cuba as the sole Latin nation that has yet to introduce lead-free fuel. The start of ......

Brazilian diplomats, accustomed to hearing complaints about mismanagement of the Amazon, often seem perplexed when foreigners praise their country’s environmental leadership. Leadership in what? In replacing fossil ......

Q&A

Lack of money isn’t the main forest-policy problem

Carlos Weber serves as a regional director of Chile’s National Forest Corporation (CONAF), the government forest and park service, and is among Latin America’s leading ......

Tension high as power lines reach Canaima

Venezuela

Power lines slated to carry Venezuelan hydroelectricity to Brazil have begun their march across this country’s majestic Gran Sabana, but they’ve prompted violent opposition from the native Pemón people and pointed criticism from environmental groups. The project, scheduled to be completed next year, is being billed as a model of regional integration. However, the power lines traverse the Imataca Forest Reserve and are being extended to cross Canaima National Park, Venezuela’s prime ecotourism site. Canaima includes the world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls, and soaring table mountains called tepuys. Listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site, it also is home to some 12,000 to 15,000 Pemón Indians. Environmentalists and Indian-rights groups fear the project will prompt destructive development in the region, which is known... [Log in to read more]

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October 1999

Colombia

Colombia gives go-ahead to fill controversial dam

Five years ago, some 600 of Colombia’s Emberá Indians set off in wooden canoes and rafts down the 230-mile (370-km) Sinú River, chanting prayers ......

U.S.-Mexico

Bad-air days on the border—and binational solutions

The economic boom echoing along the U.S.-Mexican border has had an unwelcome side effect: smog. More people, cars and factories has meant more air ......

Venezuela

Tension high as power lines reach Canaima

Power lines slated to carry Venezuelan hydroelectricity to Brazil have begun their march across this country’s majestic Gran Sabana, but they’ve prompted violent opposition from ......

Chile

Region eyes Chile’s mix of market and water

Depending on where you live in Latin America, the last few years could be considered proof that the region is becoming a vast desert or ......

Argentina

For hake’s sake, new law draws line in sea

Starting next year, Argentina will divvy up its hake-fishing grounds and attempt to enforce new limits on the annual catch to prevent serious overfishing of ......

Around the Region

Venezuela offers unleaded gasoline—late but not last

Unleaded gas sales got underway in Venezuela this month, leaving Cuba as the sole Latin nation that has yet to introduce lead-free fuel. The start of ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

A new chapter in Brazil's ethanol story?

Q&A

Lack of money isn’t the main forest-policy problem

Carlos Weber serves as a regional director of Chile’s National Forest Corporation (CONAF), the government forest and park service, and is among Latin America’s leading ......