Caption: image: Katie Simmons-Barth
Last domiciled leaders of Nicaragua’s anti-canal movement arrested
Rural canal opponents threw weight behind anti-government protests, putting Ortega 'on the ropes'
Infrastructure
Caption: Chinese ambassador to Costa Rica Tang Heng signs a BRI agreement with vice president and foreign minister Epsy Campbell (image: Fabíola Ortiz)
Costa Rica endorses China’s mega infrastructure initiative
New agreement could unlock project finance, but have the two partners learned from past disputes?
Caption: Chinese billionaire Wang Jing was granted authority to build a canal through Nicaragua but the project has been met with opposition (image: MRS Movimiento Renovador Sandinista)
Chinese Infrastructure in Latin America: A New Frontier
New book analyses China’s LAC projects, finding that communication must improve to avoid conflict
China’s flirtation with green finance
China has experimented with tools that encourage the financial sector to embrace sustainability
Caption: Guangzhou’s BRT corridor brings together different forms of transport (image: ITDP)
China’s sustainable urban transport revolution
Plagued by congestion and pollution, China’s cities are actively exploring cleaner transportation models
Caption: The Panama Canal’s Gatun locks (image: Robbie
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China’s Silk Road reaches the Panama Canal
A wave of infrastructure deals will follow the establishment of diplomatic ties, but who gains?
Caption: The pier on Buenventura’s Cascajal island near the port that processes over 60% of Colombia’s imports (image: leonc27)
China eyes expansion of Colombia’s Buenaventura port
Pacific port earmarked for development but must navigate land laws and deliver local benefits
Caption: Indigenous communities in Peru’s Madre de Dios region demand territorial recognition (image: Tenure Facility)
Peru’s indigenous peoples demand territorial recognition
Fears grow over impacts of giant rail infrastructure project bisecting Peru’s Madre de Dios region
Caption: The Belo Monte Dam under construction on the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon, in 2015 (image: FabioNascimento/Greenpeace
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How a dam building boom is transforming the Brazilian Amazon
Brazil is in the midst of a hydropower boom that is flooding rainforest and displacing communities
Caption: Candiota, in Brazil (image: Eletrobras
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China on path to greener foreign investment
A system for managing the environmental risks associated with China's overseas investments is coming together