Mayor evicts squatters from protected land

November 2002

Colombia

Field research is casualty of Colombian civil war

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Brazil

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Trade

Green advocates eye free-trade talks warily

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Mexico

Logging abuses charged in Chihuahua ejido

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Mexico

Mayor evicts squatters from protected land

Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador has carried out the first evictions in what his administration claims will be a campaign to remove vast ......

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Q&A

Fund manager sees promise in Latin green ventures

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Mayor evicts squatters from protected land

Mexico

Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador has carried out the first evictions in what his administration claims will be a campaign to remove vast numbers of illegal settlements on protected land. On Oct. 4, the mayor sent 700 riot police into Xochimilco, a southern suburb famous for its canal network and gondola rides through tropical nurseries, to evict an estimated 5,000 squatters living near the waterways. The operation lasted all day. According to police, 29 people were arrested, 10 were injured and one squatter fired shots without wounding anyone. Xochimilco’s cultural and historical significance, as well as its economic role as a tourist destination, may have encouraged López Obrador to act. It is what remains of the Aztecs’ artificial but fertile ecosystem of floating... [Log in to read more]

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November 2002

Colombia

Field research is casualty of Colombian civil war

Orlando Rangel never had problems with Colombia’s guerrillas. As one of the world’s experts on the high Andean plains, known as páramos, he spent weeks ......

Brazil

Lula’s green plans tempered by political concerns

With the election last month of Inácio Lula da Silva as Brazil’s next president, it might seem safe to predict a torrent of new environmental ......

Trade

Green advocates eye free-trade talks warily

As they get a clearer picture of the Bush Administration’s positions in free-trade talks, environmental groups are expressing concern that accords with Chile and other ......

Mexico

Logging abuses charged in Chihuahua ejido

Once again, logging is at the center of a Mexican land-rights dispute. The problem area this time is Ejido de Coloradas de la Virgen, a ......

Mexico

Mayor evicts squatters from protected land

Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador has carried out the first evictions in what his administration claims will be a campaign to remove vast ......

Around the Region

Venezuela prepares bill on hazardous-waste transport

With no railroads to speak of, Venezuela relies almost exclusively on trucks for domestic transport of its vast volumes of mining, petroleum, chemical and other ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Oil plans test Bolivia’s commitment to parks

The prospect of oil and gas exploration in this country’s most important protected area, the Madidi National Park, presents a defining moment for the Bolivian ......

Q&A

Fund manager sees promise in Latin green ventures

Patricia Moles is a founding partner of A2R, a fund-management firm in São Paulo, Brazil that invests in environmentally friendly Latin American businesses. She helps ......