U’wa image abroad not matched at home

July 2000

Brazil

Imported corn feeds Brazil’s biosafety debate

Disagreement over transgenic agriculture has intensified in Brazil following a government decision this month to authorize the importation of 38 metric tons of genetically modified ......

Mexico

Environmental advocates await Fox’s first move

The tea leaves were being read furiously in environmental circles here following Vicente Fox’s historic victory in Mexico’s July 2 presidential elections. And small wonder: Given ......

U.S.–Mexico (Free Read)

Suit seeks more water for Colorado delta

A coalition of U.S. and Mexican conservation groups has sued the U.S. government to free up water for endangered wildlife in the Colorado River delta ......

Chile

Complaint is a first for Canada-Chile pact

U.S. timber giant Boise Cascade’s plan for a major forestry project in Chile is facing a new challenge from Chilean environmental organizations. On June 27, lawyers ......

CEC

CEC leaders agree to consult citizen groups

Mexico, the United States and Canada have reached an agreement that has assuaged concerns—for now, at least—that they were planning secretly to curb the powers ......

Around the Region

Mexico’s nuclear plant to undergo safety audit

The Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has agreed to open the country’s sole nuclear power plant to an independent audit, a move environmental activists have ......

Centerpiece

U’wa image abroad not matched at home

Earlier this year, Colombia’s U’wa Indians issued an urgent communiqué to report that 5,000 soldiers had invaded their territory “at the service of Occidental [Petroleum].” “We ......

Q&A

Juan Mayr’s middle ground has seemed anything but

Before entering government, Colombian Environment Minister Juan Mayr spent two decades working to defend indigenous tribes and their environment in the Sierra Nevada de Santa ......

Centerpiece

U’wa image abroad not matched at home

Colombia

Earlier this year, Colombia’s U’wa Indians issued an urgent communiqué to report that 5,000 soldiers had invaded their territory “at the service of Occidental [Petroleum].” “We are being surrounded,” said the Jan. 20 communiqué, posted on the website of the U.S. environmental group Amazon Watch. The tribe warned that its “physical integrity” was at risk. But Colombia’s press remained silent. Military analysts mocked the reports. And the regional commander, Gen. Luís Hernando Barbosa, said only 200 to 300 soldiers had been sent to protect Occidental equipment outside U’wa territory. “The largest military operation in modern Colombian history was carried out by 1,200 troops against heavily-armed guerrillas, not by 5,000 troops against a group of peaceful Indians,’’ he said. The divided realities speak volumes about... [Log in to read more]

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July 2000

Brazil

Imported corn feeds Brazil’s biosafety debate

Disagreement over transgenic agriculture has intensified in Brazil following a government decision this month to authorize the importation of 38 metric tons of genetically modified ......

Mexico

Environmental advocates await Fox’s first move

The tea leaves were being read furiously in environmental circles here following Vicente Fox’s historic victory in Mexico’s July 2 presidential elections. And small wonder: Given ......

U.S.–Mexico (Free Read)

Suit seeks more water for Colorado delta

A coalition of U.S. and Mexican conservation groups has sued the U.S. government to free up water for endangered wildlife in the Colorado River delta ......

Chile

Complaint is a first for Canada-Chile pact

U.S. timber giant Boise Cascade’s plan for a major forestry project in Chile is facing a new challenge from Chilean environmental organizations. On June 27, lawyers ......

CEC

CEC leaders agree to consult citizen groups

Mexico, the United States and Canada have reached an agreement that has assuaged concerns—for now, at least—that they were planning secretly to curb the powers ......

Around the Region

Mexico’s nuclear plant to undergo safety audit

The Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has agreed to open the country’s sole nuclear power plant to an independent audit, a move environmental activists have ......

Centerpiece

U’wa image abroad not matched at home

Earlier this year, Colombia’s U’wa Indians issued an urgent communiqué to report that 5,000 soldiers had invaded their territory “at the service of Occidental [Petroleum].” “We ......

Q&A

Juan Mayr’s middle ground has seemed anything but

Before entering government, Colombian Environment Minister Juan Mayr spent two decades working to defend indigenous tribes and their environment in the Sierra Nevada de Santa ......