When the subject of Latin America’s growing energy demand comes up, talk predictably turns to such topics as natural gas reserves and power plants. Often ......
If inaugural promises become policy, oil drilling and open-pit mining are not in the cards for Costa Rica under new President Abel Pacheco. “Before we ......
Look how well this yucca has grown,” Julio Peñalozo says, digging up a large tuber and breaking it in two to show the firm, white ......
Argentina’s economic meltdown is usually described in terms of sky-high unemployment, flat-lined investment and suffocating foreign debt. But there also are environmental means of measuring ......
A law to combat biopiracy has erected unintended barriers to scientific research in Brazil, stalling fieldwork, discouraging international cooperation and pressuring federal regulators to restore ......
Amid mounting opposition, President Alfonso Portillo last month canceled a Guatemalan company’s contract to explore for hydrocarbons in Guatemala’s largest lake. The Atlantic Petroleum Company (CPA) ......
For those yearning to own an island or start a tourism business in paradise, the www.tropical-islands.com website might seem a dream come true. The site, ......
New Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco didn’t wait long to signal strong opposition to oil drilling and open-pit mining. But the stance should not have ......
When the subject of Latin America’s growing energy demand comes up, talk predictably turns to such topics as natural gas reserves and power plants. Often ......
If inaugural promises become policy, oil drilling and open-pit mining are not in the cards for Costa Rica under new President Abel Pacheco. “Before we ......
Look how well this yucca has grown,” Julio Peñalozo says, digging up a large tuber and breaking it in two to show the firm, white ......
Argentina’s economic meltdown is usually described in terms of sky-high unemployment, flat-lined investment and suffocating foreign debt. But there also are environmental means of measuring ......
A law to combat biopiracy has erected unintended barriers to scientific research in Brazil, stalling fieldwork, discouraging international cooperation and pressuring federal regulators to restore ......
Amid mounting opposition, President Alfonso Portillo last month canceled a Guatemalan company’s contract to explore for hydrocarbons in Guatemala’s largest lake. The Atlantic Petroleum Company (CPA) ......
For those yearning to own an island or start a tourism business in paradise, the www.tropical-islands.com website might seem a dream come true. The site, ......
New Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco didn’t wait long to signal strong opposition to oil drilling and open-pit mining. But the stance should not have ......